David Edgar Walther at age 21
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Here are pictures of me in the last 5 years; I can't find any teen/early 20s photos (sorry!)
Here are some of the pieces that I wrote before being a full legal adult at age 21:
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1. The Masque of The Red Death: written at age 21; read by the Juilliard Concert Orchestra in my senoir year at Juilliard; Conducted by Thomas Ludwig (photo below):
2. Cloud Blue; written when I was 19; the year later by The Juilliard Concert String Orchestra again under Thomas Ludwig:
3. Passion According to St. Mark: writen at age 17, junior in H. S. also at Juilliard Preparitory School (Saturdays only). Performed March of the next year (senior in H. S.) by the soloists and choir of The Church of The Resurection in NYC under Dr. Sam Walter. Please click on one of the rabbits to see highlights from the Passsion what were used for "Allegory" with was cablecast on BNN-TV. The unredacted original version of The Passion is even further below. 
4. Time: written at age 17, at summer camp between junior and senior years: Later performed by Eileen Feldman with Music Now; Later used as the soundtrack for "Dinos in Space" from Crazy Dinoscaurs, cablecast on BNN-TV.
4. Existence: also written at age 17, ay summer camp between junior and senior years:
5. Psalm 150: written at age 15 and performed by the choir and soloists of The Church of the Resurrection in NYC under Dr. Sam Walter.
Other pieces from this time include: "A Knight's Most Noble Quest" an incomplete operato libretto by Lynn Schoenfeld; "Benedictus" for Chorus", performed at Resurrection NYC; "Organ Sonata", performed numerous times by Dr. Sam Walter in concerts across the East Coast of USA; and "Unison Mass" dictated on my birthday, when I turned age 12; performed at The Cathedral of St. John The Divine in NYC under Alex Wyton (photo below).
                Alec Wyton, conductor & organist          
                         Dr. Sam Walter, conductor & orgainst
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