Education:
under the name: David Walter (the 'h' was added later, to return to the original spelling).
Juilliard School of Music: Bachelor of Music in musical compostion; Acedmic Scholarship in Junior year. Placed out of secondary piano, and Theory I & II. Studied composition with Vincent Persichetti, Otto Leuning, & David Diamond; & voice with Oren Brown.
Boston University: PhD work in musical composition; teaching fellowship: taught courses in Ear Training and Keyboard Harmony;
Studied with David del Tredici, Joyce Mekeel, & John Thow.
The State College of New Jersey: Master's of Arts degree in vocal performance; Teaching Assistant in Ear Training: administered ear training tests.
Boston Conseratory & New England Conservatory: scholarships offered for post-graduate work in opera.
Rutger's Graduate School: towards a Master's Degree in Philosophy. Opera workshops of Valerie Goodal and Emile Renan.
Teachers:
Composition: Maryln Keiser (harmony; counterpoint & composition; Cathederal of St. John The Divine), Robert Hufstader (Juilliard Preparitory School); Robert Moevs (contemporary counterpoint; Rutgers); Vincent Persichetti (Juilliard); Otto Leuning (Juilliard); David Diamond (Juilliard); Calvin Hampton (Calvary Episcopal Church, NYC); David Del Tredici (Boston University); Joyce MeKeel (Boston University); & John Thow (Boston Univerity).
Guitar: Martha Blackman (Stanford; Pro Music).
Piano: Dr. Thomas Ritchner (Rutgers; Mother Church Christian Science, Boston); Dr. James Scott (Rutgers); Philis Lehrer (accompanying; Westminster Choir College; Hunter College);
& Kyriena Siloti (Imperial Conservatory of St. Petersburg)
Script and libretto writing: William Driver (Bard College).
Voice: John Powell (Rutgers); Oren Brown (Juilliard); Jeffrey Gall (Metropolitan Opera); & Jerome Hines (Metropolitan Opera).
Juilliard School of Music: Bachelor of Music in musical compostion; Acedmic Scholarship in Junior year. Placed out of secondary piano, and Theory I & II. Studied composition with Vincent Persichetti, Otto Leuning, & David Diamond; & voice with Oren Brown.
Boston University: PhD work in musical composition; teaching fellowship: taught courses in Ear Training and Keyboard Harmony;
Studied with David del Tredici, Joyce Mekeel, & John Thow.
The State College of New Jersey: Master's of Arts degree in vocal performance; Teaching Assistant in Ear Training: administered ear training tests.
Boston Conseratory & New England Conservatory: scholarships offered for post-graduate work in opera.
Rutger's Graduate School: towards a Master's Degree in Philosophy. Opera workshops of Valerie Goodal and Emile Renan.
Teachers:
Composition: Maryln Keiser (harmony; counterpoint & composition; Cathederal of St. John The Divine), Robert Hufstader (Juilliard Preparitory School); Robert Moevs (contemporary counterpoint; Rutgers); Vincent Persichetti (Juilliard); Otto Leuning (Juilliard); David Diamond (Juilliard); Calvin Hampton (Calvary Episcopal Church, NYC); David Del Tredici (Boston University); Joyce MeKeel (Boston University); & John Thow (Boston Univerity).
Guitar: Martha Blackman (Stanford; Pro Music).
Piano: Dr. Thomas Ritchner (Rutgers; Mother Church Christian Science, Boston); Dr. James Scott (Rutgers); Philis Lehrer (accompanying; Westminster Choir College; Hunter College);
& Kyriena Siloti (Imperial Conservatory of St. Petersburg)
Script and libretto writing: William Driver (Bard College).
Voice: John Powell (Rutgers); Oren Brown (Juilliard); Jeffrey Gall (Metropolitan Opera); & Jerome Hines (Metropolitan Opera).
Jeffrey Gall, Countertenor Jerome Hines, Bass
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