David has a passion for bringing people together through creative arts experiences. He has pioneered a compassion-focused and artist-centered leadership approach. The filtered listening awareness practice that he developed with collaborator Laurel Irene centers this model. His composition and personal singing expressive qualities reflect the versatility of the human voice. His recordings reveal careful attention to creative spaces. His writing blends poetic color with academic clarity. Through games, sensory awareness focus, and an openness to shared leadership, he guides others into joyful, emotionally-connected, and meaningful experiences.
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Click image for a 2022-2025 conducting highlights video
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from "Ring of Bone" co-authored by Jeremy Wineberg (painter)
Ring of Bone was featured on the 2021 Hear Now Festival
performed by HEX and David García Saldaña (sound artist)
performed by HEX and David García Saldaña (sound artist)
Read one of my books of poetry Brightest Star, a seven-year collection of poems inspired by life with Laurel Irene.