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[Home] CONDUCTOR David Vaughan has been conducting since age eighteen, making his debut as student conductor of the RHAM High School Symphonic Band. As an undergraduate in Music Education at the University of Connecticut, he studied conducting with Allan Gillespie, conducted the UConn Concert Band on tour, and served as Music Director and Conductor for productions of West Side Story and A Little Night Music. He received his M.M. in Instrumental Conducting from the University in 1985, studying with Larry Rachleff. Subsequently, he has taken master classes with H. Robert Reynolds, Michael Lankester, and Tibor Pustzai. One of three candidates invited by the Willimantic Orchestra to audition for the position of Conductor during the 1990-91 season, he was named Conductor in May 1991. Mr. Vaughan's interest in musical theatre led to nine productions in as many years at Stafford High School. He has also been Musical Director for theatrical productions---Annie, Get Your Gun, Carousel, The Gondoliers, The Happy End, Company, Godspell, The Frogs of Windham, and others---with the UConn Drama Department, Thomaston Opera House, Nutmeg Summer Theater, Manchester Musical Players, and Windham Theatre Guild. An advocate of contemporary music, Mr. Vaughan conducted the world premieres of Richard Alan Strawser's opera Through a Small Glass Darkly and Ken Steen's While Conscience Slept and has presented a number of works in the Musica Nova series at UConn. In addition to the Willimantic Orchestra, Mr. Vaughan conducts the Greater Killingly Community Band, the UConn Community School Honors Orchestra, and the Westfield Congregational Church Choir. He currently teaches music in the Killingly public school system and resides in Mansfield with his wife Barbara, son David and daughter Elizabeth, and cats Horatio, Sheba, Persephone, and Christmas Kitty. |
