avid Dewar studied music at Birmingham Conservatoire, and in Utrecht, and in Portugal.  

He also undertook instrumental study with Anthony Halstead (horn), and Anne Marsden Thomas and Gerdi Troskie (organ).  His principal studies were organ, horn, and conducting; he also admits to a facility with tuned and untuned percussion. He studied conducting under the dominating figure of George Hurst, who studied with Pierre Monteux.

As an orchestral conductor, his repertoire is large and varied, including many symphonies
by Haydn and Mozart; the concerti grossi of Bach and Vivaldi; and many works from the
romantic and contemporary repertoire. Apart from working with a variety of profesisonal
and amateur orchestras, David has also conducted large scale works from the choral repertoire with orchestra, in the ICC in Birmingham, and in the Great Hall of Birmingham University amongst other venues.

Much of David's early work as a composer involved writing for organ.  As he has worked
more and more closely with choral groups, and under the influence of his wife, Hilary, who
is a viola player, compositions featuring voices and instruments are featuring more and more prominently.

He is now Director of Music & Organist at the large parish church of St Andrew's, in the
centre of Chippenham in Wiltshire.   The church has two choirs, a historic organ, and is a
centre for liturgical music-making in the area.   It is the civic church of Chippenham,
and is much in demand for concerts and recitals.  Organised for the music team and on
behalf of the Friends of St Andrew's, a series of lunchtime concerts and recitals, entitled 'Music Unlimited' is a well established feature each year - the series runs roughly fortnightly between April and October.

David gives organ recitals in various venues around the country, most recently in Bristol Cathedral.   He gives concerts, too, with his wife, and with the cornettist David Jarratt-Knock.