Wiltshire-based David Dewar - is a versatile, dynamic, and inspiring conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and horn player with innate communication skills.

David works with choirs across the south and west of England, and in the Midlands. As an orchestral conductor he has performed in the Midands, the north-east, and north-west of England. His work as a horn-player has taken him to Utrecht, London, Birmingham, and the north.

He studied Music at Canterbury Christ Church University, graduating with First class honours, and studied conducting with George Hurst, Rodolfo Saglimbeni, and Denise Ham. He is presently completing a doctorate in Musicology at the University of Bristol.

David's work as conductor with numerous orchestras has seen performances of works ranging from symphonies by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, to Sibelius, Vaughan Williams, Tippett, Ireland, and Shostakovich.

His work with choirs has included works by Raymond Warren, Maxwell Davies, and Whitacre alongside music by Brahms, Durante, Leonarda, Handel, Vivaldi, Zelenka, Britten, Messiaen, Sumsion, and Herbert Howells, and many other composers.

He is a former member of the Cumbrian chamber choir, the Wordsworth Singers, and also sings with a number of west-country choirs when called upon. As an organist David has given recitals and concerts in cathedrals and major churches, as well as providing organ or harpsichord continuo. He also teaches conducting, organ, and theory of music.

In ensemble work, David gives recitals with his wife, the violist Hilary Dewar. He reviews music and recordings for the quarterly journal, Organists' Review, and writes programme notes for orchestral, chamber, and choral performances. He collaborates, too, in recitals with the cornettist David Jarratt-Knock.

His research has been supported by the Colston Research Society and by the Eric Thiman Collection, to assist in furthering his work.