David Crean
Director of Music
Dr. David Crean has been a part of the St. George's team since Fall 2017. His duties at St. George's include directing the choir and playing the 1989 C.B. Fisk organ for all services. Outside of St. George's, David enjoys a multi-faced career as a teacher, recitalist, and radio personality. He has concertized throughout the United States and completed two concert tours of Australia, where he gave several Australian premieres and performed on historic organs. Other recent highlights include the Poulenc organ concerto with the Bach Society of Dayton, recitals at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, St. Thomas' Fifth Avenue, Central College Presbyterian (Columbus, OH), and several programs for American Guild of Organists (AGO) chapters.
David has taught organ, harpsichord, and theory at Wright State since 2014. From 2013 to 2017 he was University Organist and Director of Chapel Music at Wittenberg University, and has held adjunct positions at Juilliard and the University of Iowa. He also serves as sub-dean of the Dayton, OH chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Since February 2017, David has been the midday host at Discover Classical WDPR, Dayton’s only full-time classical radio station. As Music Director, he also plans music for nearly 70 hours of weekly live broadcast and manages a library of nearly 10,000 recordings.
A native of New York, David received his D.M.A. from the Juilliard School, where he was the 2014 recipient of the Richard F. French Doctoral Prize for outstanding research in a dissertation. He also holds degrees from Oberlin College/Conservatory and the University of Iowa.
For more on David check out his website.