David Woodard

American conductor an writer

David James Woodard (Aboot this soond/ˈwʊdɑːrd/ ; born 6 Apryle 1964) is an American conductor, componer an orchestrator.[1][2][3]

David Woodard
Woodard in 2020
BornDavid James Woodard
6 Apryle 1964(1964-04-06)
Santa Barbara, Californie, Unitit States
CitizenshipAmerican
Canadian
Alma materNew School for Social Research
ThriftConductor
Hauf-marrae(s)Sonja Vectomov
Bairns2
Signatur
Wabsteid
davidwoodard.com

Bairnheid an Early Life

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David Woodard grew up in Santa Barbara, Californie, the youngest wean o a Canadian Mennonite mither, pairt o the Kleine Gemeinde, an an American Hussite faither. His parents ran a public relations business. Woodard wis educated privately an at The New School for Social Research.[4]:34–41

Prequiems

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Durin the 1990s, Woodard coined the term prequiem, a portmanteau o wirds preemptive an requiem, for describin his Buddhist practice o composin dedicated music tae be played durin or just afore the daith o its subject.[4]

Oklahoma Ceety bomber Timothy McVeigh asked Woodard tae conduct a prequiem Mass on the eve o his 2001 execution in Terre Haute, Indiana. Acknowledgin McVeigh's terrible deed, yet intendin tae provide comfort, Woodard consented by premierin the coda section o his composition Ave Atque Vale wi a local brass band at St. Margaret Mary Church, near the federal preeson in Terre Haute, afore an audience that included the followin mornin's witnesses. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein an later Cardinal Roger Mahony petitioned Pape John Paul II tae bless Woodard's muisic score.[5][6][7]:37

References

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  1. Epstein, J., "Rebuilding a Home in the Jungle" Archived 2016-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mairch 2005.
  2. Allen, M., "Décor by Timothy Leary", The New York Times, 20 Januar 2005.
  3. Woodard, D., "Musica lætitiæ comes medicina dolorum", Der Freund, Nr. 7, Mairch 2006.
  4. a b Woodard, D., "Musica lætitiæ comes medicina dolorum", trans. S. Zeitz, Der Freund, Nr. 7, Mairch 2006, pp. 34–41.
  5. Carpenter, S., "In Concert at a Killer's Death", Los Angeles Times, 9 Mey 2001.
  6. Vloed, K. van der, "David Woodard", Requiem Survey, 5 Februar 2006.
  7. Wall, J. M., "Lessons in Loss", The Christian Century, 4–10 Julie 2001, p. 37.

Soorces

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Freemit airtins

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