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David R. Spear 35 West 4th Street, Suite 620

New York, NY 10012 212-998-5730

david.spear@nyu.edu

EDUCATION: University of California, Los Angeles 1975 Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition Honors: Henry Mancini Scholarship Composition Studies with Dr. Paul Reale, David Raksin and Dr. Paul Chihara Conducting Studies with Donn Weiss ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT: NYU Steinhardt School (2009-Present)

Music Associate Professor USC Thornton School of Music

(1995-2006) Assistant Professor of Clinical Studies

Berklee College of Music (1991-1995) Associate Professor NYU STEINHARDT SCHOOL New York, NY Music Associate Professor (2009 - Present)

• Core faculty in internationally renowned graduate Film Scoring Program • Core faculty in the annual NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop • Co-authored, developed and implemented new curriculum • Teach undergrad & grad courses in composition, orchestration & conducting • Produce grad student recordings with AFM players. • Mentor and coach graduate student conductors. • Produced grad student scores for the 2010 Orphan Film Festival • Conduct rehearsals of the NYU Symphony Orchestra • Conduct recording sessions, featuring players from the NY Philharmonic

and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. • Invited and interviewed acclaimed Oscar, Tony and Emmy Award winning

composers William Ross and Sid Ramin for undergraduate and graduate seminars.

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USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC Los Angeles, CA Assistant Professor of Clinical Studies (1995-2006)

• Core faculty in renowned Film Scoring Program. • Created, developed and implemented new curriculum. • Taught graduate courses in composition, orchestration and conducting. • Conducted performances & recordings with USC Symphony & Jazz Ensemble. • Produced grad student recordings at major studios with AFM players. • Mentored and coached grad student conductors with USC Symphony. • Directed interdisciplinary projects with Brandeis, AFI & USC Film School. • Produced & Directed Musical Tributes to Elmer Bernstein & Buddy Baker. • Facilitated and coordinated USC’s acquisition of Elmer Bernstein Collection. • Awarded USC 2005 Casden Institute Faculty Research Grant to re-score

the classic 1922 Yiddish silent film, Hungry Hearts with grad students. • New York premiere of Hungry Hearts with new score at the

Jewish Film Festival at Lincoln Center. (January, 2007) • Orchestrated the epic poem by Langston Hughes, Ask Your Mama:

12 Moods For Jazz. Music composed by Dr. Ronald McCurdy, USC Chair & Professor of Jazz Studies. BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC Boston, MA Associate Professor (1991-1995)

• Created, developed and implemented new curriculum. • Built and doubled the size of the Film Scoring Department. • Founded the Georges Delerue Memorial Scholarship. • Taught undergraduate courses in composition, orchestration and conducting. • Produced synchronized MIDI mockups in the Berklee Film Scoring Studio of

2 original film scores for NASA: On Human Destiny and To Be An Astronaut. • Conducted the Munich Philharmonic for the recordings of NASA scores. • Conducted the Brookline Symphony for the recording of Pentathlon. • Music Direction and adaptation of a full-scale staged production of Ibsen’s

Peer Gynt at the Boston Conservatory, with new student orchestrations. • Led master classes, seminars and screenings with invited guest artists:

film director Bruce Malmuth, author/legal scholar Mark E. Halloran and film composers David Raksin and Alan Silvestri. EXHIBITIONS:

NASA Space Center Houston (Premiered October, 1992)

• Space Center Theatre On Human Destiny (Documentary film) Composer/Conductor Munich Philharmonic

• Blast Off Theatre To Be An Astronaut (IMAX) Composer/Conductor Munich Philharmonic

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EXPO ’86, Vancouver World’s Fair (May 1986 – October 1986)

• British Columbia Pavilion Our B.C. (Documentary Film) Composer/Conductor Vancouver Symphony

• General Motors Pavilion Spirit Lodge (Native American Play) Composer Ethno Electronic Score

• Canadian Pacific Pavilion Rainbow War (IMAX Film) Composer/Conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:

• UCLA Dance Department Los Angeles, CA (1973-1975) Dance Accompanist

• Pierce College Theatre Arts Department Woodland Hills, CA (1974) “West Side Story” Rehearsal Accompanist

• American Academy of Dramatic Arts Pasadena, CA (1974–1976) Music Director

• First Congregational Church of Glendale Glendale, CA (1975-1977) Music Director

• Jackson Hole Playhouse Jackson, WY (1976) Music Director

• BMI Musical Theatre Showcase (1977) Mark Taper Forum Produced by Lehman Engel Los Angeles, CA Music Director

• “Mad Shadows” (1977) National Ballet of Canada Music by André Gagnon Toronto, Canada Choreography by Anne Ditchburn Orchestrations

• “True Romances” (1977) Mark Taper Lab Book & Lyrics by Susan Yankowitz Los Angeles, CA Music by Elmer Bernstein Music Director Vocal Arrangements

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• “The Sound of Music” (1978) LA Civic Light Opera Directed by Michael Kidd Los Angeles, CA Rehearsal Pianist

• “Festival” (1978-1979) Las Palmas Theatre Book, Music & Lyrics by LA, CA Stephen Downs & Randy Martin Ford’s Theatre Directed by Wayne Bryan Wash, D.C. Music Director City Centre Theatre

Vocal Arrangements NYC, NY

• “Merlin” the Magical Musical (1982-1983) Mark Hellinger Theatre Music & Lyrics by New York, NY Elmer Bernstein & Don Black Book by Richard Levinson & Bill Link (199 performances) Produced & Directed by Ivan Reitman Music Director Vocal Arrangements

• The Tony Awards (1983) Live TV Broadcast Merlin nominated for Best Musical Gershwin Theatre Conductor New York, NY

• AT&T InfoQuest Center (1986) AT&T Building Interactive Computer Museum New York, NY Composer

• “Emo Philips Live” (1988) Hasty Pudding Theatre Cinemax Cambridge, MA Music Director

• “Michael Feinstein in Concert” (1988) Lyceum Theatre Music Director New York, NY

• The Goodwill Games (1998) Live TV Broadcast

Opening Ceremonies New York, NY Music Direction Orchestration

• Shumei Concert Series (1999-2001) Shumei Hall Artistic Director Pasadena, CA

• Sedona Film Festival (2000) Sedona, AZ Composer/Presenter

• “The Four Bills” (2000) Alhambra Theatre A Wild Western Musical Jacksonville, FL Book by Barry Glasser Music & Lyrics by David Spear & David Fox

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• “The Prince & the Pauper” (2000) Matrix Theatre A New Musical by Los Angeles, CA Judd Woldin & Marc Elliot Music Director

• “Damian’s Fire” (2000) London Symphony Damian Draghici, Pan Flutist CD Recording

Composer/Conductor

• “Pass The Baton” (2002) University of Judaism Lecture Series Los Angeles, CA Creator & Host

• “Canciones Españolas” (2005-Present) UC Riverside Spanish Art, Song & Dance Center for Iberian Music

Starring Yvonne Regalado Opera de Tijuana Music Direction Opera en la Calle

• Feagin Visiting Artist (2007) University of Tulsa

Guest Professor Tulsa, OK Guest Conductor

• The Langston Hughes Project (2008) Indianapolis Symphony Premiere featuring Ice-T Indianapolis, IN Orchestrator & Conductor

• One Night in Jordan (2008) Royal Philharmonic Premiere Concert featuring Zade Amman, Jordan Orchestrator

• My Big Balloon (2009) Delphi Academy A New Children’s Musical Santa Monica, CA Composer/Music Director

• The Journey (2009) NYC Master Chorale

Lyricist Alice Tully Hall

LIST OF WORKS: (recordings)

FILM SCORES COMPOSED “Ballet Robotique” Academy Award Nomination

Best Documentary “The Courage To Care” Academy Award Nomination

Best Documentary “Rainbow War” Academy Award Nomination

Best Live Action Short

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“Pentathlon” Live Entertainment “Golden Honeymoon” PBS | starring James Whitmore “The Ratings Game” Showtime | directed by Danny DeVito "Exterminator II” Cannon Films “Fear No Evil” Avco Embassy “Mortuary Academy” Landmark “On Human Destiny” NASA | Space Center Houston “To Be An Astronaut” NASA | Space Center Houston (IMAX) “The Name of the Game” American Film Institute “Hungry Hearts” Samuel Goldwyn & Brandeis SCORES ORCHESTRATED “Ghostbusters” Columbia “Officer And A Gentleman” Paramount “Airplane” Paramount “Animal House” Universal “Heavy Metal” Columbia “The Great Santini” Orion “The Three Amigos” Orion “Bloodbrothers” Warner Bros. “Alaska” Castlerock “Mad Shadows” National Ballet of Canada “The Langston Hughes Project” Indianapolis Symphony “Joy To The World” Aureole Trio | KOCH Classics “Danny Boy” Aureole Trio | KOCH Classics “Sally Gardens” Aureole Trio | KOCH Classics “A La Nanita Nana” Aureole Trio | KOCH Classics “El Cant dels Ocells” Aureole Trio | KOCH Classics “Ver Hat Aza Yingele?” Aureole Trio | KOCH Classics “Here Comes the Sun” Aureole Trio | KOCH Classics TV SCORES COMPOSED “Man-Eaters of India” National Geographic “Surviving Everest” National Geographic “Dinosaur Secrets Revealed” History Channel “Milo's Bug Quest” Sun Woo Entertainment (26 episodes) “Arab & Jew” PBS Documentary “Lincoln & The War Within” PBS | Civil War Series “Dinosaurs” ABC TV | Disney Channel “Emo Philips” Cinemax “The Optimist” British Series | Channel 4 (13 episodes)

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THEATRE SCORES COMPOSED “Once in a Lifetime” (1978) BMI Musical Theatre Workshop Based on a play by Kaufman & Hart Lehman Engel, Director Music by David Spear Mark Taper Forum Lyrics by David Fox Los Angeles, CA “Spirit Lodge” (1986) General Motors Pavilion Music by David Spear Vancouver World’s Fair “The Four Bills” (2000) Alhambra Theatre Book by Barry Glasser Jacksonville, FL Lyrics by David Fox Directed by Tod Booth “Detachments” (2000) Tiffany Theatre A New Play by Colleen Dodson-Baker Los Angeles, CA Music by David Spear Starring Glenne Headly FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS French: Fluent German: Conversational PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AFM: Locals 802 & 47 ASCAP (Author & Publisher Member) BMI Musical Theatre Workshop College Music Society L.A. Mentoring Partnership AWARDS & GRANTS 1974 Henry Mancini Scholarship UCLA School of Music 1990 DuPont Journalism Award “Arab & Jew” Best Documentary PBS

1994 Emmy Award “Surviving Everest” Best Documentary National Geographic 2005 USC Casden Institute Grant USC Faculty Research Grant Composition | Music Direction Hungry Hearts, 1922 Silent Film