David Dabbon

David Dabbon is a New York based Music Director, Conductor, Arranger, Orchestrator and Composer. He has conducted shows and concerts throughout the country. Most recently, he provided additional orchestrations for the Tony and Grammy nominated Broadway musical, "Sondheim on Sondheim." Vocal Director for first recorded and documented 1946 musical "Sweet Bye and Bye" by Vernon Duke and Ogden Nash for PS Classics featuring Marin Mazzie and Danny Burstein. Other credits include: "All Fall Down" (New York Music Theatre Festival: music director/arranger), "On a Clear Day..." (New York Stage and Film/upcoming revival: music copyist), and "Tin Pan Alley Rag" (Roundabout Theatre Company: vocal coach.) David has served as conductor/arranger/orchestrator for the Richard Rodgers Awards, the Gene Kelly Awards and most recently, the National High School Music Theatre Awards. He was the conducting assistant for two years with the nationally recognized Mendelssohn Choir. David is also the composer of several musicals including: "All Happy Housewives Sleep with the Milkman/ American Family," "Just Listed." "Greetings from Coco-Boco," "Come on Six O'Clock"(Festival Winner), and the children's musical "Snowed In". David composer the score for the film "All God's Creatures" (2011 part of the 2011 Hoboken International Film Festival). David is a professor at NYU/Tisch - Playwrights Horizons Theater School, Montclair State University, and is the artistic director at the Accelerando Music Conservatory. He has also taught at Carnegie Mellon University, Pace University, Neighborhood Playhouse, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, Educational Main Street, and the Hartt School. David earned his Masters in Choral Conducting from Carnegie Mellon University studying with choral master Robert Page, and his B.M. in Music Direction from the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut.