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Dr. David Gomez has directed choirs and orchestras at the professional, community, sacred, collegiate, and school levels to notable success in concert and competition. Some of his prominent posts included Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Borough-Wide Chorus, the New York City All-City Choir, and the Stamford Chorale. David was a member of the choral conducting department at the Summer Arts Institute of New York City and Music Minister at the historic First Congregational Church of Stamford.

David is also a choral curriculum consultant for the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. David’s strong understanding of music theory has allowed him to serve as Director of Music Theory at the Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music and lead several Advanced Placement® music theory programs.

David holds degrees from the Aaron Copland School of Music, where he specialized in conducting and music education. His conducting skills were honed by master conductors Joel Mandelbaum, Lawrence Eisman, and Harold Rosenbaum. His music pedagogy credentials include permanent teaching certificates from New York, Connecticut, and in teaching the Gifted and Talented. In 2018, he was offered a full scholarship to pursue a Doctorate in Conducting at the University of Oklahoma. At OU, David studied with Dr. Richard Zielinski and Dr. David Howard who maintain a conducting lineage under Don Moses, Donald Neuen, Dale Warland, and Robert Shaw. David directed a variety of choral ensembles at the university. David’s Doctor of Musical Arts degree was conferred in 2020. He is currently in New York City researching choral music genres formed through Spanish migration.