David Hoose, Music Director

Winner of the 2005 Alice M. Ditson Conductor’s Award, given “in recognition of exceptional commitment to the eperformance of works by American composers,” David Hoose is known as an inspired interpreter of music ranging from Bach to Babbitt. The 2005-2006 season marks Hoose’s fourteenth season as Music Director of Collage New Music. Under his leadership, Collage has gained a reputation for programming compelling new works in juxtaposition with contemporary classics. With Collage, Hoose has conducted works by nearly every major composer of the past 100 years. His acclaimed performances have included numerous premieres, and he has commissioned works by composers Martin Brody, Michael Gandolfi, John Harbison, John Heiss, Andrew Imbrie, Andy Vores, and many others.

Professor of Music and Director of Orchestral Activities at the Boston University College of Fine Arts, Hoose serves as Music Director of the Cantata Singers & Ensemble and is former Music Director of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared as guest conductor with the Saint Louis Symphony, Utah Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Korean Broadcasting Symphony, Quad City Symphony, Handel & Haydn Society, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Emmanuel Music, and with the orchestras of New England Conservatory, Shepherd School of Music, and Eastman. With the Cantata Singers, Hoose received the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming; with the Emmanuel Wind Quintet, the Walter W. Naumburg Award For Chamber Music; and as a fellowship student at the Tanglewood Music Center, the Dmitri Mitropoulos Award. His recordings appear on the Koch International, Nonesuch, New World, Delos, Gunmar, and CRI labels.