David Freeman Coleman

Holds a Bachelor of Music in both piano performance and composition from Boston University and an M.A. in composition from Tufts University. Currently the Director of Choral Music at the Dana Hall School in Wellesley, David has been choral directing for 20 years, and is also actively involved in gospel music throughout New England. He is the director of the gospel ensemble Confirmation, and has performed for the New England Patriots, the Democratic National Committee, and Pope John Paul II. David is also currently the director of the 225-voice Tufts University Third Day Gospel Choir, and has also directed several area choirs with performances at the House of Blues, the Wang Center, and Symphony Hall with the Boston Pops. He has worked with choirs for many popular artists like Bobby McFerrin, Patti Labelle, Phish, and most recently Academy Award Nominee Ryan Gosling. He leads workshops in gospel music for the American Choral Directors Association and for the NAIS People of Color Conference, and he is the 2007 recipient of the Thomas A. Dorsey Award from the New England Conservatory.