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David Beatty

Office Manager & Associate Musician

David Beatty is a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico. He attended Eastern New Mexico University, pursuing bachelor studies in music theory and composition under Icelandic composer and theorist Dr. Jon Jonsson, with minors in voice and piano. Attending Oklahoma City University (OCU), he pursued graduate studies in vocal pedagogy under Vicky Kelly and studied voice with Inez Silberg.

He taught voice at OCU and voice and music theory at Midwest Christian College, Oklahoma City, and for several seasons served as a vocal coach with Opera in the Ozarks, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. David served as organist at several churches in Oklahoma and was previously Director of Music at Christ Lutheran Church, Santa Fe.

David sings in the First Presbyterian Chancel Choir and plays in the Bell Choir, and is a chorister with the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. He serves as assistant accompanist for the Chancel Choir and accompanies the Bell Choir on occasion.  He has assisted with the music program at St. Michael’s High School, Santa Fe, as well as the choir of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe.  He has sung with Opera Southwest, Performance Santa Fe, Canticum Novum, and Cantus Spiritus.

He composes and arranges choral, organ, and hand bell music. His compositions have been commissioned by groups including Concord Choir (Oregon), Christ Memorial Episcopal Church (Oklahoma), Cimarron United Methodist Church (New Mexico), the Oklahoma Music Educators Association, The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (Santa Fe), and most recently the Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble with his four-movement Mementos of the Compass of Time which was premiered by that Ensemble in conjunction with the Durango Women’s Choir on April 28, 2019, in Santa Fe, and June 2, 2019, in Durango.

Other recent compositions include four Psalm settings for baritone and piano, premiered at First Presbyterian Church with Travis Bregier, baritone, and the composer at the piano, A Still and Silent Night written for a joint performance of the Bell Choir of First Presbyterian Church and the High Desert Harp Ensemble. Several anthems have been premiered by the Chancel Choir of First Presbyterian Church, including a Good Friday anthem, Crux Fidelis, and a Lenten Anthem, The Day Too Small.  The Chancel Bell Choir of First Presbyterian Church has premiered several original and arranged settings, including Trois Petites Pièces for hand bells, and a partita on Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella.  His anthem Arise, My Love was performed by the Chamber Singers of the Santa Fe Symphony Chorus, with the composer conducting.