David Creswell

David Creswell has been an integral part of the music scene in and around New York City for more than 20 years, with experience that spans nearly every musical style and setting from solo performance to orchestral work and opera, recording studio to the stage, and from classical to contemporary musical traditions. Principal viola of the Greenwich Symphony and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, he plays frequently with the New York Philharmonic, both at Lincoln Center and in other world-class venues in the U.S. and abroad. He is a core member of the Greenwich Chamber Players and has been part of over 30 Broadway productions. He appears on numerous film and television soundtracks, as well as musical collaborations with David Byrne, Rufus Wainwright, Sting, and many others. A dedicated music educator, David maintains an active private teaching studio and collaborates on pedagogical projects for collegiate students at the Juilliard School, including a popular course in eurhythmics that he developed. Furthermore, he is the co-developer and leader of a lecture series that explores the intersections of tuning and mathematics. Finally, David actively writes new arrangements of established chamber works, thereby expanding and diversifying the viola repertoire to match the technical caliber of today’s talented young violists.