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David Bowden is Music Director and Conductor of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and the Columbus Philharmonic Chorus, the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, and the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. During his tenure, each of these orchestras have experienced exponential growth in audience attendance, artistic excellence and community support.
Director of the New Music Project of the Conductors Guild since 1998, David is nationally recognized as an advocate for the arts, music education, and innovative programming. He is a popular speaker at conferences as well as at leadership organizations, service clubs, and school events. His commitment to new music and exploring unusual repertoires has led to five ASCAP awards for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music.
Bowden and the Philharmonic have been broadcast nationwide on National Public Radio’s Performance Today and on Public Radio International’s Pipedreams. His recording with Dan McKinley and the Philharmonic of Marcel Dupré’s Complete Music for Organ and Orchestra is available on the international classical label, Naxos Records.
Of this release, Fanfare stated, “[The recording is] absolutely superb . . . plenty of fire and zeal.” The American Record Guide praised the “excellent performance under Bowden’s gifted leadership.” BBC Magazine said that it is “delightful, authoritative, well worth hearing.” And Organ concluded simply, “brilliant, first class.”
Bowden earned a doctorate in orchestral conducting and a master’s degree in choral conducting from the Indiana University School of Music. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music.
Bowden has guest conducted many orchestras throughout the United States, including multiple engagements with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra and the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. Among his other recent engagements are orchestras in San Diego, Asheville, Battle Creek, Corpus Christi, Lafayette, Muskegon, Savannah, Winston-Salem, Marquette, and Peoria.
Guest appearances have also taken him to Europe. He has received rave critical reviews for conducting “a sizzler, emphasizing the intense emotion of the music” and for the “sheer inspired audacity” of his programming. In Barcelona, El Periodico pronounced him “a genuine success.”
A native of North Carolina, David loves both the mountains and the ocean. He is an avid reader and basketball fan, and enjoys running and traveling. He is married and has two grown daughters.
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