David is an orchestrator, musical supervisor, conductor and arranger with over 25 years of experience working internationally, across the UK and in the West End.
He has been made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music for his contribution to musical theatre, and as a passionate educator he continues to teach on the MA Musical Direction and Coaching course.
David is represented by Nick Quinn at The Agency.
NEW PROJECTS
Cabaret, Gothenburg Opera, 2022-2023
New orchestrations and Conductor
Fishermans Friends, 2022-2023 UK and Canada Tour
Musical Supervisor and Vocal Arrangements
The Man of La Mancha, English National Opera, Spring/Summer 2019
Symphonic orchestrations and Musical Supervisor
"The biggest star is David White commanding a large (and loud) orchestra"
Mark Shenton, London Theatre Guide
"Played with tremendous oomph by the ENO orchestra conducted by David White"
Whatsonstage
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SELECTED RECENT WORK
Something Rotten, Wermland Opera, 2018/19
Symphonic orchestrations and Musical Supervisor
The Assassination of Katie Hopkins, Theatr Clwyd
Orchestrator and Musical Supervisor
Winner Best Musical Production 2018, UK Theatre Awards
Fiddler on the Roof, Chichester Festival Theatre
New Orchestrations, new dance arrangements and Musical Supervisor
Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close, English National Opera
Symphonic orchestrations
Les Miserables, a new version for Wermland Opera, Karlstad, Sweden
Musical Supervisor and Musical Director, additional orchestration
Showboat, Sheffield Theatres and West End
Musical Supervisor and Musical Director, new vocal arrangements
Winner Best Musical Production 2016, UK Theatre Awards
I Love Musicals, Scandanavian tour and Nippon Budokan Arena, Tokyo
A series of arena concerts in Sweden, Norway and Finland with the Stockholm Sinfonietta, and in Tokyo with the Tokyo Philharmonic, starring Ramin Karimloo, Peter Joback, Norm Lewis and Sierra Boggess.
Do I Hear A Waltz? , Wigmore Hall
Conducting and arranging for the world-renowned Nash Ensemble in the late music of Richard Rodgers.
The orchestration by David White is brought to magnificent life…there are moments when the music floods your senses to such a degree that it blocks out everything else.
Theatre World
The excellent ENO orchestra is led by David White. His conducting is lively, dynamic and makes the most of the Spanish influences in the score, with an emphasis on the castanets and guitars.
Broadway World
The thirteen member Nash Ensemble under the educated baton of David White gave the lush melodies every ounce of their attention
Musical Theatre Review
The most sumptuous sound I've heard in a musical.
The Guardian
