David Shukiar

David Shukiar: The music of David Shukiar has been heard in synagogues, concert halls (including multiple performances at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York) and theatres all over North America and in Israel and in HBO's The Rehearsal (season 1, episode 5).  David has twice been awarded the Guild of Temple Musicians Young Composers Award, an honor shared by only four other composers in the history of this prestigious award. He has enjoyed commissions from cantors and synagogues from across the United States, Canada and Israel, including a commission from the American Conference of Cantors and the Guild of Temple Musicians to help dedicate a new building at Beit Daniel, a Reform community in Tel Aviv.  David has enjoyed being the composer and conductor-in-residence for the Atlanta Choral Festival in addition to various synagogues around the country.  As a composer of musical theatre, David’s most notable works include Make Believe, a two-time winner of the Burdette Fitzgerald Memorial Award for Theatre for Young Audiences, Benjamin and Judah, a musical about the story of Chanukah, which premiered in New York and has been performed on both the East and West coasts, including two successful productions at Temple Adat Elohim and at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, and Louisa Mae Alcott’s Little Women, The Musical, winner of the Y.E.S. Festival of New Works at Northern Kentucky University.  As an arranger, David has worked with many different ensembles, helping to create music that gives each group a unique voice.  In addition to publishing many of his choral pieces, Transcontinental Music Publications, the largest publisher of Jewish Music in the world, has published, Klei Zemer, a book of David’s arrangements for synagogue ensembles for Shabbat.  David is also an accomplished music director, having shared his talents with CBS Television, Anita Mann Productions, Holland America and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and various synagogues in the Los Angeles area.  For the past 17 years David has served in the cantorial office at Temple Adat Elohim in Thousand Oaks, CA.  Here he has built a unique and successful music program spanning many generations.  His musical forces include the TAE Chorale, a 25 voice choir of all temple members, the Band of Milk and Honey, a 10 piece instrumental ensemble of all temple members, the TAE Symphony Orchestra, a 30+ instrumental ensemble of all temple members, the Junior Cantors and Shirei Elohim, a junior choir.  He also currently serves as president of the Guild of Temple Musicians, having held many board positions in the past including facilitating the Ben Steinberg Young Composer's Award, the Shomeir Shirah Award and the Generation to Generation High School Songwriting

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