Rate My Professor David Anderson

Additionally, David Anderson has served as Music Director and Artistic Director for the Dana Point Symphony and Symphony Irvine for over twelve years, and as cover conductor for the San Diego Symphony. He has performed alongside members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and collaborated with distinguished artists including Cho-Liang Lin, Andres Cardenes, Yizhak Schotten, Smokey Robinson, David Archuleta, Manhattan Transfer, John Tesh, Lincoln Mayorga, Arlo Guthrie, and Dick Dale. His broad repertoire encompasses works by Beethoven and Brahms to newly commissioned pieces. Anderson has led numerous ballets, such as Nutcracker, Peter and the Wolf, and La Cigale with Anaheim Ballet, Nouveau Chamber Ballet, and Montage Dance Theater, as well as operas including The Magic Flute, Il Segreto di Susanna by Wolf-Ferrari, Hansel and Gretel, I Due Figaro by Mercadante, and Daron Hagen’s Little Nemo in Slumberland. Other achievements include his debut at Walt Disney Hall conducting Marcos Galvany’s O My Son, performances of traditional Chinese and Japanese music in Nagoya, Japan with Tu Shan Xiang and George Gao, and contributions to ensembles like Grumo Festival Orchestra, Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra, Siam Sinfonietta, Yakima Chamber Orchestra, Cerritos College Orchestra, and Montage Civic Orchestra. He also participated in the recording session for the 2010 documentary With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story and music directed the tour of the original opera Il Pianista Disgraziata.