David A. Fanning, began serving as Director of Music at BUMC in September of 2002. He has performed solo piano recitals in cities across the country, and has played at the White House as part of the annual Christmas celebration. David is currently completing his doctorate in orchestral conducting at Shenandoah Conservatory.

David is an accomplished jazz pianist and has performed with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, the Duke Madison Quartet, the Alan Hood Quartet and the Keith McCutcheon Group and has led his own jazz groups. He has been heavily involved in Musical Theatre as well, having worked as a vocal coach, rehearsal and pit pianist, percussionist and conductor. He has served as Musical Director for a number of shows including A Chorus Line, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita, Pump Boys and Dinettes, The Secret Garden and Little Shop of Horrors. David has also traveled to Scotland to serve as Musical Director for musical productions presented in conjunction with the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

In the Spring of 2010, David was appointed as our Composer In Residence for Capital Carillon.  Soon we hope to release David's first publications through Capital Carillon Press.