David Wood

David Simmons Wood (he/him) is the director of K-State’s Early Music Ensembles, including Collegium Musicum, Madrigal & Motet Ensemble, and the Recorder Ensemble. David is also engaged as teaching faculty in the Theory, History, and Composition Division and is the faculty advisor for the Tau chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and the K-State Early Music Society. He joined the K-State music faculty in 2014.

David holds degrees from Kansas State University (B.M. Voice) and the University of North Texas (M.M. Choral Conducting and Voice), and he studied early-music ensemble direction at the Historical Performance Institute at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.

David is the Founder and Artistic Director of Blue Earth Camerata in Manhattan, KS, and he was a founding member of Ishallyn, Ensemble for Early Celtic Music. Most recently, David is the featured vocalist for Heartland Baroque's touring concert program "Turlough O'Carolan: Bard of the Emerald Isle," a program that combines David's experience in historical performance practice and the traditional music of Ireland.

David's performing career has also included appearances with Dallas Bach Society, The Orchestra of New Spain (Dallas), The New York Baroque Dance Company, The New York State Baroque, Texas Choral Artists, and Fenix de los Ingenios, and others, as well as performances at the Boston, Indianapolis, and Bloomington Early Music Festivals.

David serves as the Programs Director for the Early Music America, the North American service organization for early music and historical performance, where he oversees scholarships, grants, the Young Performers Festival & Emering Artists Showcase, the annual EMA Summit, webinars and other video resources, and social media and email marketing activities.

David worked in public radio at WFIU, Bloomington, IN first as Announcer/Producer (2005-2007), then as Music Director and Program Content Coordinator (2007-2014), and served on the board of the Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio.