Artistic Staff

David Christopher has held the position of Artistic Director since 2005. Recent major oratorio and choral credits include Ein Deutsches Requiem (Brahms) with Delaware ChoralArts and the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Messiah (Handel), Grand Mass in C (Mozart), Holocaust Cantata (McCullough), Chichester Psalms (Bernstein), Judas Maccabaeus (Handel), Lux Aeterna (Lauridsen), and Requiems by Duruflé, Fauré and Rutter.

As a conductor, David has built a varied and highly successful history as an interpreter of choral, orchestral and stage works. He has served as associate conductor for OperaDelaware where he made his opera conducting debut to critical acclaim in The Gondoliers (Gilbert & Sullivan), conducted Die Fledermaus (Strauss), and served as assistant conductor for numerous productions. Other operatic credits include Die Zauberflöte (Mozart), The Merry Widow (Lehar), La Traviata (Verdi), Savitiri (Holst), The Tender Land (Copland), Carmen (Bizet), The Nightingale (Stravinsky), as well as most of the Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire.

Through his association as conductor for the City of Wilmington, David has served as conductor and music director for the All-American Tribute Orchestra as part of the annual 4th of July Celebration in Tubman-Garrett Park at the Riverfront in Wilmington. On several occasions he has conducted concerts featuring the sacred music of Duke Ellington (featuring jazz orchestra, soloists, chorus and dancers) in collaboration with Tina Betz and the City of Wilmington as part of the DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival in Wilmington.

Also a recognized leader in training children’s voices, David founded The Wilmington Children’s Chorus in 2002 in collaboration with the Mayor of Wilmington’s Office of Cultural Affairs and The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew. Now a multi-cultural ensemble with over 100 children and staffed by some of the area’s finest music educators, The Wilmington Children’s Chorus has become one of the premiere children’s choirs in the region.

Rob Kennan received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Shenandoah University and a Master of Music degree in French horn performance from the University of North Texas.

He has been involved with organizations like Opera Delaware, Wilmington Community Orchestra, Newark Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (Wilmington), First Baptist Church (Haddonfield, New Jersey), and the University of Delaware.

In addition to Delaware ChoralArts, he has served as an accompanist, singer, and hornist for musical ensembles in the northern Delaware area, including Opus One, Middletown Community Chorus, CoroAllegro, and Qvinctus. He has also worked with youth and special needs choruses like ChildrenSong, Wilmington Children’s Chorus, and Joyful Noise.

Mr. Kennan is active in the community as a composer, arranger, freelance musician, and private instructor.