Excerpts from "The Teaching Methods of Nadia Boulanger" lecture, Nadia Boulanger Symposium, University of Colorado, 2004.
In this lecture David Conte explains in detail what studying with Nadia Boulanger was like, and also outlines his own philosophy of teaching.


String Quartet No. 2, fifth movement
The Ives Quartet
performed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, February 28th, 2010.


Sexton Songs: V. Us
Music by David Conte
Text by Anne Sexton
Marnie Breckenridge; soprano
SFCM New Music Ensemble; Nicole Paiement, conductor
performed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, October 9th, 2010.


America Tropical, an opera in one act
Music by David Conte
Libretto by Oliver Mayer
USC Opera Program


To Music
Cornell Womens' Chorus
Scott Tucker, Conductor


A Lady Who Thinks She's Thirty
Catherine Cook - mezzo soprano
Steven Bailey - piano
performed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, February 28th, 2010.


Marian Variations for Solo Harp
Douglas Rioth - harp
performed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, February 28th, 2010.


MSU Men's Glee Club performing 'Invocation' from 'Invocation and Dance' at their Spring Concert.


The Festival Singers of Florida perform Invocation and Dance movement I. Invocation, by David Conte, text by Walt Whitman. Dr Kevin Fenton conducts. Jacob Craig and Ledean Williams, Pianists. Thad Anderson, Kaylee Bonatakis, Josh Brink, and Benjamin Yancey, Percussionists.


Los Angeles Children's Chorus Chamber Singers "Alleluia."


Antoine Garth sings Sam Shattuck's aria from David Conte's opera 'The Dreamers' at the Saigon Conservatory.


Antiphon for Brass Quartet and Organ.


Br. Jonathan Ryan, SJC, winner of the First Prize and Letourneau Prize in the Jordan II International Organ Competition (2009), performs the Pastorale from the Pastorale & Toccata by David Conte (b. 1955) in this live, unedited recording on the 3-manual 1995 Konzelman organ at St. Anne Roman Catholic Church, Rochester, NY.


Director Ian Robertson conducts members of the San Francisco Girls Chorus and San Francisco Boys Chorus performing at San Francisco's City Hall on January 15th, 2009.

"This next number is a piece written especially for this occasion by local composer David Conte and is a setting of the words of Barak Obama at his victory celebration at the election. This we cannot call the world premier -- we can call this the final world premier rehearsal."