David Ashley White

David Ashley White's sacred and secular compositions are widely performed and published. His hymns appear in a number of books, including the recently published Supplement to the Hymnal 1982, "Wonder, Love and Praise." In 1996 his own collection of hymns, "Sing, My Soul", was published by Selah Publishing Co. He is the recipient of numerous commissions including ones from the Association of Anglican Musicians and the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Liturgy, for hymns for their 1997 conferences; and from the Houston Chamber Choir, for the a cappella work, "The Blue Estuaries", premiered at the 1998 Conference of Chorus America. Since 1980 he has received the ASCAP award.

Dr. White is composer-in-residence for the Houston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He holds both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the University of Houston and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition from the University of Texas at Austin. He is also currently the Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of Composition and Theory in the School of Music, University of Houston, Texas.