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  • Dr. David Upham is the Director of Orchestral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of New Hampshire, as well as the founding Music Director of the UNH Youth Symphony Orchestras. Locally, Dr. Upham serves as the Music Director of the Great Bay Philharmonic Orchestra. Prior to his arrival in New England, he was active in Seattle, Washington, as a conductor of professional, community, and student ensembles. He served as the Music Director of the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, taught at the Seattle Conservatory of Music, and worked with the Rainier Symphony Orchestra, the Northwest Mahler Festival, and various professional ballet orchestras. In November 2009, he made his international debut at the French contemporary music festival, Aujourd’hui Musiques.

    Dr. Upham’s work also focuses on orchestral music education at all levels, preparing students for careers as public-school orchestra directors and teaching graduate conducting. In 2013, he founded the UNH Youth Symphony Orchestra program, which provides local school children with opportunities to study and perform string instruments while also providing UNH music education students with practical teaching experience. Dr. Upham appears frequently as an educator and clinician at festivals across the country, including the Summer Youth Music School at UNH. His background as a music educator also includes a tenure with the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras and a successful ten-year career as a public school music educator.

    Dr. Upham received a B.A. in music from Luther College, an M.M. in conducting from the University of Northern Colorado, and a D.M.A. in conducting from the University of Washington.
  • Teaching Activities

  • Analysis: Form and Structure Taught course
  • Reading Writing Scores Taught course
  • Spc Top Music Lit/String Rhrsl Taught course
  • Spc Top/String Rehearsal Taught course
  • Symphony Taught course
  • Symphony Taught course
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course
  • Spc Top Music Lit/String Rhrsl Taught course 2023
  • Symphony Taught course 2023
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2023
  • Reading Writing Scores Taught course 2022
  • SpcTopMusLit/String Rehearsal Taught course 2022
  • Symphony Taught course 2022
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2022
  • Spc Top Music Lit/String Rhrsl Taught course 2022
  • Symphony Taught course 2022
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2022
  • Orchestration Taught course 2021
  • SpcTopMusLit/String Rehearsal Taught course 2021
  • Symphony Taught course 2021
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2021
  • Adv Instrumental Conducting Taught course 2021
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2021
  • Symphony Taught course 2021
  • Symphony Taught course 2021
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2021
  • Adv Instrumental Conducting Taught course 2020
  • Orchestration Taught course 2020
  • Symphony Taught course 2020
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2020
  • Research Seminar Taught course 2020
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2020
  • Symphony Taught course 2020
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2020
  • Adv Instrumental Conducting Taught course 2019
  • Orchestration Taught course 2019
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2019
  • Symphony Taught course 2019
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2019
  • Adv Instrumental Conducting Taught course 2019
  • Instrumental Lit & Performance Taught course 2019
  • Research Seminar Taught course 2019
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2019
  • Symphony Taught course 2019
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2019
  • Adv Instrumental Conducting Taught course 2018
  • Conducting Taught course 2018
  • Research Seminar Taught course 2018
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2018
  • Symphony Taught course 2018
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2018
  • Adv Instrumental Conducting Taught course 2018
  • Instrumental Lit & Performance Taught course 2018
  • Research Seminar Taught course 2018
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2018
  • Symphony Taught course 2018
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2018
  • Adv Instrumental Conducting Taught course 2017
  • Orchestration Taught course 2017
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2017
  • Symphony Taught course 2017
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2017
  • Fundamentals of Music Theory Taught course 2017
  • Instrumental Lit & Performance Taught course 2017
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2017
  • Symphony Taught course 2017
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2017
  • Adv Instrumental Conducting Taught course 2016
  • Orchestration Taught course 2016
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2016
  • Symphony Taught course 2016
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2016
  • Fundamentals of Music Theory Taught course 2016
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2016
  • Symphony Taught course 2016
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2016
  • Adv Instrumental Conducting Taught course 2015
  • Fundamentals of Music Theory Taught course 2015
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2015
  • Symphony Taught course 2015
  • Tech & Method String Instrmnts Taught course 2015
  • Introduction to Music Taught course 2015
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2015
  • Symphony Taught course 2015
  • Orchestration Taught course 2014
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2014
  • Survey of Music History Taught course 2014
  • Symphony Taught course 2014
  • Introduction to Music Taught course 2014
  • Spc Topics/String Rehearsal Taught course 2014
  • Symphony Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.A. Music, Luther College
  • D.M.A. Conducting, University of Washington
  • M.M. Conducting, University of Northern Colorado
  • Full Name

  • David Upham
  • Mailing Address

  • University of New Hampshire

    Music Department

    30 Academic Way

    Durham, NH  03824

    United States