- Composer Alan Hovhaness was a family friend.
- Has been on the same bill as Diane Schuur, Dr. John, The Manhattan Transfer, Harry Belafonte, Jackie Evancho, Diahann Carroll, Burt Bacharach, Lionel Richie, Debbie Gibson, Skitch Henderson, Philip Glass, Lyle Lovett, Bruce Hornsby, Art Linklater, Senor Wences, Bob Eubanks, Garrison Keillor, Penn & Teller, and The Capitol Steps.
- USC film scoring classmates include Deborah Lurie, Peter Boyer, Gabriel Mann, Tony Morales, Rich Ragsdale, Edward Rogers, Lee Sanders, Rob Deemer, Peter Bradley Adams, Zoran Borisavljevic, Joseph Metcalfe, Ben Brussell, Tony Underwood, Sarah Carina Graef, Chris Holden, Chris Hardin, Dan Schmeidler, Bobbie Ramirez, and Liz Erickson.
- Was briefly a member of Annex Theater in Seattle, an early home to actors Paul Giamatti and Jillian Armenante.
- Has performed for four United States Presidents - Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan.
- Professional musician since age 15.
- Was club pianist at Milt Larsen's Variety Arts Center in downtown Los Angeles during his undergraduate years. Got to know Disney songwriters Richard and Robert Sherman and actor Buddy Ebsen. Was part of the entertainment complex's line-up in the era of Larsen's "It's Magic," fundraisers for AIDS research helmed by Elizabeth Taylor and Julie Harris, the Dramalogue Awards show MC'd by Harvey Fierstein, the residency of British comedian and singer Joan Turner, the LA Drama Critics Circle Awards, and when cocktail waitress Victoria Jackson made her first appearances on The Tonight Show, as well as when Cary Grant added his name to the top-floor gallery of signatures.
- Has played for Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Mitt Romney, Madeleine Albright, Steven Spielberg, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Harrison Ford, Julie Harris, Tom Brokaw, Bill Gates, and Paul Allen.
- Has 45 albums on Emerald City Records.
- Undergraduate composition teachers include Morton Lauridsen, James Hopkins, David Raksin, Donald Crockett, Frederick Lesemann, and Mark McKenzie.
- David's primary piano teacher growing up was John Sundsten, a friend of composer Jean Sibelius. John's daughter was married to actor Burgess Meredith.
- Has been a Music Professor at Seattle Central College since 1997.
- Was nominated for a Northwest Regional Emmy in 1992 for Best Original Music for the film "The Miracle Strip: A Story Of Longacres Race Track," directed by Stephen Sadis.
- Is a career avant-garde composer, jazz bandleader, experimental filmmaker, and digital visual artist.
- Spent years raising money for diabetes research, immunology research, cancer research, and charity care.
- Graduate composition teachers include Elmer Bernstein, Christopher Young, Buddy Baker, Larry Blank, Ron Jones, Jack Smalley, Charles Bernstein, Will Schaefer, Joe Harnell, David Spear, and Richard Bellis.
- Master classes with Jerry Goldsmith, Hal David, Bill Conti, Witold Lutoslawski, and Kronos Quartet.
- Played Maxwell Smart in a high school production of "Get Smart".
- As a graduate student, scored student films for director, animator, and visual effects specialist Thomas Callicoat.
- Mother was a classical singer, father a translator of Korean literature.
- Took pictures for composer Elmer Bernstein's family when Elmer received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Of Scandinavian and Dutch heritage.
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