David Dusing

David H. Dusing (March 22, 1943 – May 14, 2014) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, and tenor. He is best remembered for his long term partnership with composer and music satirist Peter Schickele with whom he performed and toured regularly from 1990 through 2008.

Raised in Toledo, Ohio, Dusing was trained as a singer and choral conductor at Mount Union College and the New England Conservatory (NEC). After initially working as a music educator for Minerva Local School District he joined the faculty of the NEC where he taught conducting and directed choirs from 1970-1973. He began his career as a tenor during these years; performing frequently in cantatas by Bach conducted by Craig Smith at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston and performing as a soloist in oratorios under conductors like Robert Shaw.

Dusing left his position at NEC to join the vocal sextet Songs By Six with who he toured from 1973-1975. He then performed as a member of the Robert De Cormier Singers into the late 1980s. He simultaneously maintained a solo career as a concert tenor and occasional musical theatre actor. In 1984 he founded his own choir, the Dusing Singers, with whom he periodically toured and recorded into the 1990s. He succeeded Norman Luboff as conductor of the Norman Luboff Choir in 1986.

Dusing lived in New York City where he was a frequent collaborator with director and choreographer Nat Horne. From 1992-2010 the two men spent two months of each year in Dayton, Ohio co-staging annual musicals for Muse Machine with Dusing also serving as musical director.