David Woodard

David Woodard
Woodard in 2020
Woodard in 2020
Born (1964-04-06) April 6, 1964 (age 60)
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
OccupationConductor, writer
Citizenship
  • United States
  • Canada
Literary movementPostmodernism
SpouseSonja Vectomov
Children2
Signature

David James Woodard (UK: /ˈwʊdɑːrd/ ⓘ, US: /ˈwʊdərd/;[1] born April 6, 1964) is an American conductor and writer.

Los Angeles memorial services at which Woodard has served as conductor or music director include a 2001 civic ceremony held at the Angels Flight funicular railway honoring mishap casualty Leon Praport and his injured widow Lola.[2][3]: 125  He has conducted wildlife requiems, including for a California brown pelican on the berm crest of a beach where the animal had fallen.[4][5]: 152–153  He is reputed to favor colored inks in preparing a score.[6]: 173 

Woodard's replicas of the Dreamachine have been exhibited in art museums throughout the world. His contributions to literary journals such as Der Freund include writings on interspecies karma, plant consciousness and the Paraguayan settlement Nueva Germania.[7]

  1. ^ Roach, P. J., Hartman, J., Setter, J., & Jones, D., eds., Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary, 17th ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), p. 563.
  2. ^ Reich, K., "Family to Sue City, Firms Over Angels Flight Death", Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2001.
  3. ^ Dawson, J., Los Angeles' Angels Flight (Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2008), p. 125.
  4. ^ Manzer, T., "Pelican's Goodbye is a Sad Song", Press-Telegram, October 2, 1998.
  5. ^ Allen, B., Pelican (London: Reaktion Books, 2019), pp. 152–153.
  6. ^ Kracht, C., & Nickel, E., Gebrauchsanweisung für Kathmandu und Nepal: Überarbeitete Neuausgabe (Munich: Piper Verlag, 2012), p. 173.
  7. ^ Carozzi, I., "La storia di Nueva Germania", Il Post, October 13, 2011.