 David
Roth strikes many chords, hearts, and minds with his unique
songs, offbeat observations, moving stories, sense of the
hilarious, and powerful singing and subject matter. As singer,
songwriter, recording artist, keynote speaker, workshop leader,
and instructor, David has earned top honors at premier songwriter
competitions - Kerrville (TX) and Falcon Ridge (NY) - and
taken his music, experience, and expertise to a wide variety
of venues in this and other countries full-time for more than
two decades.
David’s songs (“Rising in Love”, “Earth”,
“Manuel Garcia”, “May the Light of Love”,
“Nine Gold Medals”, “Spacesuits”,
“Rocket Science”, and many more) have found their
way to Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, several Chicken
Soup for the Soul books, the Kennedy Center, Peter, Paul,
& Mary concerts, NASA’s Goddard Space Center ("Rocket
Science" went up on the Space Shuttle Atlantis's May
2009 mission to repair the Hubble Telescope), the classic
folk song book “Rise Up Singing”, and 10 CDs on
the Wind River and Stockfisch (Germany) labels. Featured on
many of Christine Lavin’s Rounder compilations, the
former artist-in-residence at New York’s Omega Institute
has also been a songwriting judge at Kerrville, Napa Valley
(CA), Tumbleweed (WA), Eventide Arts (MA), the Avalon Festival
(WV), and the South Florida Folk Festival.
David has also taught singing, songwriting, and performance
at the Augusta Heritage workshops (WV), Puget Sound Guitar
Workshop (WA), Common Ground on the Hill (MD), Rowe Conference
Center (MA), Swannanoa Gatherings (NC), Summersongs (NY and
CA), Pendle Hill (PA), Lamb’s Retreat (MI), the Woods
Music and Dance Camp (Ontario), Wisconsin Stringalongs, the
National Wellness Institute (WI), Unity Village (MO), and
for many other groups and associations around the country.
The Chicago native (and two-time national anthem singer for
the NBA's Michael Jordan-era Bulls) has garnered accolades
for his performances, workshops, writing, and recordings.
The BOSE Corporation includes "Taller Than My Hair"
and "Five Blind Men" on their "best of new
folk" compilations, and several of David's songs also
appear in Barbara Glanz’s business best-selling books
“Care Packages for the Workplace” (McGraw-Hill),
"Care Packages for the Home" (Andrews-McMeel), “What
Can I Do” (Lutheran Voices), and "The Simple Truths
of Appreciation” (w/Ken Blanchard). more..
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