David R. Holsinger is an American

United States

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 composer

Composer

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 and conductor

Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

 writing primarily for concert band

Concert band

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. Holsinger is a graduate of Hardin-Central High School in Hardin, Missouri, Central Methodist University

Central Methodist University

Central Methodist University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Fayette, Missouri. CMU is an accredited four year institution of higher education and offers masters, bachelors, and associates degrees...

, the University of Central Missouri

University of Central Missouri

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, and the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

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. He is well known across the nation as well as the world for his differentiating time signatures throughout his pieces.
In 1999, following 15 years of service as music minister, worship leader, and composer in residence to Shady Grove Church in Grand Prairie, Texas, he joined the School of Music faculty at Lee University

Lee University

Lee University is an American accredited, private, four-year liberal arts college located in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States. It is historically affiliated with the Church of God, a Pentecostal denomination, and was the denomination's Bible Training School from 1918 until 1947, when the name...

, Cleveland, Tennessee, as Conductor of the Lee University Wind Ensemble.