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David Weiss, a New York City based musician, specializes in performing on flutes and woodwinds from many
different cultures, including American and Celtic flutes & whistles, panpipes, recorders, Asian and Middle Eastern woodwinds,
unusual woodwinds (bass flute; great bass recorder; sopranino ocarina, microtonal woodwinds) as well as western flutes in
a variety of styles (rock, jazz, classical).
Currently, Mr. Weiss performs with Disney's "The Lion
King" for which he is a featured orchestral soloist, performing on thirteen different woodwinds. He co-composed much
of the flute music for that production, which has received numerous awards, including a 1999 Grammy.
Dave is
active in the recording industry, and is frequently requested to perform on television commercials, films, video games, documentaries,
and CDs. He also serves as an advisor to composers, orchestrators, and fellow musicians on historical and ethnomusicological
issues.
Selected recent credits include:
THEATER "The
Lion King" (Panpipes, Bass Panpipes, Wood Flutes, Flute, Piccolo, co-composer/orchestrator for woodwind parts)
"Riverdance On Broadway" (Irish Flute, Wood Flute) "Miss
Saigon" (Asian flutes, flute & picc) "Into the Woods" (Flute, Picc) PBS
live videotape FILM "Where The Wild Things
Are" (Wood Flutes, Ocarinas) Score by Carter Burwell "Rubicon" (Flute,
Alto Flute, Bass Flute) Score by Pete Nashel "Little Sister" (Chinese Flutes
and Shawms, Flute) Score by Robert Miller Release late 2010 "Why We Fight"
(Wood Alto Flute, Bass Flute, Wood Flute) Documentary. Score by Robert Miller, RMI. Release Winter 2006 Grand Prize
Winner Sundance Festival 2005. "No End In Sight" (Duduk, Middle Eastern Flutes)
Score By Pete Nashel. Sundance 2007 Special Jury Prize - Documentary "The Alamo"
(Low Whistle, Pennywhistle, Panpipes, Great Bass Recorder, Wood Flutes, Native American Flutes) Score By Carter Burwell
"The Rookie" (American style wood flutes, low whistles, pennywhistles and recorders) Score
By Carter Burwell "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" (advisor to Mr. Burwell on American
folk woodwinds) "The Truth About Charlie" (Moroccan Wood Flute), score by Rachel
Portman "The Gangs of New York" (advisor to the composers on Irish and American
folk woodwinds) RECORDING Mr. Weiss is much in demand
as a recording musician, working regularly for most of N.Y.C.'s major music companies, as well as many independent artists,
composers and arrangers. He enjoys working with musicians who are looking for unusual woodwind sounds for their projects
and would like to explore many new and different colors. He has re-designed many of his instruments so they are in tune with
western instruments to A=440. Mr. Weiss has recorded as a guest artist on the soon to be released
album by Phil Collins, and for the classical trio Auréole, both to be released by summer 2006. Other
albums: Erasure, Linda Eder, David Arkenstone, Chris McHale and Michael Whelan on the Narada label, Disney and RCA, Nonesuch,
Raven, and many independent labels. Mr. Weiss has performed as soloist on several hundred
television commercials in a large variety of formats: Mercedez-Benz, MasterCard, Irish Spring; Film
and TV programs: Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", "The Rookie", WB's "Felicity, An
American Girl"; as well as several P.B.S. "Americana" mini-series: "The
Presidents"; "Barnum"; and "Freedom: The History of US". He has performed
with a very eclectic list of ensembles, soloists, and composers: The Philip Glass Ensemble (Flute, Piccolo, Bass Clarinet);
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Saxophone); New Jersey Symphony (Flute, Bass Flute, piccolo); Aretha Franklin (Sax).
EDUCATION Mr. Weiss graduated from the Manhattan School of Music
in 1981 with a Diploma of Performance in Classical Flute, and in 1992 earned his full Bachelor's of Music Degree from
the same institution. Other studies at The Juilliard School, Bowdoin College, Hunter College, and three other universities.
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