DAVID SIMMONS | Artistic Director

DAVID SIMMONS joined CoroAllegro as its Artistic Director in 2025.

David has served as the full-time Director of Music for the historic Trinity Episcopal Parish in Wilmington, Delaware since 2021. He became the Founding Conductor of the Encore Chorale of Wilmington in 2022 and the Founding Conductor of the Encore Chorale of Philadelphia in 2024. David is an accomplished pianist, organist, music educator and conductor whose career has taken him from the music classroom to the church organ and choir loft, and from work as a recital soloist and accompanist to a variety of conductor’s podiums, stretching from choral and orchestral work to turns in musical theatre, jazz and opera.

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Prior to moving to Wilmington with his husband, Michael Polscer, in 2021, David was active in the Washington, DC music community for over 33 years. He was the Director of Music for Ascension Lutheran Church and School in Landover Hills, MD from 1995 to 2012. From 2006 through 2019, he served as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the 100-voice Congressional Chorus in Washington, DC. He became the Founding Artistic Director of American Youth Chorus in 2008 and the Founding Director of the 24-member a cappella Congressional Chamber Ensemble in 2012, the same year he assumed the leadership of the NorthEast Senior Singers in Washington, DC. From 2017 to 2021, David served as the Organist and Choir Director for Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, DC. From 2019 through 2021, David served as an Encore Creativity conductor in the DC region and then as the Associate Artistic Director of Encore Creativity nationwide.