Dr. David Kish is Director of Bands Metropolitan State University where he conducts the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and teaches conducting and music education courses. In 2015, David was appointed Conductor and Musical Director of the Colorado Wind Ensemble. He is Editor of the Journal of Band Research, and curator of the J.L. Gerardi Band Research Center. In 2019, he was elected to membership in the American Bandmasters Association.

David has taught instrumental music at all educational levels, including a position as associate director of bands and Franklin Fellow at the University of Georgia. His writings have been published in the Journal of Band Research, Music Educators Journal and six volumes of the popular resource texts, Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. He is the author of "Brass Methods: An Essential Resource for Educators, Conductors and Students," four volumes of "Guides to Band Masterworks," "Practicing with Purpose," and "Visualizing Music." 

Dr. Kish earned the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and BME from Susquehanna University. He has presented sessions at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, the National Association of Music Education Conference, and various state music education conferences.