Location: New York

Dr. David Rudge, a Graduate of the MfP Leadership Program, teaches Free-Improvisation in the School of Music at SUNY - Fredonia, where he is Director of Orchestras and Opera. Besides conducting throughout the US and abroad, he is a performing violinist. As an improvising musician, he has studied and/or performed with Paul Winter, Paul Horn, Arthur Hull and Don Campbell. He has also performed as conductor with David Darling and Jon-Luc Ponty. David has been involved with Music for People since its inception, has taught Free Improvisation in such diverse settings as Oklahoma State University, the Connecticut and New York Public Schools, the Kiental Center in Switzerland, and the Omega Institute of Holistic Studies, where he was on staff for several summers.