{{Short description|American musician (1943–2014)}} {{use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} '''David H. Dusing''' (March 22, 1943 – May 14, 2014) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, and tenor. He is best remembered for his long term partnership with composer and music satirist Peter Schickele with whom he performed and toured regularly from 1990 through 2008.
Raised in Toledo, Ohio, Dusing was trained as a singer and choral conductor at Mount Union College and the New England Conservatory (NEC). After initially working as a music educator for Minerva Local School District he joined the faculty of the NEC where he taught conducting and directed choirs from 1970 to 1973. He began his career as a tenor during these years; performing frequently in cantatas by Bach conducted by Craig Smith at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston and performing as a soloist in oratorios under conductors like Robert Shaw.
Dusing left his position at NEC to join the vocal sextet Songs by Six with who he toured from 1973 until 1975. He then performed as a member of the Robert De Cormier Singers into the late 1980s. He simultaneously maintained a solo career as a concert tenor and occasional musical theatre actor. In 1984 he founded his own choir, the Dusing Singers, with whom he periodically toured and recorded into the 1990s. He succeeded Norman Luboff as conductor of the Norman Luboff Choir in 1986.
Dusing lived in New York City where he was a frequent collaborator with director and choreographer Nat Horne. From 1992 until 2010 the two men spent two months of each year in Dayton, Ohio, co-staging annual musicals for Muse Machine with Dusing also serving as musical director.
==Early life and education== The son of Ernest and Ida Mae Dusing,<ref>{{cite news|work=The Blade|date=May 7, 1980|page= 42|title=Obituaries: Dusing, Ernest F.}}</ref> <ref name="EA">{{cite news|title=Engagement Announced|work=Medina County Gazette|date= December 21, 1966|page= 6}}</ref> David Henry Dusing was born in Pemberville, Ohio, on March 22, 1943.<ref>David Dusing in the ''U.S., Public Records Index, 1950–1993, Volume 2''</ref><ref name="obituary">{{cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/david-dusing-obituary?id=52145124|title=David Dusing Obituary|work=The New York Times|date=May 22, 2014|via=legacy.com}}</ref> He was educated in the Toledo City School District at Arlington Elementary School<ref>{{cite news|title=Mama Pigeon Makes the Grade|work=Toledo Blade|date= April 6, 1954|page=21}}</ref> and Libbey High School; graduating from the latter institution in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Blade|date=May 31, 1961|page= 36|title=444 to Graduate on June 8 in Libby Exercises at Rivoli}}</ref> He studied music at Mount Union College (MUC) in Alliance, Ohio. There he starred in a student production of Douglas Moore's ''The Devil and Daniel Webster'' in 1962,<ref>{{cite news|work=The Blade|date=Mar 14, 1962|page= 15|title=Student from Ottawa Hills Wins Scholarship at Oberlin}}</ref> and that same year was elected vice-president of the Mount Union College Choir.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Blade|title=School Notes|date=October 16, 1962|page= 12}}</ref> He was elected president of the choir in 1963, and was also a singer in the school's Madrigal Singers.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Blade|date=February 6, 1963|title=News of Music|page= 34}}</ref> He was also active in the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity at the school.<ref name="EA"/>
After graduating from MUC in 1966 with both Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education degrees,<ref name="NEC">{{cite news|title=Engagements|work=The Blade|date=June 9, 1967|page=22}}</ref><ref name="obituary"/> Dusing worked as a music teacher for Minerva Local School District<ref name="EA"/> where he was director of the choir at Minerva High School.<ref>{{cite news|title=Three from Here in the Minerva Concert|work=The Daily Times|date= May 1, 1967|page= 18}}</ref> He simultaneously worked as a graduate assistant at the New England Conservatory (NEC) while pursuing a Masters's degree in choral conducting.<ref name="NEC"/> On July 1, 1967 he married Cathy Frase at Christ Presbyterian Church in Canton, Ohio.<ref>{{cite news|title=Marriage Licenses|work=Medina County Gazette|date= July 6, 1967|page= 4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=From Our Correspondents|work=Medina County Gazette|date= July 8, 1967|page= 7}}</ref> Their marriage ended in divorce in 1975.<ref>David H Dusing in the ''Kentucky, U.S., Divorce Records, 1962–2005'', Certificate Number 0904208-034, Divorce Record 11712277</ref>
==Career== ===Tenor and choral music leader=== After graduating from the NEC with a master's degree, Dusing joined the faculty of that conservatory where he taught conducting and conducted choirs.<ref>{{cite news|title=Muse Machine's ''Peter Pan'' Set to Take Flight|first=Terry|last=Morris|work=Dayton Daily News|date=January 7, 1994|page=11, section Go! Arts}}</ref> He worked as a resident tenor soloist at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston where he performed regularly as soloist in Bach cantatas led by Craig Smith;<ref>{{cite news|page=10|title=Mr. Smith Goes to Church: The Versatile Philosophy of Emmanuel cantatas|first=Lloyd|last=Schwartz|date=February 12, 1980|work=The Boston Phoenix}}</ref> among them ''Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11''.<ref>{{cite news|title=In Concert|work=The Boston Globe|date= May 24, 1973|page= 43}}</ref> In 1970 he sang the lead tenor role of the Evangelist in Johann Sebastian Bach's ''St Matthew Passion'' under the baton on Robert Shaw at the Blossom Festival; a work presented in honor of the late George Szell who had recently died.<ref>{{cite news|title=St Matthew Passion Fine Tribute to Szell|work=The Akron Beacon Journal|date= August 1, 1970|page= 17|first=Theodore|last=Price}}</ref> In 1971 he was the tenor soloist in Giacomo Carissimi's oratorio ''Jephte'' in a concert given at Bates College,<ref>{{cite news|title=Solo Role at Bates Collegium Music Concert|work=Sun-Journal|date=February 17, 1971|page= 3}}</ref> and that same year was the tenor soloist in Mozart's Requiem with the Concord Chorale.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chorale Orchestra Is Named|work=Concord Monitor|date= April 17, 1971|page= 8}}</ref> He was also a tenor vocalist on George Russell's 1971 jazz album ''Listen to the Silence''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook_1/mode/2up?q=%22David+Dusing%22|title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|year=2006|publisher=Penguin Books|last= Cook|first=Richard|isbn=9780141023274|page=1140}}</ref>
In the Summer of 1972 Dusing toured Europe for seven weeks as a member of the New England Conservatory's choir in a concert tour funded by the United States Department of State.<ref>{{cite news|work=The Blade|date=June 21, 1972|page= 46|title=News of Music}}</ref> He performed the aria "Un'aura amorosa" from Mozart's ''Così fan tutte'' in a concert of opera arias at Harvard University's Sanders Theatre in August 1973.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sonic Events|work=The Boston Globe|date= August 25, 1973|page= 11}}</ref> On Labor Day 1976 he was the tenor soloist in the premiere of Morton Gould's cantata ''Something to Do: A Salute to the American Worker'' at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; a work which also starred Pearl Bailey and was commissioned to celebrate the United States Bicentennial.<ref>{{cite book|page=274|title=Morton Gould: American Salute|first=Peter W.|last= Goodman|year= 2000|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|isbn=9781574670554}}</ref> In 1977 he was the tenor soloist in a recording of Malcolm Peyton's ''Chamber Cantata''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Boston Composers Project: A Bibliography of Contemporary Music|page=380|year=1983|publisher=MIT Press|editor-first=Linda I.|editor-last=Solow|isbn=9780262021982}}</ref> He also worked as a guest soloist in concerts with Harry Belafonte and John Raitt.<ref name="QF"/>
Dusing toured in the vocal sextet Songs by Six from 1973 until 1975;<ref>{{cite news|title=Songs by Six Present Concert|work=Sun Herald|date=January 20, 1975|page= 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Songs by Six Gives Refreshing Concert|first=Mary Nic|last=Shenk|work=Tampa Bay Times|date= April 10, 1974|page=3D}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Songs by Six in Bellflower|first=Daniel|last=Cariaga|work=Los Angeles Times|date= November 26, 1973|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Capacity Audience Praises Concert|first=Charles|last=Stauffer|work=Dillon Tribune|date= November 6, 1973|page= A2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Songs by Six Will Open Community Concert Series|work=The Journal Times|date= October 14, 1973|page= 18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Final Concert of Season to Be Songs by Six|work=North Bay Nugget|date= March 6, 1974|page= 7}}</ref> resigning from his position at the NEC when he joined this group.<ref>{{cite news|title=Concert Membership Deadline Soon|work=The Coeur d'Alene Press|date=September 28, 1973|page= 17}}</ref> The ensemble was organized and directed by Robert De Cormier who also wrote the group's arrangements of both popular and classical music.<ref>{{cite news|title=Songs by Six Here|work=The Evening Standard|date=February 14, 1975|page= 13}}</ref> He then performed as a member of the professional choir, the Robert De Cormier Singers (RDCS), in the late 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="SUB"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Decormier Singers Concert to Focus on Folk Songs|work=Marshfield News-Herald|date= November 20, 1980|page= 10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=De Cormier Folk Singers First Class Performers|first=Betty|last=Ligon|work=El Paso Herald-Post|date= January 25, 1983|page= 15}}</ref> He also conducted the RDCS when De Cormier was not able to lead the ensemble.<ref name="SUB">{{cite news|title=Singers Present Top-Notch Show|work=Oroville Mercury Register|date= November 2, 1977|page= 2}}</ref> He was still a member of this ensemble as late as 1988.<ref>{{cite news|title=Music|work=Newsday|date= July 25, 1988|page= 28}}</ref>
Dusing founded the choir, the Dusing Singers (DS; also known as the David Dusing Ensemble).<ref name="MFY"/> The group was actively performing in concert series as early as the Spring of 1984.<ref>{{cite news|title=Concert Series|work=The Bismarck Tribune|date=March 20, 1984|page=6}}</ref> The choral group toured periodically in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>{{cite news|title=Their Kingdoms for True Excellence|work=The Star-Ledger|date= May 27, 1990|page=1F}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Viva Voices: The David Dusing Singers|work=Newsday|date= February 2, 1990|page=24, section Weekend}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Anniversary Singers|work=Tarrytown Daily News|date= October 21, 1989|page= 11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=David Dusing Ensemble Offers Memorable Evening of Song|work=Wadena Pioneer Journal|date= March 14, 1985|page= 16}}</ref><ref name="SELLARS">{{cite news|title=Luboff Choir Generates Good Christmas Memory|first=Karen Kumler|last=Boyd|work=Lancaster New Era|date= December 15, 1987|page= 9}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Music: Classical|work=The Standard-Star|date= February 9, 1989|page= 78}}</ref> This included a Christmas concert presented in conjunction with the RDCS at The Church of the Holy Trinity in 1989.<ref>{{cite news|title=Robert De Cormier Singers/ The David Dusing Singers|work=Newsday|date= December 15, 1989|page= 224}}</ref> In 1991 the DS released the album ''The Cool Of The Day: The Music Of Jean Ritchie'' which featured the ensemble performing vocal arrangement's of Jean Ritchie's music by Dusing.<ref>{{cite news|first=Eva|last=Sands|work=Walnut Valley Occasional|date= December 1, 1991|page= 17|title=Winter Music for the Holiday Season}}</ref> The DS also recorded music for the soundtrack of the 1995 film ''Dead Man Walking''.<ref name="MFY">{{cite news|title=The View Downtown|work=Dayton Daily News|date= January 8, 2000|page=6C|first=Jim|last=Nichols}}</ref> Dusing also performed as a member of the Norman Luboff Choir and succeeded Luboff as the ensemble's conductor in the last months of his life.<ref>{{cite news|title=Benefit Concert by Luboff Choir|work=The Herald-Sun|date=November 30, 1987|page= 13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Concert Planned to Honor Graham|work=The News Herald|date= November 19, 1987|page= 35}}</ref> Following Luboff's death in September 1987, he conducted the choir on a concert tour to Australia in November 1987.<ref>{{cite news|title=Norman Luboff Choir Performing Wednesday in Melbourne|first=Patricia|last=Caporale|work=Orlando Sentinel|date= November 26, 1987|page= 33}}</ref> He also served as chorus master for Peter Sellars's stagings of ''Così fan tutte'' (1986) and ''Don Giovanni'' (1987) in New York.<ref name="SELLARS"/>
Dusing also occasionally worked in musical theatre. In 1979 he was a featured singer in Radio City Music Hall's stage adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=9780396079071|title=The Best plays of 1979–1980: the Burns Mantle Yearbook|page=368|last= Guernsey|first= Otis L.|publisher=Dodd, Mead & Co.}}</ref> After this he portrayed Sir Lionel in a national tour of ''Camelot''.<ref>{{cite news|title=David Busing Ensemble Concert Association Offering for Wadena|work=Wadena Pioneer Journal|date= March 7, 1985|page= 6}}</ref> In 1986 he starred as Seryozha in Stanley Silverman's musical revue ''The Black Sea Follies'' featuring the music of Dmitri Shostakovich which was staged in a co-production by the Music-Theatre Group of Brooklyn and the Lenox Arts Center of Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Black Sea Enjoyable but Unconvincing|first=Malcolm L.|last= Johnson|work=Hartford Courant|date=August 8, 1986|page= 28}}</ref> After a run at the Lenox Arts Center,<ref>{{cite news|title=Black Sea Follies Sketch for Fuller Work|first=Jay|last=Carr|work=The Boston Globe|date= August 8, 1986|page= 30}}</ref> the production was performed Off-Broadway in New York at Playwrights Horizons.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood on the Volga|first=Howard|last=Kissel|work=New York Daily News|date= December 17, 1986|page=3, section EXTRA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mild-Mannered Russian Follies|work=Newsday|date= December 17, 1986|page=9, part II|first=Alan |last=Wallach}}</ref>
In 1987 Dusing was the tenor soloist in Bach's ''Christ lag in Todes Banden'', BWV 4, Anton Bruckner's Requiem, and Mozart's Mass in D major, K. 194 with the Richmond Choral Society (RCS).<ref>{{cite news|title=Choral Society's Season's Final Note|first=Eileen|last=Siegel|work=Staten Island Advance|date= June 8, 1987|page= 26}}</ref> He performed with the RCS again in 1988 as a soloist in Beethoven's Mass in C major.<ref>{{cite news|title=Richmond Choral Society Performs Tomorrow at 8|first=Craig|last=Schneider|work=Staten Island Advance|date= November 18, 1988|page= 33}}</ref> In 1992 he was a guest performer on ''Garrison Keillor's American Radio Company'' program.<ref>{{cite news|title=Radio|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date= April 24, 1992|page= 53}}</ref>
===Work with Nat Horne=== Dusing moved to New York City where he was a frequent collaborator with director and choreographer Nat Horne.<ref name="obituary"/> He taught voice on the faculty of the Nat Horne Musical Theatre School.<ref name="QF">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/danceinnewyorkin0000jaco/page/124/mode/2up?q=%22David+Dusing%22|page=125|publisher=Quick Fox|year=1980|last1= Jacob|first1=Ellen|last2= Jonas|first2= Christopher|title=Dance in New York: An Indispensable Companion to the Dance Capital of the World}}</ref> With Glen Vecchione he co-authored the music and lyrics to the Off-Off-Broadway musical ''The Legend of Frankie and Johnny'' which was staged in New York City by the Nat Horne Musical Theatre. It opened on April 10, 1981 and closed after 38 performances.<ref>{{cite book|page=331|title=Collector's Guide to the American Musical Theatre|first= David|last= Hummel|year=1984|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|isbn= 978-0810816374}}</ref> The production was directed Albert Reyes and choreographed by Horne. It toured the United States after the end of its New York run.<ref>{{cite news|title=''Frankie and Johnny'' Folk Musical Started as a Four Minute Number|work=The Baltimore Sun|date= June 28, 1981|page=N1|first=Zelda|last=Cameron}}</ref>
Dusing was the longtime music director for Muse Machine's (MM) annual musical theatre productions staged at the Victoria Theatre in Dayton, Ohio; often also serving as the co- stage director with Nat Horne.<ref name="MFL">{{cite news|title=Warren County Sends 12 to ''My Fair Lady''|first=Pamela|last=Dillon|work=Dayton Daily News|date= December 28, 2000|page=2-Z3}}</ref> The first production he served as music director for MM was Rodgers and Hammerstein's ''South Pacific'' in 1992.<ref>{{cite news|title=Muse Machine to Hold Auditions|work=Sidney Daily News|date= October 8, 1991|page= 8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Oceans of Expertise: ''South Pacific'' Directors Ride Tide with Muse Machine|first=Terry|last=Morris|work=Dayton Daily News|date=January 3, 1992|page=58}}</ref> He served as music director and co-stage director for MM's productions of ''Oliver!'' (1993),<ref>{{cite news|title=The Muse Machine Presents ''Oliver!''|work=Dayton Daily News|date= January 15, 1993|page= 16|first=Terry|last=Morris}}</ref> Moose Charlap and Jule Styne's ''Peter Pan'' (1994<ref>{{cite news|title=Muse Musical Magical|work=Dayton Daily News|date= January 5, 1994|page=Z2-3|first=Alicia|last=Conway}}</ref> and 2008),<ref>{{cite news|title=Muse's Machine's ''Peter Pan'' Soars|work=Dayton Daily News|date= January 11, 2008|page=12, section L!fe|first=Terry|last=Morris}}</ref> ''The Music Man'' (1995),<ref>{{cite news|title=Sweet Music: Muse Machine Glorifies ''Music Man'' Mystique|first=Bob|last=Batz|work=Dayton Daily News|date= January 13, 1995|page=3C}}</ref> ''The Wizard of Oz'' (1996),<ref>{{cite news|title=Muse Machine Wizards Are Storming Toward Opening Night|first=Terry|last=Morris|work=Dayton Daily News|date= December 24, 1995|pages=1C, 4C}}</ref> ''Me and My Girl'' (1997<ref>{{cite news|title=Seen & Overheard: Me and My Muse Machine|first=Terry|last=Morris|work=Dayton Daily News|date= January 26, 1997|page= 3C}}</ref> and 2009),<ref>{{cite news|title=Muse Machine Gives ''Me and My Girl'' Another Spin|work=Dayton Daily News|first=Terry|last=Morris|date= January 9, 2009|page=24}}</ref> ''Mame'' (1998),<ref>{{cite news|title=The Mame Event|first=Terry|last=Morris|work=Dayton Daily News|date= January 9, 1998|page=14, section Go! Arts}}</ref> ''Damn Yankees'' (1999)<ref>{{cite news|title=No Kidding Around|first=Terry|last=Morris|work=Dayton Daily News|date= January 10, 1999|page=C1}}</ref> ''My Favorite Year'' (2000)<ref name="MFY"/> ''My Fair Lady'' (2001),<ref name="MFL"/> ''The Pajama Game'' (2002),<ref>{{cite news|title=Playing the Game|first=Terry |last=Morris|work=Dayton Daily News|date= January 4, 2002|page=12, section Go! Arts}}</ref> ''Guys and Dolls'' (2003),<ref>{{cite news|title=Muse Machine's Offering Entertaining|work=Dayton Daily News|date= January 11, 2003|page=B3|first=Terry|last=Morris}}</ref> ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' (2004),<ref>{{cite news|title=Success Story: Muse Machine Veteran Takes Lead Without Really Trying|first=Terry|last=Morris|work=Dayton Daily News|date= January 4, 2004|pages=F1, F5}}</ref> ''On the Town'' (2005),<ref>{{cite news|title=Have a Thrilling Night ''On the Town''|work=Dayton Daily News|first=Terry|last=Morris|date= January 15, 2005|page=B4}}</ref> ''Beauty and the Beast'' (2006),<ref>{{cite news|title=''Beast'' Beauty of Show|work=Dayton Daily News|first=Terry |last=Morris|date= January 14, 2006|page=B2}}</ref> ''Thoroughly Modern Millie'' (2007),<ref>{{cite news|title=Thoroughly Amazing Youngsters|first=Terry |last=Morris|page=D14|work=Dayton Daily News|date=January 7, 2007}}</ref> and ''Singin' in the Rain'' (2010).<ref>{{cite news|title=Cast Takes Singin' in the Rain in Stride|first=Terry |last=Morris|work=Dayton Daily News|date=January 17, 2010|page=D14}}</ref>
In 1997 Dusing spearheaded the recording of an album, ''Broadway In Concert'', which featured the performers of the Muse Machine in excerpts from musicals that he had led with the company.<ref>{{cite news|title=Muse Machine Goes on Record|first=Terry|last=Morris|ref=none|work=Dayton Daily News|date= August 17, 1997|page=C1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Muse Machine Produces Broadway CD|first=Pamela|last= Ferris-Olson|work=Dayton Daily News|date= November 27, 1997|page=14-Z1}}</ref> He also conducted a series of summer musical revues presented by the Muse Machine in Dayton entitled ''Heart and Music''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Member's Heart is in Muse Machine Music|first=Terry|last=Morris|work=Dayton Daily News|date= August 13, 2000|page=C1}}</ref>
===Collaborations with Peter Schickele=== Dusing was a frequent collaborator with music satirist and composer Peter Schickele; frequently appearing with him in concerts and cabaret programs.<ref name="obituary"/> The pair also frequently partnered with soprano Michèle Eaton in the various programs they crafted.<ref name="HOUSTON">{{cite news|title=Crimes Against Music|work=The Houston Chronicle|date= December 4, 2005|first=Charles|last=Ward|pages=12–13; section Zest}}</ref>
Some of the venues Dusing and Schickele appeared in concert at included the Emelin Theatre (1990),<ref>{{cite news|title=Mamoroneck|work=The Daily Item|date= March 14, 1990|page= 10}}</ref> the Daniels Pavilion in Naples, Florida (1990),<ref>{{cite news|title=Bach Buffoonery|work=The News-Press|date= March 22, 1990|page= 79}}</ref> Ford Hall at Ithaca College (1990),<ref>{{cite news|title=The Apocryphal P.D.Q. Bach|work=The Ithaca Journal|date= March 21, 1990|page= 3}}</ref> the Bearsville Theater (1990),<ref>{{cite news|title=Peter Schickle's Schtick Is Hilarious, Quick, Slick|work=Poughkeepsie Journal|date= May 25, 1990|page= 1D}}</ref> Simon's Rock at Bard College (1992),<ref>{{cite news|date=March 16, 1992|page= 13|title=Schickele's Songs, Poems Are Family Reminiscences|first=Andrew L.|last=Pincus|work=The Berkshire Eagle}}</ref> Plymouth Church, Des Moines, Iowa (1992),<ref>{{cite news|title=P.D.Q. Bach Is Back|first=Polly|last=Flug|work=The Des Moines Register|date= March 29, 1992|page= 45}}</ref> the Mount Gretna Playhouse (1992),<ref>{{cite news|title=P.D.Q. Bach Gets Serious with Gretna Audience|first=Kay|last=Rohrer|work=Sunday News|date= August 2, 1992|page=H1}}</ref> the Fargo Theatre (1992),<ref>{{cite news|work=The Forum of Fargo–Moorhead|date=October 15, 1992|page=A12|title=Peter Schickele 'Professor' of Satire to Appear Saturday|first=Catherine|last=Zaiser}}</ref> the Galvin Fine Arts Center (1993),<ref>{{cite news|title=Creator of P.D.Q. Bach to Perform at Galvin|work=The Dispatch|date= March 7, 1993|page=H2}}</ref> Pennington Presbyterian Church (1995),<ref>{{cite news|title=Music|first=Michael|last=Redmond|work=The Star-Ledger|date= April 21, 1995|page=46}}</ref> the Metropolitan Performing Arts Center (1995),<ref>{{cite news|title=Schickele-Dusing Concert Tonight|work=The Spokesman-Review|date= May 23, 1995|page=D5}}</ref> the OK Mozart Festival (1996),<ref>{{cite news|title=Mozart Festival Celebrates Arts|first=Rick|last=Rogers|work=The Daily Oklahoman|date= March 1, 1996|page=1, section Weekend}}</ref> the Glenn Gould Studio (1996),<ref>{{cite news|title=Having Fun with Schickele|last=Hume|first=Christopher|work=Toronto Star|date= April 18, 1996|page=C10}}</ref> Binghamton University (1996),<ref>{{cite news|title=Forum Celebrates Best of Its Backyard|first=Gene|last=Grey|work=Press and Sun-Bulletin|date= June 16, 1996|page= 15}}</ref> College of St. Scholastica (1996),<ref>{{cite news|title=Schickele Mixes Up A Big Batch of Laughs|work=Duluth News Tribune|date= October 12, 1996|page= 23|first=Steve|last=Aggergaard}}</ref> St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church (1997),<ref>{{cite news|title=PDQ Bach Creator Ready to Get Serious|work=Tucson Citizen|date= February 12, 1997|page= 30|first=Daniel|last=Buckley}}</ref> the Merrill Auditorium (1997),<ref>{{cite news|title=Schickele's Composing Shines in Evening of Song|first=Paul|last=Erwin|date=Mar 9, 1997|page=12E|work=Portland Press Herald}}</ref> the John Harms Theatre (1997),<ref>{{cite news|title=Classical|work=The Star-Ledger|date= April 6, 1997|page=18, Section IV}}</ref> the Ed Landreth Auditorium (1997),<ref>{{cite news|title=Funny P.D.Q. Bach Entertainer Really Baroque Up the House|first=Wayne Lee|last=Gay|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|date= October 1, 1997|page=A4}}</ref> the Inter-Media Art Center (1999),<ref>{{cite news|title=Set the Date|work=Newsday|date= February 14, 1999|page=D2}}</ref> the 92nd Street Y (1999),<ref>{{cite news|title=Classical Calendar|work=The Star-Ledger|date= February 26, 1999|page=37}}</ref> Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (1999),<ref>{{cite news|title=You'll Get a Kick Out of Schickele|first=Karin|last=Remesch|work=The Baltimore Sun|date= March 18, 1999|pages=3–4, section LIVE}}</ref> Manoa Valley Theatre (1999),<ref>{{cite news|title=A Funny Feeling|work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser|date=April 9, 1999|page=19, section tgif}}</ref> the Bowker Auditorium (1999),<ref>{{cite news|title=Arcadia Celebrates An Afternoon of Song|work=Daily Hampshire Gazette|date= May 13, 1999|page=C3}}</ref> the Ann Arbor Summer Festival (2000),<ref>{{cite news|title=Schickele, YSO in Festive Form with a Night of Mock-Bach|work=The Ann Arbor News|date= July 10, 2000|page= D4|first=Susan|last=Isaacs Nisbett}}</ref> Carnegie Music Hall (2001),<ref>{{cite news|title=Schickele Shows Sides Serious and Funny|first=David|last=DeAngelo|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date= February 14, 2001|page=E4}}</ref> the John Harms Center (2001),<ref>{{cite news|title=P.D.Q. Bach Returns to Bach Seat|first=Ken|last=Smith|work=The Star-Ledger|date= February 19, 2001|page= 25}}</ref> Powell Hall (2001),<ref>{{cite news|title=Doing Well by Doing Music Badly|first=Christian C.|last=Rix|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date= March 30, 2001|page=F2}}</ref> the Maine Center for the Arts (2001),<ref>{{cite news|title=Schickele's Show Celebrates Music|first=Lucky|last=Clark|work=Morning Sentinel|date= March 30, 2001|page=7}}</ref> The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts (2001),<ref>{{cite news|title=Schickele Delights for Real and In Fun|work=Hartford Courant|date= April 22, 2001|page=B3}}</ref> the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts (2002),<ref>{{cite news|title=Schickele Back to Bach|last=Aiello|first=John|work=The Journal News|date= June 25, 2002|page=2E}}</ref> the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts (2004),<ref>{{cite news|title=P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Schickele: The Jekyll and Hyde Tour|work=Green Bay Press-Gazette|date= January 29, 2004|page=20, section Weekend}}</ref> Monmouth University (2004),<ref>{{cite news|title=Minding His P.D.Q.'s|work=Asbury Park Press|date= March 26, 2004|first=Richard|last=Skelly|page=15}}</ref> Appalachian State University (2004),<ref>{{cite news|title=Diversions|work=The Charlotte Observer|date= July 9, 2004|page=4V}}</ref> the Braden Auditorium (2005),<ref>{{cite news|title=Chip Off the Old Bach|first=Dan|last=Craft|pages=D1, D8|work=The Pantagraph|date= February 3, 2005}}</ref> the Pearce Auditorium (2005),<ref>{{cite news|title=Jekyll & Hyde Tour Visits Gainesville|first=Anne|last=Madison|work=The Gainesville Times|date=February 24, 2005|page=7D}}</ref> the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (2005),<ref>{{cite news|title=PDQ Bach and Peter Schickele In the Same Room at the Same Time|first=Steven|last=Johnson|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 1, 2005|page=E44}}</ref> Alice Pratt Brown Hall (2005),<ref name="HOUSTON"/> Howard Performing Arts Center (2007),<ref>{{cite news|title=Award-Winning P.D.Q. Bach at Howard Center on Saturday|work=The Herald-Palladium|date= February 1, 2007|page=D1}}</ref> the Society of the Four Arts (2007),<ref>{{cite news|title=Schickele's Tongue Firmly in Cheak at Four Arts|first=Ken|last=Keaton|work=Palm Beach Daily News|date= March 1, 2007|page=A3}}</ref> the Peggy and Yale Gordon Center For Performing Arts (2007),<ref>{{cite news|title=Chip Off the Old Bach|first=Tim|last=Smith|work=The Baltimore Sun|date= June 14, 2007|page= C5}}</ref> and the Winspear Centre (2008).<ref>{{cite news|title=Bach's Clever Pranks Keep Audience Smiling|first=Tom|last=Murray|work=Edmonton Journal|date= March 9, 2008|page= 28}}</ref>
In 1997 he performed a musical parody concert with Peter Schickele at the Cleveland Museum of Art to raise funds for the Cleveland Music School Settlement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Artful Satirist at Piano Turns Music On Its Head|first=Michael|last=Drexler|work=The Plain Dealer|date= May 13, 1997|page=10E}}</ref> In 2000 Dusing portrayed the role of the mysterious writer Peter Schafler in Schickle's ''A Little Nightmare Music'' with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO); a work which gave an alternative humorous account of the relationship between Mozart and Antonio Salieri.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amadeus Festival 2000 Opens with a Little Nightmare Music|work=The Montclair Times|date=July 6, 2000|page= B1}}</ref> In 2001 Schickele and Dusing performed in concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra led by William Eddins at Symphony Center;<ref>{{cite news|title=Peter Schickele Meets P.D.Q. Bach with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra|work=Chicago Tribune|date= March 23, 2001|page=16, section 7}}</ref> and later had a return engagement with the orchestra in 2004 with the CSO led by Alastair Willis.<ref>{{cite news|title=Schickele Shoots Off Puns In Evening of P.D.Q. Bach|first=John von|last=Rhein|work=Chicago Tribune|date= April 15, 2004|page=4, section TEMPO}}</ref> In April 2001 they performed in concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Rossen Milanov at the Academy of Music.<ref>{{cite news|title=Classic(al) Humor|first=Tom|last=Di Nardo|work=Philadelphia Daily News|date= April 16, 2001|page= 38}}</ref> Other orchestras the pair performed with included the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra (2002),<ref>{{cite news|title=Reno Philharmonic Orchestrates Humor with P.D.Q. Bach|first=Richard|last=LeComte|work=Reno Gazette-Journal|date= April 23, 2002|pages=1E, 4E}}</ref> the California Symphony (2002),<ref>{{cite news|title=Peter Schickele Goes Bach to Basics in Walnut Creek|first=Jennifer|last=Baldwin|work=Oakland Tribune|date= April 26, 2002|page=23, section PREVIEW}}</ref> the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra (2002),<ref>{{cite news|title=Scickele Takes P.D.Q. Bach Over the Top|work=Orlando Sentinel|date= May 26, 2002|page= B3|first=Steven|last=Brown}}</ref> the San Diego Symphony (2003)<ref>{{cite news|title=Peter Schickele Meets P.D.Q. Bach|work=Los Angeles Times|date= April 10, 2003|page=E50}}</ref> the Madison Symphony Orchestra (2003),<ref>{{cite news|title=''Oedipus Tex'' is Two Hours of Fun|first=John|last=Aehl|work=Wisconsin State Journal|date= January 19, 2003|page=F5}}</ref> the Utah Symphony (2003),<ref>{{cite news|title=Utah Symphony|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|date= December 14, 2003|page=D16}}</ref> and the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra (2007).<ref>{{cite news|title=A Funny Thing Happened at the Final WCFSO Concert|work=The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier|date= May 4, 2007|page= 12|first=George F.|last=Day}}</ref>
In June 2003 Schickele and Dusing were guests on NPR's ''Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wait, Wait! Crowd Loves Taping of Local Show|first=Anne|last=Reuter|work=The Ann Arbor News|date= June 27, 2003|page= 3}}</ref> In July 2005 and July 2007 they performed on ''A Prairie Home Companion'' in a special live broadcasts from the Tanglewood Music Festival.<ref>{{cite news|title=''Prairie'' Seems to Be on Cruise Control|last=Fanto|first=Clarence|work=The Berkshire Eagle|date= July 4, 2005|page= 18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A Prairie Home Companion|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|date= July 6, 2007|page=21, section Scene}}</ref>
==Death== Dusing suffered from Parkinson's disease in the last years of his life. He died at his home in New York City on May 14, 2014 at the age of 71.<ref name="obituary"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0246970}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dusing, David}} Category:1943 births Category:2014 deaths Category:American choral conductors Category:Composers from Ohio Category:American musical theatre actors Category:American tenors Category:American male conductors (music) Category:New England Conservatory alumni Category:New England Conservatory faculty Category:People from Toledo, Ohio Category:University of Mount Union alumni