Performance
Date
Friday,
June 5
Evening Concert - Kennedy Outdoor Theater
Faculty
- 2009 Professional Development Program
for
Teachers
9
a.m. "Writing Songs With Students" -
Threadgill
1987
Kerrville New Folk Award Winner!
Chicago
native (and two-time national anthem singer for the
NBA's Michael Jordan-era Bulls) David Roth has
garnered accolades for his performances, workshops,
writing, and recordings. Roth has since been a
songwriting judge at the Napa Valley (CA),
Tumbleweed (WA), and South Florida Folk Festivals in
addition to singing "Earth" at the 40th
Anniversary of the United Nations and having his
"Rising in Love" performed at the 100th
Anniversary of Carnegie Hall in 1991. "Manuel
Garcia" and "Nine Gold Medals" both
appear in the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul
series by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, and
Noel Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul & Mary)
performed David's "Spacesuits" on the
1999/2000 PPM tours in addition to recording
"If You Can't Fly" for his latest
children's album. The BOSE Corporation includes
"Taller Than My Hair" and "Five Blind
Men" on their recent "best of new
folk" compilations sold in Bose stores
worldwide.
Several
of David's songs also appear in the business
best-selling books Care Packages for the Workplace
and Care Packages for the Home by Barbara Glanz
(published by McGraw-Hill and Andrews-McMeel
respectively).
For
more information on David, visit www.davidrothmusic.com
