
David Long is currently in his 19th season as artistic director and conductor of The Chattanooga Bach Choir. In addition, he serves as Director of Music/Choir Master at Grace Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, as well as conducting the Tennessee Festival Singers.
During his tenure, David Long has strategically developed the Bach Choir’s masterworks choral-orchestral concert offerings, featuring Bach’s Mass in B Minor and St. John Passion, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, Beethoven’s Mass in C, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil, among others. He has expanded the Bach Choir’s seasonal offerings with an ongoing Cantata Series, as well as adding to the repertoire with 20th & 21st century works by Britten, Gjeilo, Lauridsen, and Whitaker.
David Long is a graduate of Elon College and holds Master’s Degrees in Performance-Orchestral Conducting (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) and Church Music (Southern Theological Seminary). He has participated in a number of premier conducting events, including the Oregon Bach Festival, where he was selected as a conducting fellow, and participated in master classes with Helmuth Rilling. David was also a prize winner in the 2001 Symphonic Conducting Workshop and Competition at the Accademia Dell’Arte of Florence/Arezzo.