Biography
David Diggs is currently the Director of Winds at Lehigh University, a position he has held since 1998. Prior to that, he had a successful career as a freelance woodwind specialist in New York City, where he was active performing on oboe and English horn, clarinets, flutes, saxophones and recorders. Mr. Diggs has performed with the NYC Ballet Orchestra, the NY Philharmonic, the Moiseyev Russian Ballet and in numerous Broadway shows. As a recording musician he has made over 1000 recordings for radio and TV jingles, sound tracks for movies, TV shows and records. As an oboist he has appeared as soloist with such noted personalities as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Isaac Hayes. He toured the US with the Ransom Wilson Virtuosi Wind Quintet under Columbia Artists auspice. He earned his bachelor's degree in music theory from Oklahoma City University and his master's degree in oboe performance from SUNY at Stony Brook.
At Lehigh Mr. Diggs teaches harmony classes and oboe, performs with the East Winds Quintet, and directs The Wind Ensemble. Under his direction, The Wind Ensemble at Lehigh University has received several grants to record American music, and the ensemble has also been recognized by Downbeat Magazine with its award for the "Most Outstanding College Classical Symphonic Ensemble" in its 22nd Student Music Awards.
Mr. Diggs has been internationally recognized for his research of the music of the English Foot Guards bands of the late eighteenth century and the band music of the American Civil War era. He is credited with numerous premiere performances and recordings, is a member of ASCAP, and is included in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. His latest CD, The Music of Christopher F. Eley, 1785-1794: Royal Heritage Collection, Vol. 1, has just been released in England on the Droit, Ltd. label.
At Lehigh Mr. Diggs teaches harmony classes and oboe, performs with the East Winds Quintet, and directs The Wind Ensemble. Under his direction, The Wind Ensemble at Lehigh University has received several grants to record American music, and the ensemble has also been recognized by Downbeat Magazine with its award for the "Most Outstanding College Classical Symphonic Ensemble" in its 22nd Student Music Awards.
Mr. Diggs has been internationally recognized for his research of the music of the English Foot Guards bands of the late eighteenth century and the band music of the American Civil War era. He is credited with numerous premiere performances and recordings, is a member of ASCAP, and is included in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. His latest CD, The Music of Christopher F. Eley, 1785-1794: Royal Heritage Collection, Vol. 1, has just been released in England on the Droit, Ltd. label.