David Mooney
Waltons New School of Music Faculty
Double Bass • Bass • Guitar • Jazz Theory & Improvisation • Jazz Ensembles
Dave hails from south Dublin, but his musical pursuits have led him far and wide. He holds a BMus degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied with such world-renowned musicians and composers as John Lockwood and Joseph Smith, and also holds a diploma in Jazz Performance from the Guildhall School of Music in London. Dave has performed and recorded with a vast and varied array of artists. He has completed two successful European tours with Gavin Friday and has also performed with Sinéad O’Connor, Sarah Brightman, Jeff Ramsey (Al Jarreau Group), Dick Evans (formerly of the Virgin Prunes), Sarah Brindell, Honor Heffernan, the Young European Strings, Stambandet (a Scandinavian folk group) and many more. He was one of the founding members of the established New England jazz ensemble 3D4tet, and he has had many successful international tours including the Balkans, where he led his own jazz quartet and brought together top jazz musicians from Macedonia, Croatia and Serbia. Dave has performed widely in Ireland, and he was chosen to represent Ireland at the IASJ (International Association of Schools of Jazz) conference and concert in London. He has extensive experience as a music educator both in the US and Ireland, and he has taught both at the New School and for our Outreach Programme since 2005. In addition to his teaching work with the school, Dave also teaches for our Outreach and Music at Work Programmes. ‘I have had many great teachers who inspired me to be creative and influenced the way I play and teach. And I have had many more students whose creativity, enthusiasm, curiosity and progress has been most influential in my approach to teaching. Every student has something important to offer. Listening to them carefully and being open-minded and sensitive to their musical tastes helps me coax the best out of them. It is a privilege to lend them my experience and watch them flourish.’
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