David Wechsler is the founder and Music Director of The OMNI Ensemble. From the groups inception, it was his vision to have a flexible performing group capable of playing music in many different styles on one concert series. For 26 years that vision  has been active and successful. He is the Principal Flute and the Personnel Manager of the Connecticut Grand Opera, and the Second Flutist of the Brooklyn Philharmonic. David has played Principal Flute and various other chairs with many groups including The Key West Symphony, The Discovery Orchestra, The New York Pops, The New Jersey Symphony, The American Symphony, The American Composers Orchestra, The New York City Opera, The New York Grand Opera, The Westchester Philharmonic, and The Long Island Philharmonic. In the commercial field, he was the solo flutist in the Public Theater’s production of King Lear, with music by Stephen Sondheim and Michael Starobin, starring Kevin Kline.  He was principal flutist in the most recent Broadway production of Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby, and has played at many other shows, including Beauty and the Beast, Aida, Les Miserables, La Bohéme, and The Lion King. David is active in the recording field as well, playing sessions for film and TV, including scores by Phillip Glass and Ryuichi Sakamoto. As an electronic musician and composer, he performs on the midi wind controller and has written numerous works for live electronics and conventional instruments. These have been performed by dance companies and The OMNI Ensemble.  David has been a longtime board member of the New York Flute Club, and served as its president from 2005 until 2008. He holds degrees from Brooklyn College, SUNY at Stony Brook, and is currently a Doctoral candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center.  David is on the  faculty  of the  CUNY College of Staten Island, the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, and the Poly Prep Country Day School. David makes his home in Brooklyn New York with his wife Robin and daughter Maya, in close proximity to Manhattan and the surrounding metropolitan New York area.

The music playing is David Wechsler’s Lucky Thirteen for 2 flutes and 2 Horns

David Wechsler, Karl Kraber Flutes;  R.J. Kelley Eric Davis Horns