David Crean
Midday Host
Program Director

Phone: (937) 496-3850, ext. 3006
E-mail: davidc@dpr.org

Hometown:
Northport, NY, about 40 miles east of New York City on Long Island. I went to college in Ohio for four years though, so I feel a bit like an honorary Ohioan.

What I Do:
I try to program music that is beautiful, edifying, and interesting. I want the listeners to hear old favorites and lesser-known gems.

David Crean enjoys a multifaceted career as a conductor, teacher, recitalist, church musician, and radio personality. As an organist, he has concertized throughout the United States and completed two concert tours of Australia, where he gave several Australian premieres and performed on historic instruments. He has held adjunct positions in organ, harpsichord, and music theory at Wright State University, Wittenberg University, The Juilliard School, and The University of Iowa. He is also a past Dean of the Dayton, Ohio chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

David has been the Midday Host and Music Director at Discover Classical WDPR since 2017, and was promoted to Program Director in 2025. He currently serves as Organist and Director of Music at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Dayton and is in demand as a program and CD annotator. His first book, a history of the famed Hazel Wright Organ at Orange County's Christ Cathedral (formerly the Crystal Cathedral) was published in 2021.

David grew up in New York, and received his D.M.A. from The Juilliard School, where he was the 2014 recipient of the Richard F. French Doctoral Prize for outstanding research in a dissertation. He also holds degrees from Oberlin College/Conservatory and The University of Iowa.