David Joseph

David Joseph was born in Melbourne in 1954. He studied Arts at the University of Tasmania in 1973 and then to the Faculty of Music at the University of Adelaide in 1976, later obtaining a Master of Music from the University of Melbourne in 1996. David has worked with many of the major orchestras and ensembles in Australia - Melbourne Symphony, Tasmanian Symphony and Adelaide Symphony orchestras; the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and Adelaide Chamber Orchestra, as well as significant collaborations in Europe, having been invited to write for the Zagreb Soloists; Dr Paul Sacher for the Collegium Musicum Zurich; and the Ripieno Kemmerorchester in Wintherthur. Since 2006 David has practiced as a lawyer in rural Victoria, running a small general practice specializing in Litigation. Despite that, he has also written several learned articles on aspects of the Criminal Law. The accompanying photo shows David explaining a certain pasage to Roland Peelman, the then Director of the Hunter Orchestra at Newcastle (1994). Contact: david@djl.com.au