David Lockart (05/12/1955), an American composer and teacher, from Seattle. He serves as the District Supervisor of Music for the North Hunterdon Voorhees High School District where he has taught music, including Music Theory, choral music, voice, and musical theater for the past 23 years. Mr. Lockart’s award-winning choirs have toured throughout the eastern United States, Canada, and Europe, and have presented joint concerts with college choirs, community choirs and orchestras. Mr. Lockart is the founding coordinator and artistic director of the New Jersey Young Composers Festival since its inception in 1996, a program offering seminars in musical composition to teen musicians from throughout the state. Mr. Lockart has served as a consultant for the College Board and ETS as a reader for Advanced Placement Music Theory Examinations for the past 10 years, and he recently completed a 4-year appointment to the A.P. Music Theory Development Committee, responsible for writing the AP Music Theory exam. Mr. Lockart is a lecturer for the College Board and teaches AP Music Theory Institutes throughout the United States. Mr. Lockart is a composer of choral music, and has several works published. In 1999 one of Mr. Lockart’s compositions was selected as a finalist in the Ithaca College Music Composition Contest. Currently a member of MENC and ACDA, Mr. Lockart is active in Region II and All-State choral activities, and served as conductor of the 2000 New Jersey Region II Honors Choir. Mr. Lockart received his Bachelor of Music degree from Westminster Choir College, a Master of Choral Music degree from the University of Illinois and his Supervisor’s Certification from The College of New Jersey. Mr. Lockart lives in Clinton Township with his wife, Linda, a church musician, and their two children, both pursuing careers as professional musicians.