About

Dave Lewis ~ Conductor and Artistic Director

Music has always been part of Dave’s life growing up in a home surrounded with various types of music from classical, folk, pop, disco, country, and about everything in between. He began piano studies at 5 years old when his parents purchased a piano rather than a sprinkler system for their new home. Organ and choral followed in his early teens along with accompanying congregations and choirs.

Dave has been the Music Director and Organist for the Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ since 2013. As one of the founding organizers of the Choir, he has been with the Utah Valley Interfaith Choir since it began in 2014 (then Provo Interfaith Choir). He has also grown the music programming with the choir with multiple community events including United We Sing!, Carols by Candlelight, Easter Sunrise Community Service, as well as performing for church worship services, Provo Art Strolls, the local celebration of National Day of Prayer, and even caroling in downtown Provo.

Dave has many hats that also include Moderator (chairperson) at the Church and co-chairperson of Keeping the Faith in Downtown Provo, a campaign to restore, renovate, and expand and upgrade the historic downtown Provo church where the choir rehearses and performs regularly. Among his other interests, he is an Interior Designer based out of Murray, Utah, working in his yard, projects around the home, nature and the mountains, movies, and of course, music.

David Kime ~ Assistant Conductor

David is an incoming graduate student in Brigham Young University’s MM program in choral conducting, having also studied piano and organ at BYU as an undergraduate. He conducts choral ensembles for A Voice for Good, including for performance at the 2020 ACDA Utah Conference. David is the founding director of the Ensign Singers, a summer chamber ensemble based in Utah Valley. He has been selected to perform in conducting masterclasses with both Dr. Charlene Archibeque and Dr. Andre Thomas. Whether as a keyboard soloist, accompanist, singer, conductor, or composer, David endeavors to make music that uplifts individuals, builds community, and reflects the teachings and love of Jesus Christ. David has been a three-year member of the BYU Singers, and his conducting mentors include Dr. Andrew Crane and Dr. Sonja Poulter.

When not practicing, he enjoys listening to choral music, podcasts, and Supreme Court oral arguments, reading a good book, or spending time with his wife Samantha and their friends. David is thrilled for the chance to begin working with us at the Utah Valley Interfaith Choir this year.