David Wiley

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Born in Massachusetts in 1966, David Wiley is the Conductor of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra as well as New York's Long Island Philharmonic. He has previously served as Assistant Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

David Wiley first gained national attention when he won the Aspen Conducting Prize in 1993, which led to his being named as Assistant Conductor for the 1994 Aspen Music Festival. Wiley holds a Doctor of Music degree (in conducting) and a Master of Music degree from Indiana University, and holds a degree in piano performance with honors from the New England Conservatory of Music and a bachelors degree in Religion from Tufts, where he was also one of the founders of the award-winning a capella group, The Amalgamates of Tufts University.