David Stewart Wiley (born 1966 in

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) is the Conductor of the

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and was the Conductor and Music Director of the Long Island Philharmonic from 2001 until its demise in 2016. He has previously served as Assistant Conductor of the

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and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He also served as Artistic Director of the

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from 1999 to 2006. 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

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. 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 bachelor's degree in Religion from Tufts, where he was also one of the founders of the award-winning a cappella group, The Amalgamates of Tufts University. Wiley is an alumnus of the Music Academy of the West.

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