DAVID M. ASCH4642 Hammock Circle, Delray Beach FL 33445914-262-3395davidasch13@gmail.comSUMMARYSeasoned professional performer. Retired Metropolitan Opera chorister. Freelance chorister - NY and FL. EXPERIENCECurrent: Schola Cantorum choir member, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Delray Beach, FL. Bass section leader, B'nai Torah Congregation, Boca Raton, FL.Freelance Opera chorister/choral singer (2014-2019): Bard Festival Chorale, Grace Church NY.Chorister, METROPOLITAN OPERA, Lincoln Center, New York, NY (1987-2013). Full-time opera chorister. Sang 100+ operas in 125+ productions in 8 languages. Performed on 7 international tours. Chorus Librarian, METROPOLITAN OPERA (1993-2013). Maintained music and prepared updates/revisions for 80 full-time and 50+ part time choristers.CANTOR, Progressive Synagogue, Brooklyn, NY (1987-1990).Executive Assistant, JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICES (1981-1989). governmental compliance and operations analysis.Case Manager, UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF NEW YORK STATE (1978-1981). Case manager for a residential program serving post-institutional developmentally disabled adults. Placed 36 institutionalized clients in the community. Procured residences, coordinated all services, developed habilitation plans, hired and trained residential staff and provided casework services to families. Worked closely with interdisciplinary team of physicians, psychologists rehabilitation counselors, physical, occupational and speech therapists.EDUCATIONB.S., Empire State College/SUNY, New York, NY, 1983. Human Services.New York University, undergraduate coursework in Liberal Arts 1973-1979.The Juilliard School, Extension Division, and private instruction: voice, opera workshops, sight-singing, music theory 1984-1987.VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCEFriendly Visitor to HIV/AIDS in-patients, Roosevelt Hospital (1991-1994).Friendly Visitor to elderly homebound, DOROT (1997-2003).Dementia Care Coach, ReServe 2017-presentUNION AFFILIATIONSSAG-AFTRA 1990-presentAGMA 1987-present