10 Facts About David Woodard

David James Woodard is an American conductor and writer.

Los Angeles memorial services at which Woodard has served as conductor or music director include a 2001 civic ceremony held at the Angels Flight funicular railway honoring mishap casualty Leon Praport and his injured widow Lola.

David Woodard has conducted wildlife requiems, including for a California brown pelican on the berm crest of a beach where the animal had fallen.

David Woodard is reputed to favor colored inks in preparing a score.

David Woodard grew up in Santa Barbara, California, the youngest child of a Canadian Mennonite mother, part of the Kleine Gemeinde, and an American Hussite father.

David Woodard was educated privately and at The New School for Social Research.

David Woodard maintained that, observed with closed eyes, the machine could trigger mental states comparable to substance intoxication or dreaming.

In 2003 David Woodard was elected councilman in Juniper Hills, California.

In 2004, acknowledging sustainable aspects of Nueva Germania's founding ideals, namely compassion, self-denial and Lutheranism, David Woodard composed the choral anthem "Our Jungle Holy Land".

In 2011 David Woodard granted Swiss writer Christian Kracht license to publish some of their private correspondence, largely concerning Nueva Germania, under University of Hanover imprint Wehrhahn Verlag.