David van Roijen studied Choral Conducting under Louis Buskens at the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen. After graduating in 2008, he followed masterclasses with Fred Sjöberg, Joop Schets, Jan Stulen, Geert-Jan van Beijeren and Arnaud Oosterbaan, among others. He was also coached by Hoite Pruiksma.
David discovered his love for choral music around fifteen years ago, as a singer with the Gica student choir. He has now been their conductor for many years, performing several programmes with them on a variety of different themes, such as Händel’s Messiah, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, and Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas – with acting!
David is the founder and conductor of the vocal ensemble A Capelli. With this choir, David is continuously searching for challenging repertoires, ranging from the late Middle Ages til now, often in combination with one another. The choir does not shy away from traditional works either, such as requiems from Fauré and Duruflé, and the Petite Messe Solennelle from Rossini.
Since the beginning of 2026, David is the conduction of Cigale, an ambitious chamber choir based in Meppel. In November, the choir is going to perform a varied programme in collaboration with the saxophone ensemble Sax4us.
David also conducts two “overdagkoren” in Drachten and organises different choirprojects in the Northern Netherlands.
Besides choirs, David also the conducts the symphony orchestra Scaramouche. In addition to conducting, David also writes his own music: in May 2023 he self-published his album Incremental/Exponential, which can be found on Spotify.