David W. Barber is a longtime newspaper journalist, musician, composer and the internationally bestselling author of Bach, Beethoven and the Boys, Getting a Handel on Messiah, Bach, Beethoven and the Grrrls, Bach, Beethoven for Kids and nearly a score of other books of humorous classical music history and literature, including the speculative fiction collection Atonement and other stories and the Dugan Heywood mystery novels Hedshot, Mugshot, Hotshot and Bigshot. As a composer, his works include two symphonies, a jazz mass based on the music of Dave Brubeck, this Requiem, numerous short choral, piano and chamber works and various vocal-jazz songs and arrangements. He sings with the Toronto Chamber Choir, the Trinity College Chapel Choir (University of Toronto) and various other choirs on occasion. In a varied career, among David’s more interesting jobs have been short stints as a roadie for Pope John Paul II, a publicist for Prince Rainier of Monaco and a backup singer for Avril Lavigne. He learned (though not very successfully) transcendental meditation from the same maharishi who taught The Beatles. 

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