Eaton, David

David Eaton has been the music director of the New York City Symphony since 1985. As a guest conductor and composer he has performed his compositions and arrangements with orchestras in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada, Israel, Central and South America, Russia and Ukraine. In 2016 he was appointed as the Chairman of the Hyo Jeong Music Committee in Korea.

  • Towards a Hyo Jeong Philosophy of Art

    Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 18, 2017 – Pages 157-170 I have always believed that art and creativity are among God’s greatest gifts to humanity. When I founded the Little Angels Art School in Korea, I gave the school a motto: “The Three Love Principle: Love God, Love Mankind and Love Your Country.” Through the…

  • The Divine Nexus of Music and Mathematics

    Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 17, 2016 – Pages 159-176 According to both the ancients and their Christian followers, the order of the creation was love, bound together in a unity both mathematical and musical. Indeed, love, divine order, music and mathematics are simply the four different ways of saying the same thing. —E. Michael…

  • The Renaissance of Romanticism

    Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 13, 2012 – Pages 191-214 The Platonic ideal of truth, beauty and goodness is not a bad set of ideals to live by. But where has that gone? For thousands of years art was seen as a source of responsible moral and ethical leadership. Today taking that stance is almost…

  • The Wagner Conundrum: Art as Transmoral or Ethical?

    Journal of Unification Studies Vol. 11, 2010 – Pages 119-130 My first encounter with the music of Richard Wagner was by way of the fine recording of his Rienzi Overture by George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra as a budding music student in high school. The noble and majestic theme of Rienzi’s prayer moved me to…