About David Babich
Bay Area
After graduating from UCLA with a degree in Music, Babich moved to the Bay Area where he worked as an actor, singer, composer, music director and teacher. He was an integral member of the groundbreaking Jazz Vocal ensemble, Mirabai where he had the opportunity to perform with composer/arranger Michael Smolens, world class drummer Russ Gold, New York based guitarist Joel Harrision, and singer-songwriter Tamsen Fynn. He has also been a key collaborator with San Francisco Cabaret singer and actress Beth Wilmurt. T He performed in dozens of Bay Area music venues, including The Owl and Monkey, Artists’ Café, Accordion Art and Music Space, Annie’s Hall, SF City College, SF Unity Church, and Coffee Katz.
While in the Bay Area, David performed as an actor and/or singer in 18 plays and musicals, and 10 films. He is a member of Actor's Equity Association. After playing the title role in the award winning production of Woody Guthrie's American Song, he was asked to do an encore performance on KPFA radio. Other major roles included Benvolio in San Francisco Shakespeare's production (for which he also wrote the score), Max in Lend Me a Tenor, and The Wolf in Sondheim's Into the Woods.
In 2005, David was commissioned to write a musical score for American Conservatory Theatre’s M.F.A. production of Bertolt Brecht’s Caucasian Chalk Circle. He has had numerous other placements and commissions of his music in Theatre, Film, Radio and Web. As a Musical Director, he has worked for the following professional companies: American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, TheatreWorks, Pacific Playback Theatre, The Magic Theatre and Art Street Theatre. Art Street's Production of "IO, Princess of Argos", which Babich Musical Directed, received a 2002 Bay Area Theatre Critic's Circle Award for Best Musical Score.
Los Angeles
Since his return to L.A. in 2005 he has turned all of his attention to his songwriting, resulting in the 2007 release of “Mind Aside”. He is currently in-studio at work on his first full length album of original songs. The style is Folk-Influenced Ethereal Jazz-Pop.
Radio Play
"Suicide Game", from his new EP has been aired on the weekly radio show, Somewhere Between, which airs on web radio “Golden Flash”, out of Belgium. And David recently had a live in-studio performance on "Music Evolution Revolution", a weekly web radio series on LA TALK Radio.