This week, David and his collaborator Michael Kelly will enjoy a private reading of their music-theatre piece, The Siren of the Drunken Boat. This piece tells the story of Paul Verlaine’s illicit affair with young poet Arthur Rimbaud by weaving together Gabriel Fauré’s La bonne chanson—settings of Verlaine’s poetry for his soon-to-be wife, Mathilde—with 10 original songs about his tumultuous relationship with Rimbaud. The piece will be performed by Michael, Grammy Award-winner Karim Sulayman, and pianist Laura Ward.

David will be releasing a new album of his music entitled “Infrastructure: The Songs of David Sisco” through Métier, under the Divine Arts Recordings label. The album will feature his compositions—written over the last 25 years—with performances by pianist David Fung, soprano Laura Strickling, mezzo Elizabeth Mondragon, and baritone Michael Kelly. Sisco is also represented on the album as a singer. The album was produced at Oktaven Audio and will be released in June, 2026.

David is thrilled to be back with a second season of Wholehearted Voice Pedagogy Podcast, an extension of his book of the same title, published by Routledge Press this past July. Episodes are released twice a month and can be found here, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Read Dr. Brian Manternach’s review of Wholehearted Voice Pedagogy in the December issue of Classical Singer, here.

David’s article “Ghosted: When a Student Leaves the Studio” was released in the Fall 2025 InterNos publication and can be found here.

David has been invited to present “Adapting Student-Centered Pedagogy Across Three Distinct Musical Genres” with his wonderful colleagues Dr. Marisa Lee Naismith and Dr. Travis Sherwood at the EuroVox 2026 Conference in Lucerne, Switzerland in August. You can find out more about the conference by clicking here.

David is thrilled to have his piece “Bird Song” from Six Dennis Rhodes Poems performed by Dr. Scott Murphree on a concert produced by Mirror Visions Ensemble. The recital will take place at Merkin Hall on Sunday, October 5 at 4 PM. Tickets can be purchased here.

David had a wonderful time speaking to Nick Perna, Sarah Pigott, and Benjamin South of VocalFri Podcast on Friday, September 5, 2025. Sisco talked about his new book, Wholehearted Voice Pedagogy, and the challenges and opportunities all voice teachers face as we enter into a new academic year. Listen to it here.

David will be presenting a session entitled “Uplifting Student Voice & Choice in the Singing Studio” at the ICVT Conference in Toronto with his wonderful colleagues, Dr. Marisa Lee Naismith and Dr. Travis Sherwood. The workshop, held on August 1, will explore how student-centered learning can be adapted to any voice studio, from Western classical, musical theatre, and CCM.