Our Music Ensembles
Welcome to a new school year! We look forward to a wonderful musical experience. The HVA Music department offers musical training in the areas of choral and instrumental ensembles. We have two different choral groups: The HVA Choral and the Highlanders. We have two instrumental ensembles: The HVA Wind ensemble and the Highland Ringers (Handbells). There are plenty of performance opportunities, traveling, recording, and fun experiences you can received while attending HVA music department. You are welcome to watch some of our video productions on this website. If you are not yet an HVA Musician, we invite you to join us!
Our Music Director
Dr. David Nino is a music educator born in Venezuela. He has taught at Colombia Adventist University, Northern Caribbean University, and several High school institutions in North America. For the last 20 years, Dr. Nino loves teaching and working with young and adult musicians. He has written musical arrangements and original works for choirs, band and handbells. His music has been performed in the U.S.A, Canada, South America and Asia. Since moving to the U.S. in the year 2000, Dr. Nino has been invited for clinics, workshops and as a guest conductor to several SDA music festivals including Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, California and the Philippines.
Dr. Nino holds a bachelor in Music Education, from the Adventist University of Colombia, a Master's in Music with emphasis in Music theory from West Texas A&M University, and a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from the American College of Education in Indiana. For his dissertation, Dr. Nino carried a qualitative case-study directed to band directors about the dispositions of the band leader towards the use of cooperative learning strategies in the classroom.
Dr. Nino also offers seminars and clinics in several areas: handbells, Band, Choral, and church music while currently serving as director of music at Highland View Academy in Maryland.
Dr. Nino holds a bachelor in Music Education, from the Adventist University of Colombia, a Master's in Music with emphasis in Music theory from West Texas A&M University, and a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership from the American College of Education in Indiana. For his dissertation, Dr. Nino carried a qualitative case-study directed to band directors about the dispositions of the band leader towards the use of cooperative learning strategies in the classroom.
Dr. Nino also offers seminars and clinics in several areas: handbells, Band, Choral, and church music while currently serving as director of music at Highland View Academy in Maryland.