Dave Ward
David has worked with Indian Ink since 2004. He composed, musically directed and performed the music for The Guru of Chai, for which he won the "Most Outstanding Composer" award in the 2010 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards.
The Dentist’s Chair, he was nominated for “Most Outstanding Composer” at the 2008 Chapmann Tripp Theatre Awards.
He also performs the music and sound effects for The Candlestickmaker and Krishnan’s Dairy in NZ and abroad and has worked on Red Leap Theatre’s production of The Arrival, which premiered at Auckland Festival 09. David is a jazz graduate of the Wellington Conservatorium Of Music and composes and performs in many different musical settings: jazz, blues, improvised music, country, bluegrass and original projects.