With playing hailed as “Invigorating and clear” by the Naples Daily News, David Dash performs in orchestras and chamber music concerts across the United States. Dash is Associate Professor of Trumpet and Chair of the Brass and Percussion Department at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and a member of the Grammy Award-winning Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. Previously, he served as Acting Associate Principal Trumpet of the North Carolina Symphony, Assistant Principal Trumpet of the Naples Philharmonic, and as a member of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band. He has also performed with the Atlanta, Baltimore, Charleston, Charlotte, and Greensboro symphony orchestras, New Mexico Philharmonic, Sarasota Orchestra, San Francisco, Richmond, and Winston-Salem symphonies, The Venice Symphony, The Florida Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. While in “The President’s Own” Marine Band, he performed “Taps” at the nationally broadcast PBS National Memorial Day Concert, performed frequently at the White House and state functions, and toured much of the United States.
Dash has performed as a soloist with “The President’s Own,” Naples Philharmonic, NC and Triangle Brass Bands, UNCSA Wind Ensemble, and many community groups. An avid chamber musician, he is a member of the KDA trio with his partner, violinist Katherine Gilger, and pianist Anatoly Larkin. He performs frequently with UNCSA’s Watson Brass and has performed music of Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Handel, and Bach with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.
His recordings include Cold Mountain and The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs with the Santa Fe Opera, which have collectively received six Grammy nominations; the latter won a Grammy for Best Opera Recording. He can also be heard on the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Gustavo Dudamel, which won a Grammy for Best Choral Performance.
Dash received his bachelor’s degree in music from Rice University and his master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music. His teachers include Armando Ghitalla, Robert Sullivan, Mark Niehaus, Tim White, Jim Hamlin, René Shapiro, and John Morrison.
