David Wright
Visiting Assistant Professor Saxophone
David Wright has gained international recognition as a performer of both classical and jazz saxophone giving concerts and master classes throughout the United States, Central America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
As a classical saxophonist, David has performed with some of the best regional orchestras in the United States and has given recitals and master classes around the world. Some of these engagements include the China International Clarinet/Saxophone Festival, in Changchun, China, the National Conservatory in Lima, Peru, the Victoriano Lopez School of Music, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the World Saxophone Congress XIII, Minneapolis, Minnesota, the US Navy Saxophone Symposium, Fairfax, Virginia, Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria, The Cotton Club in Budapest, Hungary, the Krakow School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Krakow, Poland, and the World Saxophone Congress XIV, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
As a commercial artist, David has performed with artists such as The Temptations, The Four Tops, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Mary Wilson (The Supremes), The O'Jays, Regis Philbin, and the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.
As a soloist, teacher, and a member of the Traverser Saxophone Quartet, David has commissioned and performed many new works for solo saxophone, quartet, large ensemble, and mixed ensembles, from renowned composers such as Walter S. Hartley, Spiros Mazis, David Williams, Dinos Constantinides, Constantine Lignos, Server Acim, and Grammy Award winner Gordon Goodwin. He is also co-founder of the Traverser Saxophone Symposium and the Appalachian Saxophone Orchestra.
David Wright is currently the Visiting Professor of Saxophone, and is an endorsing Artist/Clinician for C.G. Conn-Selmer, Inc. He holds degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi (DMA, MME), and the State University of New York, College at Fredonia (BME).
Website: www.DavidWrightSaxophone.com
