David Wright saxophonist

     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 at the China International Clarinet/Saxophone Festival in Changchun, China, the National Conservatory in Lima, Peru, the Victoriano Lopez School of Music in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the World Saxophone Congress XIII, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with many other major colleges and universities around the world. 
     As a commercial artist, David has performed with The Temptations, The Four Tops, Frankie Vallie and the Four Seasons, Mary Wilson, The O’Jays, The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Regis Philbin, Dave Samuels, Byron Stripling, Bobby Senabria, Jiggs Wiggham, Steve Houghton, and Ray Anderson.
     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.  He is a co-founder of the Traverser Saxophone Symposium and the Appalachian Saxophone Orchestra.
     David Wright is currently the Visiting Professor of Saxophone at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV, and is an endorsing Artist/Clinician for C.G. Conn-Selmer, Inc.  He has served on the teaching faculties at the Univesity of Southern Mississippi, Southeastern Louisiana University, and West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Degrees:  Doctor of Musical Arts in Saxophone Performance and Pedagogy - University of Southern Mississippi
                  Master of Music Education - University of Southern Mississippi
                  Bachelor of Music Education - State University of New York at Fredonia

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