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 acts such as 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 an endorsing Artist/Clinician for C.G. Conn-Selmer, Inc., and has been on the faculty at West Virginia Wesleyan College since 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from the State University of New York, College at Fredonia where he studied with Laurence Wyman, and the degrees of Master of Music Education and Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Southern Mississippi where he studied with Lawrence Gwozdz.