David Gordon

David Gordon, whose playing has been described as “spectacular” by the Chicago Tribune, has been Principal Trumpet of the Seattle Symphony since 2002. He is also Principal Trumpet of Seattle Opera and has been Principal Trumpet of Chicago’s Grant Park Symphony Orchestra since 2000.

Prior to his appointment in Seattle, he was Principal Trumpet of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. As a guest artist, he has performed, recorded and toured as Principal Trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and has performed as Principal Trumpet of The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Orchestra and Savannah Symphony Orchestra, and has held the position of Principal Trumpet with the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Napa Valley Festival Orchestra, Jupiter Symphony and Prometheus Chamber Orchestra.

As soloist, Gordon has appeared with the Seattle Symphony, Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra (with which he performed as soloist every season of his tenure), Seattle Chamber Music Society, National Repertory Orchestra and Lake George Chamber Orchestra, among others. As a chamber musician, he has performed with the Canadian Brass, Empire Brass, Seattle Chamber Music Society, London Symphony Brass, Seattle Chamber Players, Music of Remembrance and many others. He has toured extensively in Europe, North America, South America and Asia, and has performed in such prestigious festivals as Tanglewood, Lucerne and Schleswig-Holstein. A committed educator, Gordon is a faculty member at the University of Washington as well as regularly presenting master classes and coaching musicians nationwide.

Originally hailing from Narragansett, Rhode Island, Gordon was educated at Columbia University, from which he holds a degree in philosophy, and The Juilliard School. He won the New York Times Company National Merit Scholarship and the William C. Byrd Memorial Scholarship.