David Skidmore

David Skidmore

David Skidmore

Third Coast Percussion

David Skidmore

Third Coast Percussion

Country:   United States Category:   CONCERT ARTISTS

Overview

David Skidmore is an ensemble member and Executive Director of Third Coast Percussion.

 

As a chamber musician, David has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center Festival, Kimmel Center, EMPAC, June in Buffalo, Klangspuren Schwaz, the Ojai Music Festival, the Bang On a Can Marathon and three Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. David was a member of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble from 2007-2011 and Ensemble ACJW from 2008-2010. David has performed and collaborated with many of the world s finest musicians including conductors Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, David Robertson, and Michael Tilson Thomas, composers Steve Reich, Steve Mackey, Matthias Pintscher, and Peter E tvos, and chamber ensembles So Percussion and eighth blackbird. David has performed as a soloist in Europe, Asia, and the United States. David has also performed as a member of the Lucerne Festival Academy, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Pacific Music Festival, and the National Repertory Orchestra.

 

David is also a composer, and his works are performed regularly in concert halls and universities across the country.

 

David taught for four years on the percussion faculty at the Peabody Conservatory. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Northwestern University where he studied with Michael Burritt and James Ross, and a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music where he studied with Robert Van Sice.

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28" Philharmonic Concert Bass Drum (PBA2814)

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