DAVID SEARLE

TENOR & BASS SACKBUTT

Guest artist, October 26-27, 2019

Tennessee native David Searle earned the B.Mus. in trombone at New England Conservatory and earned his M.Mus. degree in conducting at Northwestern University as a student of Victor Yampolsky, and his Diploma in Conducting from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. David has appeared as conductor with the Puerto Rico Symphony, the Helsinki Philharmonic, and the Oulu Symphony, among others, and recently served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Fjord Cadenza Festival in Skodje, Norway and Artistic Director of the Ålesund Orkesterskole in Ålesund, Norway. He was Director of Orchestras at Catholic University in Washington, DC for seven years. David studied sackbutt with Linda Pearse and Wim Becu and has performed on historical trombones with such early music ensembles as the Washington Bach Consort, Orchestra of the 17th Century, the Duke Vespers Ensemble, Three Notch’d Road, Tempesta di Mare, and the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra. He is also a member of the Teatro Nuovo opera orchestra. When he is not performing, David is an avid mountain biker.