Dr. David Begnoche

Dr. David Begnoche is Associate Professor of Trombone in the TCU School of Music and maintains an active performing calendar with groups throughout the U.S. and abroad. His extensive professional performing experience includes titled positions with the Joffrey Ballet Orchestra (Chicago), Sarasota Opera (FL), Albany Symphony (NY), Spoleto Festival Orchestra (Italy), and Charleston Symphony Orchestra (SC). He has performed with numerous orchestras throughout the country including the Boston Symphony Orchestra and has recorded with the Boston Pops under John Williams.

 

A recipient of the Priddy Fellowship in Arts Leadership, Dr. Begnoche is a frequent and eager performer of new music and a strong advocate for American music in particular. He can be heard on première recordings of works by John Harbison, Gian Carlo Menotti, Steven Stucky, and Charles Wuorinen, to name a few. Contemporary music ensembles Mr. Begnoche has performed with include Essential Music (NY), Fulcrum Point (Chicago), and, as soloist, with the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music. Reflective of his advocacy of new music, Dr. Begnoche has been active in the commissioning of solo and chamber works. His work with Pulitzer Prize winner John La Montaine resulted in the final version of the composer’s Trombone Quartet (2007).

 

Dr. Begnoche serves at Second Vice President of the International Trombone Association and has published articles in the International Trombone Association Journal, the Brass Herald, and the American Composers Forum.

 

Dr. Begnoche holds degrees from University of North Texas (DMA), the Manhattan School of Music (MM) and the New England Conservatory of Music (BM). His principal teachers include renowned artists Douglas Yeo (Boston Symphony Orchestra), John Swallow (New York Brass Quintet), Steven Norrell (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), and Michael Mulcahy (Chicago Symphony Orchestra).