David Murray

David Murray started studying bass in the Halifax, Nova Scotia, school system and soon was a private pupil of Gary Karr. He continued his college with Mr. Karr at the Hartt Music School. As a student, he was a fellow at Tanglewood and the Aspen Festival, where he studied with Stuart Sankey. He won the bass concerto competition at Aspen in 1980. In 1988, he won the International Society of Bassists (ISB) Solo Competition in 1988, the first prize being a Carnegie Hall debut in 1990.

David has performed and given masterclasses and clinics throughout the USA, Canada, and in Brazil, South Korea, Israel, Scotland, and Holland. He has recorded two solo CD's and has recently completed a video of theater music. He is president of the ISB, having hosted the 2001 ISB convention at Butler University in Indianapolis, where he is an Associate Professor. He has previously taught at West Texas A&M University. He is currently principal bassist with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and Sinfonia da Camera. David appeared at the GGBC last year for the first time and also served as the Winter clinician for the Northern California Bass Club Bass Bash in 2002.