David Nicholson - Clarinet
David Nicholson, clarinet, is active as a freelance musician in the Southern California and also maintains an active teaching schedule. He recently joined the music faculty at Glendale College where he serves as clarinet instructor and chamber music coach, faculty positions he also held at Ventura College for several years. He has performed with many orchestras in Southern California and has several times been a soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay and the Peninsula Symphony Orchestra. David has recently collaborated with local composers on a project featuring original compositions which focus on areas of social responsibility and the need to heighten awareness of diversity and opportunity issues in our current culture. David is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts where is principal teacher was Michele Zukovsky, longtime principal clarinetist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
David Nicholson, clarinet, is active as a freelance musician in the Southern California and also maintains an active teaching schedule. He recently joined the music faculty at Glendale College where he serves as clarinet instructor and chamber music coach, faculty positions he also held at Ventura College for several years. He has performed with many orchestras in Southern California and has several times been a soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay and the Peninsula Symphony Orchestra. David has recently collaborated with local composers on a project featuring original compositions which focus on areas of social responsibility and the need to heighten awareness of diversity and opportunity issues in our current culture. David is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts where is principal teacher was Michele Zukovsky, longtime principal clarinetist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.