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David Kidd*
Education:
Master of Music – New England Conservatory
Bachelor of Music – University of Alabama
A native of Huntsville, Alabama, David Kidd began playing the trombone in 7th grade. He attended the University of Alabama, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree, studying under Dr. Jonathan Whitaker. His studies then took him to Boston, where he earned a Master’s degree from the New England Conservatory, studying with Boston Symphony principal Toby Oft. While in Boston, he performed with the Boston Pops, and his trombone quartet won the American Trombone Workshop’s national quartet competition two years in a row. After graduate school, he joined The Orchestra Now, where he performed in Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Bing Concert Hall at Stanford University in California. Along with being an acting member of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra in the 22-23 and 24-25 seasons, he toured Japan with the Boston Symphony, performing seismic works such as Mahler’s Sixth Symphony and Strauss’s Alpine Symphony. He joins the Louisiana Philharmonic as acting principal trombone for the 25-26 season. When not playing the trombone, he enjoys bike riding, cooking BBQ on the smoker, and college football.
