David Campbell – Trumpet
David Campbell is a freelance professional musician living in Philomath, Oregon (Corvallis, OR). David is equally at home performing in classical and jazz styles. David particularly enjoys performing in brass quintet, chamber music ensembles, and theater pit orchestras because of the broad range of musical styles and collaborative ensemble work that is required. David holds degrees in Trumpet Performance, Music Education and Conducting. In addition to being a freelance trumpet player, conductor, and music educator, David is a successful real estate investment advisor at Hassle-Free Cashflow Investing http://www.HassleFreeCashflowInvesting.com and the manager of Westwood Creek Farm – a cattle ranch, hay farm, and fruit orchard in Philomath, Oregon. David is available for solo and ensemble performing and conducting opportunities throughout Oregon and California.
David Campbell’s Musical Resume
Formal Education
Graduate Studies in Band Conducting – California State University Fullerton (CSUF) 2000-2002
Graduate Studies in Music Education – University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) 1999
California Public School Teaching Credential – Chapman University 1998
Bachelors Degree in Trumpet Performance and Music Education – Cum Laude / Presidential Scholar – Chapman University 1997
Conducting Studies with Dr. Mitch Fennell (CSU Fullerton) and John Koshak (Chapman University)
Trumpet Studies with Mark Garrabrant (CSU Fullerton) and David Washburn (Chapman University) and Chris Coletti (Canadian Brass).
Musical Theater Pit Orchestra Experience
Majestic Theater (Corvallis, OR) – “Into The Woods” – Music Director / Conductor – 2019
Majestic Theater (Corvallis, OR) – “Catch Me If You Can” – Lead Trumpet / Flugelhorn – 2018
CSD Theaters (Corvallis, OR) – “West Side Story” – Trumpet Sub – 2018
Majestic Theater (Corvallis, OR) – “Little Mermaid” – Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet – 2017
CSD Theaters (Corvallis, OR) – “Cats” – Trumpet – 2017
CSD Theaters (Corvallis, OR) – “Mary Poppins” – Trumpet / French Horn Sub – 2016
Berkeley Playhouse (Berkeley, CA) – “Fiddler On The Roof” – Principal Trumpet / Flugelhorn – 2015
Broadway by the Bay (Redwood City & Monterey CA) – “My Fair Lady” – Principal Trumpet – 2015
Berkeley Playhouse (Berkeley, CA) – “Hairspray” – Sub Lead Trumpet / Flugelhorn – 2015
Broadway by the Bay (Redwood City & Monterey CA) – “Les Miserables” – Trumpet / Piccolo Trumpet / Flugelhorn – 2015
San Francisco Playhouse (San Francisco, CA) – “Promises, Promises” Principal Trumpet – 2014
Throckmorton Theaer (Corte Madera) – “Suessical The Musical” Principal Trumpet – 2014
Theater One (Newark, CA) – “West Side Story” Principal Trumpet, Sub – 2014
Pied Piper Players (San Mateo, CA) – “Shrek” Principal Trumpet, Sub – 2014
San Francisco Playhouse (San Francisco, CA) – “Into the Woods” – Principal Trumpet with French Horn Double – 2014
Woodminster Theater (Oakland, CA) – “Les Miserables” – Trumpet / Piccolo Trumpet / Flugelhorn – 2014
Sebastiani Theater (Sonoma, CA) – “Full Monty” – Principal Trumpet / Flugelhorn – 2014
Broadway by the Bay (Redwood City, CA) – “Evita” – Principal Trumpet – 2014
Berkeley Playhouse (Berkeley, CA) – “Music Man” – Principal Trumpet / Cornet / Piccolo Trumpet / Assistant Music Director / Co-Orchestrator – 2014
Berkeley Playhouse (Berkeley, CA) – “Little Princess” Featuring Tony Award winning actor Wilson Jermaine Heredia – Principal Trumpet with French Horn Double – 2013
Throckmorton Theater (Corte Madera, CA) -“Spamalot” – Principal Trumpet – 2013
San Francisco Playhouse (San Francisco, CA) – “Camelot” Featuring Tony Award winning actor Wilson Jermaine Heredia – Principal Trumpet – 2013
Ray of Light Theater Company (San Francisco, CA) – “Into the Woods” – Principal Trumpet with French Horn Double – 2013
YMTC (Berkeley, CA) – “Sweeney Todd” – Principal Trumpet – 2013
YMTC (Berkeley, CA) – “West Side Story” – Principal Trumpet – 2012
YMTC (Berkeley, CA) – “Wonderful Town” – Principal Trumpet – 2012
YMTC (Berkeley, CA) – “Mothers of Ludlow” (World Premier) – Principal Trumpet – 2012
YMTC (Berkeley, CA) – “Anything Goes” – Principal Trumpet & Angel Gabriel Onstage Trumpet Soloist – 2012
YMTC (Berkeley, CA) – “Merrily We Roll Along” – Principal Trumpet – 2011
YMTC (Berkeley, CA) – “Ragtime” – Principal Trumpet – 2011
YMTC (Berkeley, CA) – “Once Upon a Mattress” – Principal Trumpet – 2011
Shotgun Players (Berkeley, CA) -“Three Penny Opera” – Principal Trumpet – 2011
Terrace Theater / Hsi Lai Temple (Long Beach, CA) – “Sounds of the Ganges” World Premier – Conductor / Music Director – 1999
Orange County Arts Academy (Fullerton, CA) – “Sound of Music” – Principal Trumpet – 1996
Chapman University Theater Department (Orange, CA) – “Hair” – Principal Trumpet 1995
Miscellaneous Performing Experiences
Chintimini Brass Quintet (Philomath, Oregon) – Trumpet 2016
Hilltop Big Band (Corvallis, Oregon) – Trumpet / Jazz Soloist 2016
Albany Swing Band (Albany, Oregon) – Trumpet / Jazz Soloist 2016
Corvallis Community Band (Corvallis, Oregon) – Summer Concert Series – Trumpet 2016
Oakland Municipal Band (Oakland, CA) – Summer Concert Series – Trumpet 2015
San Francisco Chinese Funeral Band (professional marching band) – Trumpet 2015
Inara Jones & VanDyke Parks Orchestra with Aerial Dancers – Principal Trumpet (San Francisco, CA) 2014
Awesome Orchestra Collective (Berkeley, CA) – Trumpet 2012 – 2014
San Francisco Moscone Center – Fanfare Trumpet / Corporate Events (San Francisco, CA) – 2014
Castello di Amerosa Winery (Calistoga, CA) – Special Event Fanfare Trumpet 2011
The Mad Maggies “Celtic Ska” Band (San Francisco, CA) – Trumpet 2006-2008
Concert producer and guest trumpet section member in the Maynard Ferguson Band featuring Maynard Ferguson in his last SF Bay area performance – 2005
Solano Symphony (Fairfield, CA) – Principal Trumpet 2003-2004
Northridge Opera (Northridge, CA) – Principal Trumpet 2002
Long Beach Community Dance Band (Long Beach, CA) – Jazz Trumpet / Substitute Band Leader 2002
Knott’s Berry Farm Theme Park (Buena Park, CA) – Cowboy Band, Town Square Big Band – Band Leader and Jazz Trumpet Soloist 2000
David Campbell Jazz Quintet (Costa Mesa, CA) – Band leader of house band at Din-Din at the Bamboo Terrace – 2000
Orange County Philharmonic Orchestra (Garden Grove, CA) – Trumpet 1999-2000
Coto de Caza Symphony Orchestra (Coto de Caza, CA) – Trumpet 1999-2000
Cypress Pops Orchestra (Cypress, CA) – Assistant Principal Trumpet 1993-2000
Disneyland Theme Park (Anaheim, CA) – Toy Soldier Band – Trumpet 1995-1999
Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament (Buena Park, CA) – Herald Trumpeter 1998
David Campbell Jazz Quintet (Santa Ana, CA) – Band leader of house band at Continental Club / Restaurant – 1997
Chapman University Jazz Ensemble (Orange, CA) – Jazz Trumpet – 1994-1997. Accompanied six-time Grammy nominee Nnena Freelon in a live performance.
Chapman University Wind Ensemble (Orange, CA) – Principal Trumpet 1993-1997
Warner Brothers Film Studios (Hollywood, CA) – Backstage Corporate Events – Trumpet 1991
Recording Sessions
Background tracks for numerous film projects – Fox Film Music – Hollywood CA – Trumpet
Background tracks for the test pilot of “Spy TV” which aired on NBC – Hollywood CA – Trumpet
Sly and the Family Stone’s “Stand” Tribute Album – trumpet – Awesome Orchestra Collective – recorded at Fantasy Studios in Oakland, CA
“A Head of The Game” horror movie with broad DVD distribution – Anaheim CA – Trumpet
Multiple student film projects at Chapman University – Trumpet
“Soaring Over California” – virtual reality movie used in the Anaheim Disneyland theme park ride “Soaring Over California” – Trumpet
Chapman University Symphony Orchestra / Wind Ensemble / Brass Quintet / Jazz Ensemble – Trumpet
California State University Fullerton Concert Band and Wind Ensemble – Conductor
Heritage Brass Quintet – Trumpet
Buddha’s Light Youth Symphony Orchestra – Conductor
Music Teaching Experience
Daly City All Stars Community Band – Conductor 2012-2014
Corte Madera Town Band – Interim Conductor 2013
Buddha’s Light Youth Symphony Orchestra – Conductor 1995-2002 and 2006-2011
Concord High School – Director of Bands 2003-2005
Temescal Canyon High School – Director of Bands 2002-2003
California State University Fullerton – Wind Ensemble & Concert Band – Graduate Student Conductor 2000-2002
Azusa Pacific University – Drill Writer and visual instructor 2000-2003
California State University Fullerton – Adjunct Faculty Instructor of 400 level music education course “Marching Band Methods” 2002
Santa Ana College – Band & Orchestra Director and Trumpet Studio Instructor 2001-2002
Impulse Drum & Bugle Corps – brass instructor / touring caption head 1999-2001
Pacifica High School – Band & Orchestra Director 1998-2001
Southern California SCBSBOA High School Honor Band – Trumpet Clinician – 1998
Long Beach Community Big Band – Interim Conductor & Trumpet Soloist 2000
Pacific School of Music and the Arts – Music Instructor & Summer Camp Leader 1993-1994
Private teacher of trumpet lessons 1993-2010
Marching Band Activity
Impulse Drum & Bugle Corps – Drum Corps International World Championships Participant (DCI) – brass instructor / touring caption head 1999-2001
Disneyland Toy Soldier Band – Herald Trumpet 1995-1999
Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corp – Drum Corps International World Championship Finalist (DCI) – lead trumpet and Individual & Ensemble Soloist 1995
Velvet Knights Drum & Bugle Corps – Drum Corps International World Championship Finalist (DCI) lead mellophone 1991-1993
Tournament of Roses Parade Honor Band – Mellophone 1992
Santa Ana Winds Youth Band – French Horn – 1989-1991
Azusa Pacific University – Drill Writer and visual instructor 2000-2003
California State University Fullerton – Adjunct Faculty Instructor of 400 level music education course “Marching Band Methods” 2002
Irvine High School – Drill Writer and visual instructor 1993-1998
University High School – Drill Writer and visual instructor 1995-1999
Drill designer and clinician for numerous high school bands and winter guards in Southern California 1994-2001 including multiple Winter Guard International (WGI) finalists
David performs on the following instruments:
Yamaha Xeno Artist Model Chicago Bb Trumpet
Yamaha Xeno Artist Model Chicago C Trumpet
Couesnon Flugelhorn in Bb
Conn Vintage One Flugelhorn in Bb
Schilke P5-4 Piccolo Trumpet in A / Bb
Schilke XA1 – Cornet in Bb
Schilke – Trumpet in D/Eb
Conn 8D – French Horn