David Gould

David Gould is clarinet and bass clarinetist with the American Ballet Theatre Orchestra in New York City. Possibly one of the most versatile clarinetists today, he has performed with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the National Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony, the New York City Ballet, the New York City Opera, the New York Philharmonic, L’Orchestre National de France, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Pittsburgh Symphony. He has played clarinet, e flat, Basset Clarinet, basset horn, bass clarinet, and contrabass clarinet with these prestigious orchestras.

Gould has given master classes, concerts, and lectures at many prestigious schools such as the Boston Conservatory, the Colburn School, the Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, the Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, the New England Conservatory, and the University of Michigan. He has edited and corrected etudes by Alessio, Labanchi, and Stark as well as pieces by Francine Aubin, Paul Jeanjean and Rene de Boisdeffre for International Music Diffusion (IMD). He has recorded for Naxos, Mode Records, and MSR Classics. His debut recording The Forgotten Clarinet garnered critical acclaim in the clarinet community around the world. His latest release New Picture featuring new works for bass clarinet and piano is sure to do the same.

David Gould is a graduate of the Juilliard School and was awarded the Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship, to study music in France. He is a unanimous first prize winner from the Conservatoire National de Region de Versailles in France. He studied with Michel Arrignon, Philippe Cuper, Stanley Drucker, Jacques Lancelot, and David Weber. David Gould is a performing artist and clinician for Buffet Crampon and Vandoren Paris.