David Shea
Clarinet
Professor of Clarinet, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Symphony, Principal Clarinet, Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal Clarinet
Principal Clarinetist for the Lubbock Symphony and Abilene Philharmonic Orchestras, the McCall MusicFest Orchestra and is on the summer music faculty at Rocky Ridge Music in Estes Park, CO. Shea has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, France, Belgium, Germany, Brazil, Venezuela and Chile.
As a member of Trio Montecino, he has toured extensively and recorded two critically acclaimed CDs, Trio Montecino and Nuevo Sonido: Latin- American Trios on the Eroica Classical Recordings label. The Trio has performed and coached chamber music at the world renown El Sisteme Youth Orchestra Program in Caracas, Venezuela along with concerts in Chile for the United States Embassy. They have also performed concerts and given master classes in France, Belgium and Germany as well as many chamber music series and universities throughout the United States.
Shea has performed numerous conferences for the International Clarinet Association in Chicago, Columbus, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Kansas City, Austin and Lawrence (KS), as well as the Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium, Klarinetstage, Belgium and the Vale Venito festival in Brazil. He has performed solo recitals and given master classes throughout the United States and South America.
As a teacher, Shea has been invited to do master classes throughout the United States, South America and Europe. He has been invited on three different occasions to teach as a sabbatical replacement at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and was invited to do a mini residency at the University of Santiago in Chile. Shea regularly presents at the Texas Music Educators Association Conferences and has dedicated himself to working with younger students in lessons and various clinics and masterclasses in the public schools. He has earned the Texas Tech President’s Excellence in Teaching Award and is a member of the Teaching Academy. Shea was a Creative and Performing Arts Fellow at the University of Illinois, and an Indiana University Academic Fellow.
His teachers have been Howard Klug, Lawrence McDonald, Eli Eban, James Campbell and Ronald Phillips.
David Shea is a Buffet Crampon USA Performing Artist.
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Discography
Trio Montecin
Trio Montecin
Nuevo Sonido: Latin American Trios – Trio Montecino on Eroica Classical Recordings
Nuevo Sonido: Latin American Trios – Trio Montecino on Eroica Classical Recordings