David attended the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia from 2002-2004 and was awarded a Tanglewood Fellowship in 2003. Soon after school he did a year of service as an Americorps  intern with the Jefferson Land Trust in Port Townsend, Washington. David’s first professional symphonic appointment was as acting Principal horn of the Victoria Symphony from 2006 -2008. While still in Victoria, David won Co Associate Principal horn of the Fort Worth Symphony and was there from 2008-2011. After Fort Worth, David moved next door to the Dallas Symphony as 3rd horn in 2011. In 2013, David won Principal horn of the National Symphony in Washington D.C. but, within weeks, he was appointed Principal horn of the Dallas Symphony, where he still currently plays. During the 2017-18 Season David took a sabbatical and played Solo horn of the Berliner Philharmoniker after winning the audition in December 2016. The post had been vacant since 2011.At the beginning of the 2018-19 season he returned back to Dallas and resumed his position as Principal horn of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. In February of 2019 David won Principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra where he currently plays.  David has also played guest Principal horn with the London Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.  David enjoys many solo and chamber music appearances in the United States and abroad.  He released his second solo CD “Impressions” on CD baby in 2019 and it is also available on iTunes for purchase as well as all other streaming services. As a faculty member of Roosevelt University, David has his own horn studio and fosters young horn students. He lives in Chicago with his wife Gaby Vargas and young daughter.