About this Artist

A musician who makes his home in Houston Texas, David Connor enjoys a varied career as an orchestral, chamber, and jazz double bassist. He was appointed Assistant Principal Bass of the Houston Ballet Orchestra in 2018 and performs regularly with the Houston Symphony and Pacific Symphony. In partnership with the Houston Symphony he has given hundreds of community performances including solo bedside visits at hospitals, interactive chamber concerts for dementia patients, and classroom visits to Houston schools. Recent musical collaborations with Houston ensembles include performances with Monarch Chamber Players, Loop38, DaCamera of Houston, Mercury, and R&D Lab - a jazz octet that he co-leads with the violinist Rainel Joubert. During the summer he teaches double bass to young musicians for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s YOLA National Festival and performs with the Britt Festival Orchestra, Lakes Area Music Festival, and Festival Mozaic.

David attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, Peabody Institute, Carnegie Mellon (BFA) and Rice University (MM). He has been a fellow at the Aspen, Music Academy of the West, Britten Pears, and Sarasota music festivals. His primary teachers and mentors are Timothy Pitts, Jeffrey Turner, and John Hood.