David Byrd-Marrow

Hailed as “stunning and assured” by the New York Times, Atlanta native David Byrd-Marrow is a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble and The Knights. He has premiered works by composers like Anna Webber, Hilda Paredes, George Lewis, Paul Wiancko, Du Yun, Marcos Balter, Eric Wubbels, and Jörg Widmann. David has performed at major festivals including the Ojai Music Festival, the Spoleto Music Festival, the Tanglewood Music Center, Summerfest! at the La Jolla Music Society, and others. He is an alum of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, and has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Atlanta, Seattle, and Tokyo symphony orchestras, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, the Washington National Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera. He has recorded on the Tundra, More Is More, Nonesuch, EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, and Naxos labels. Byrd-Marrow holds degrees from the Juilliard School and Stony Brook University, and is Associate Professor of Horn at the Oberlin Conservatory.