Charleston, SC, July 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The New York Times wrote of David Singer: “An exceptionally gifted clarinetist… to describe his playing would be tantamount to enumerating a whole catalog of virtues.”
From taxi driver to Carnegie Hall lifts the metaphorical curtain on David’s life; from his struggles as a teenager and young adult to his performances on the biggest stages in the world.
“I performed at the White House for President Carter and then went back to New York that same day and drove a taxi,” David said.
David takes you on a journey that takes you through the busy streets of New York City in his taxi, and in Seattle, you join him as you dodge dogs and sometimes climb fences at dawn to meet with construction workers and sell his welding products.
In addition, David Singer takes you on a breathtaking career of international performances and tells his personal stories with some of the most unforgettable and celebrated musicians of the 20th century, including Leonard Bernstein, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Rudolf Serkin, Yo-Yo Ma, and the list goes on and on.
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About the author: David Singer is Principal Clarinet Emeritus of the Grammy Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He is also Professor Emeritus of Music at Montclair State University, NJ. A recording of a Max Reger Sonata that David Singer made with legendary pianist Rudolf Serkin has been reissued internationally, from a Music from Marlboro recording in 1977 to Pristine Classical in 2021. David has also performed with Sir Yehudi Menuhin at Carnegie Hall, playing Bartok’s Contrasts (trio). Today, David can be heard nationally as a soloist, as well as on many Orpheus recordings for Deutsche Grammophon at Sirius XM’s Symphony Hall.
David Singer enjoys working and performing with young musicians from the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) to Santa Susana High School. He also performs with the Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra. David teaches from his home in Camarillo, where he lives with his wife Barb, dog Rosie, and cats Manise and Boo.
Media contact: David Singer, [email protected]
Available for interviews, book readings/signings
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From taxi driver to Carnegie Hall
