David Hector-Hodges is a professional trombonist and private music teacher residing in Cary, North Carolina.

As an orchestral musician, David has performed with ensembles such as the North Carolina Symphony, New Carolina Sinfonia, Triangle Brass Band. He has worked with many of the world’s great conductors, including Michael Tilson-Thomas, Mei-Ann Chen, Robert Spano, Giancarlo Guerrero, Hans Graf, Thomas Wilkins, and Jahja Ling. David was a trombone fellow with both the Texas Music Festival and the Miami Music Festival. He has also participated in various summer programs, such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Summer Institute, Fresno Summer Orchestra Academy, and Pokorny Low Brass Seminar.

David has a plethora of chamber music experience, including trombone quartets, brass quintets, wind octets, and brass trios. His proudest achievement in this area was a collaboration between the Cleveland Institute of Music and Cleveland Institute of Art. Students from the Cleveland Institute of Art created short films designed to be played with live music, which included performances of Stravinsky’s Octet and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Catch and Release.

With over a decade of teaching experience, David has taught trombone, euphonium and tuba lessons throughout Chicago, Cleveland, and Bloomington, Indiana. He has consistently taught students privately throughout his musical career, lending his expertise to students of all levels. His students have found success in various arenas, such as solo competitions and school auditions. He now maintains a private trombone studio in the Research Triangle Park area in North Carolina, and is currently accepting new students.

David holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), where he studied with members of The Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, and Pittsburgh Symphony. In 2020, he was awarded CIM’s Anthony P. Hopkins Memorial Prize for Excellence in Trombone Performance. He furthered his musical studies under the guidance of Peter Ellefson at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he was a finalist in the school’s concerto competition and went on to earn a Performer’s Diploma in Solo Performance.

In his free time, David can usually be found at home, watching movies and doting on his wife Emmi and their beloved housecat Rose.