David Morris holds a Masters degree in Performance Practice from Trinity College of Music, where he studied clarinet with Hale Hambleton. He was Commended for his performance in Trinity’s Wilfred Hambleton Clarinet competition.
David teaches the clarinet and saxophone and delivers vocal coaching at Key Stage 2 in North London. Until recently David was also staff conductor at the East Barnet Music Centre, where a number of his arrangements and compositions were performed.
For several years, David was an assistant conductor of the Chandos Chamber Choir, for whom he composed several choral miniatures, and he continues to direct periodic choral performances. As a member of various choirs, he has sung in all the major London venues and on tour abroad.
David is a past Secretary of the Clarinet and Saxophone Society of Great Britain, for whom he remains a regular reviewer. His writing has also appeared in Pan, Beckett - for the Malcolm Arnold Society - and Double Reed News. David is an experienced commercial and project manager and international committee chair. He remains a freelance business consultant for the Clarinet Classics CD label.
David is passionate about collaborative lifelong learning and participation and the natural place of music in society.