* About David
About David Baldwin
David Baldwin was the trumpet teacher at the University of Minnesota for 45 years and is now retired. He is available for lessons on FaceTime.
He was conductor of the University Brass Choir and made a number of recordings with this group (which are still available from David!). His students have gone on to many prominent positions in the music world. He is an active soloist, composer, arranger and calligrapher. His arrangements and compositions are published by G.Schirmer, Shawnee Press, Theodore Presser and others.
Baldwin was leader of the Summit Hill Brass Quintet. This group has recorded 12 CDs, including two of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, two All-American albums, two Christmas CDs and Music for Al's Breakfast, four original Baldwin compositions.
Dr. Baldwin received a Bachelor of Music degree from Baldwin-Wallace College and MM, MMA, and DMA degrees from Yale University. From 1969-71 Baldwin was a member of the United States Military Academy Band at West Point, New York. He is also founding Secretary and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the International Trumpet Guild.
His teachers include Robert Nagel, Raymond Crisara, William Vacchiano, Bernard Adelstein, Charles Gorham and Eric Duro. In Minnesota, he has performed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra and the Bach Chamber Players of St. Paul.
Since his retirement, he and his wife, Dr. Christine Baldwin, a clinical psychologist, now live in New York.
532 Angola Rd.
Cornwall, NY 12518
651-216-3001
baldw002@umn.edu
He is an active calligrapher and has had many sponsored shows of his artwork.
David's education and professional associations
Doctor of Musical Arts, Yale University, 1979
Master of Musical Arts, Yale University, 1974
Master of Music, Yale University, 1973
Bachelor of Music (cum laude), Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, 1968
International Trumpet Guild, founding Secretary and former member-Board of Directors (16 years)
Pi Kappa Lambda (Music honors organization), past president
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