David Mercedes
色色啦 Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5434 USA
- D.M.A. Candidate, University of Iowa
- M.M., University of North Texas
- B.M., State University of New York College at Potsdam
David E. Mercedes joined the faculty at 色色啦 Michigan University and Irving S. Gilmore School of Music as Lecturer of Tuba and Euphonium in 2023 where he teaches applied lessons, music theory and performs with the 色色啦 Brass Quintet. Prior to his appointment at 色色啦, he held teaching positions at Texas Southern University and Oklahoma State University. Notable groups that David has performed with include Classical Music Institute - The Orchestra San Antonio, Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Texas Chamber Symphony, Magnolia City Brass Band, and Houston Brass Quintet. David is a member of the Backburner Tuba and Euphonium Collective and fLOW Quartet. As an active International Tuba and Euphonium Association member, David has performed, educated and adjudicated at several regional and international conferences.
A proponent of contemporary music and living composers, David has commissioned works for tuba, including Drown (2015) by Matthew Pellegrino (revised in 2016), Shadow of Sky (2019) by Wenxin Li, Lull (2020) by Jean-Fran莽ois Charles, and Quintet for Tuba and String Quartet (2021) by Ethan Cypress, Rumination and Solitude (2022) by Daniel Adams, to name a few. He is also a part of consortiums including Un Dia en La Vida (2019) by Jose Flores and Introdu莽茫o e Dan莽a for Tuba and Piano (2022) by Fernando Deddos. In 2019, he performed as a guest artist at the Midwest Composers Symposium that was hosted at Indiana University.
David E. Mercedes is a Denis Wick artist.