David Evans
Principal Horn
David joined WASO in 2002.
Chair partnered by Rod & Margaret Marston.
David Evans studied horn at the University of Melbourne and the Victorian College of the Arts, gaining his Bachelor of Music in 1999 before completing three programs at the Australian National Academy of Music. In 2002 David was appointed Principal Horn with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and has since appeared as a soloist with WASO on numerous occasions, performing works by Schumann, Mozart and Britten.
David has performed as Guest Principal Horn in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as a guest artist at the Melbourne International Festival of Brass on three occasions.
In July 2010 David performed a recital as a featured artist at the 42nd International Horn Symposium in Brisbane. David was a member of the Australian World Orchestra in 2013, and was made an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in September 2013.