Biography
Professor David Feldman performs frequently as a soloist, orchestral, and chamber musician. He holds multiple cello performance degrees, studying under Alan Weinstein of the Kandinsky Trio at Roanoke College, and Brian Hodges at Boise State University, for whom he was a teaching assistant. He is an alumnus of the Castleman Quartet Program, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and the Chautauqua Institution, along with completing additional studies under Peter Rejto, David Ying, and Steven Doane.
Professor Feldman has collaborated in chamber music performances with members of the Audubon, Avalon and Pacifica Quartets and has been a member of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra since 2008. He has performed as a concerto soloist with the Boise State University Orchestra, New River Valley Symphony, Shenandoah Conservatory Orchestra and the Liberty University Symphony Orchestra. Professor Feldman is fascinated by the art of studio recording, and tracked the solo cello parts on Shane and Shane’s 2023 album, Songs, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs (Live). In 2020, he recorded two movements of solo Bach for Redeemer Lincoln Square in NYC. Other popular music ventures include solo appearances with Charles Billingsly and Tara Leigh Cobble, as well as playing in performance orchestras for Liza Minnelli, Art Garfunkel, Weird Al Yankovic, and the Trans Siberian Orchestra, where he was a featured soloist in 2011.
Professor Feldman has served as an adjunct faculty member at the Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts and Ferrum College, and as a resident artist with the James String Quartet at Lynchburg College. He pioneered string orchestra programs at several schools, including Faith Christian School and Parkway Christian Academy, and was one of the founding assistant teachers at the Virginia Tech String Project.
Professor Feldman is a winner of both the Virginia Music Teachers Association and the Boise State University Concerto Competitions. As a chamber musician, he has won the Virginia MTNA chamber music competition and the Boise Chamber Music Society’s String Quartet Competition. In 2013, Professor Feldman became one of the first resident artists at Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA through the Dr. Robert L.A. Keeley Healing Arts Program.
Professor Feldman serves as Associate Professor of Cello and Bass.