Mr. Grossman is a faculty member in the College for the following department(s) and division(s): String — Bass (College)

David J. Grossman began playing with the New York Philharmonic as its youngest member in December 1999 before graduating from the Juilliard School in May 2000. Born into a musical family in New York City, David has performed as double bassist and pianist in orchestral, chamber, and jazz venues worldwide. In addition to performing, Mr. Grossman teaches double bass at the Manhattan School of Music where he most recently gave a solo recital on the Faculty Series in November of 2005. An active chamber musician, David performs in both the New York Philharmonic's 92nd Street Y and Merkin Hall chamber music series and has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In 2005 he was a featured artist in the Chamber Music by Lake Tuusula Festival in Finland as well as the Portland (Maine) Chamber Music Festival. As a composer, David wrote Mood Swings, a piece for trombone and double bass, for New York Philharmonic Principal Trombone Joseph Alessi; and composed Fantasy on "Shall We Gather at the River?" for New York Philharmonic English Horn Thomas Stacy's recording, Plaintive Melody. Two earlier compositions, Swing Quartet and String Quintet No. 1, were written for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In the realm of jazz, David was a member of the Marcus Roberts Trio whose Columbia recording Time & Circumstance was listed in the "best top ten jazz CDs of the year" in both Time Magazine and The New York Times. He has also performed with Wynton Marsalis, Lew Tabackin, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Richard Stoltzman and recorded with David Morgan and Loston Harris. In addition, Mr. Grossman recently released two CDs (one classical and one jazz) entitled The Bass of Both Worlds, available at www.davidjgrossman.com. Manhattan School of Music Faculty Member since 2004.

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