Email: dgolden@lvpa.org
Phone: (610) 868-2971 Ext.176
David S. Golden, Jr. (SMSget) Retired member of The United States Air Force Concert Band from Washington D.C. During his 23 years of service from 1975 to 1998 he was assistant principal cornetist with the Concert Band and supported presidential performance duties for Presidents Carter through Clinton.
He also performed as a Ceremonial Band augmentee at White House and Pentagon arrival ceremonies. As a member of the Concert Band he performed numerous concerts in the nation capital region and performed with the ensemble on 46 state side public relation tours and 3 European tours.
Now resideing in Bethlehem, PA, David is a lifetime member and soloist with the Allentown Band, recently presenting concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Kennedy Center in Washington D. C. On numerous occasions he has also performed with other Lehigh Valley professional ensembles, such as the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, the Bach Choir Brass Ensemble, the Hunterdon Symphony, the Appalachian Brass Quintet, the Lehigh University Orchestra, and the Lehigh University Choral Arts Society Orchestra. David frequently performs in local Broadway show pit ensembles, most recently with the Shakespeare Festival at Desales University.
David maintains an active trumpet studio and has recently joined the music faculty of the Lehigh Valley Charter HS for the Performing Arts in Bethlehem, PA as Brass Instructor. For the past eight years, David has performed throughout the region with the Hill to Hill Brass Quintet, of which he is a founding member. Beyond their normal duties as Artists in Residence at the United Church of Christ in Bethlehem, PA, their performances have inspired audiences from Scranton to Philadelphia.