David was resident in Linz for the full week of this low brass extravaganza. Representing Besson Musical instruments his duties began as guest soloist in the Opening Ceremony of ITEC 2012. "I'd forgotten what a wonderful place the Brucknerhaus is to play. Had fun performing 'Neath Dublin Skies with SoundInnBrass and their conductor Steven Mead. Also enjoyed listening to the RNCM Euphonium Octet under Dave Thornton's direction - superb."

He also performed Peter Meechan's Sparta and Mantia's Endearing Young Charms in a separate Brucknerhaus concert with the Youth Brass of Upper Austria. Durinf Meechan's Sparta pictured below!

David's third concert performance at ITEC came in the form of a guest soloist appearance with the Military Wind Orchestra of Upper Austria under the direction of Johan De Meij, with whom David gave the Austrian premiere of Johan's UFO Concerto. Here you can see highlights from the performance:

Reflecting on his contribution to ITEC 2012 David commented, "Its been a great couple of days listening to some fantastic music, meeting up with friends old & new, but the highlight for me was seeing my students, the Euphony quartet progress through the ensemble competition, and giving the Austrian premiere of De Meij's UFO concerto in the Brucknernaus." Find out how Euphony did in the competition by watching this short video!

David left Linz for Japan having been awarded the 'Roger Bobo Excellence in Recording Award' (classical euphonium category) for his Moto Perpetuo release! Here's David's video diary rounding up the week's activities.