David Kidd, Trombonist

A native of Huntsville, Alabama and a member of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, David Kidd began playing the trombone in seventh grade. He attended the University of Alabama, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree, studying under Dr. Jonathan Whitaker. His studies then took him to Boston, where he earned a Master’s degree from the New England Conservatory, studying with Boston Symphony Principal Trombonist Toby Oft. While in Boston, he performed with the Boston Pops, and his trombone quartet won the American Trombone Workshop’s national quartet competition two years in a row. After graduate school, he joined The Orchestra Now, where he performed in Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Bing Concert Hall at Stanford University in California.

Along with being an acting member of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra in the 2022-2023 and 2024-2025 seasons, Mr. Kidd toured Japan with the Boston Symphony, performing seismic works such as Mahler’s Sixth Symphony and Strauss’s Alpine Symphony. When not playing trombone, he enjoys bike riding, cooking BBQ on the smoker, and college football.

Mr. Kidd performs at CCCMF 2025 on October 17