New Amsterdam Trio

David Whitwell received a grant for the development of new music. The New Amsterdam Trio is a group of 3 dedicated musicians with diverse backgrounds in classical, jazz, world and contemporary classical music that come together to present performances that cross genre boundaries. A concert with the NAT includes art songs from Schubert and Bernstein, freely improvised music influenced by old and modern jazz and classical traditions, and American folk songs all presented with virtuosity and uncompromising attention to the acoustic experience of the audience.

David was born in St. Louis, trained and worked in New York City for 15 years and now works internationally across Europe and the US. He has developed a music making practice that includes trombone, countertenor voice, improvisation and creative use of repertoire. Since his Carnegie Hall solo debut on both Trombone and Voice in 2017 with Italian composer Girolamo Deraco he has worked on several solo operas, also with Swiss composer Christophe Schweizer in Hamburg recording music in the 31 EDO tuning system, with Sandeep Baghwati in Montreal on comprovitational music, and now focuses on the NAT, his early music duo with theorbo player Jeremy Bass, works as a member of German improv band Elastic Social Structurs, and continues his solo career as a recitalist and guest soloist with various orchestras and ensembles.