DAVID REID

DAVID REID is one of Canada’s most versatile low brass musicians, performing in a wide variety of musical genres on alto, tenor and bass trombones as well as tuba and euphonium. Following an active youthful period as a pianist and brass band cornetist, he turned his attention to the trombone in 1980, joining the CPO in 1984 where he served for eighteen seasons as Assistant Principal (tenor) Trombonist prior to his appointment as Principal Bass Trombonist in 2002. From 2004 - 06, he took a leave of absence from the CPO, returning to his native city of St. John’s to serve as Professor of Low Brass at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN).

His studies in music include the completion of performance diplomas (A.T.C.L. and L.T.C.L) in piano and cornet from Trinity College, London while still in his teens. He later attended MUN, University of Toronto and Indiana University, where he completed a Master’s degree in trombone performance. Principal teachers during this period were Gordon Sweeney, Ed Anderson and Dee Stewart. Since establishing his career in Calgary, he has participated in dozens of recordings in various genres, including many with the CPO, the critically acclaimed album by Albertasaurus Tuba Quartet and sessions on the albums of stylistically diverse artists such as Jann Arden, Steve Pineo, Tim Tamishiro and Heather Blush. As a jazz musician, he has been a regular member of Calgary’s Prime Time Big Band since 2001, a frequent guest performer and clinician at jazz workshops in and around the Calgary area, and when time permits, a club date player in small group settings. For 15 years, he was lead trombonist with the Grandstand Orchestra of the Calgary Stampede.

Recent credits include playing first trombone in the orchestral, big band and rock “horn section” soundtracks for the Emmy-award-winning music featured in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, a Country Music Television production, Christmas at the Grand (also released on CD), touring productions of Disney's The Lion King on bass trombone and tuba and Theatre Calgary's production of Drowsy Chaperone.

Dave is married to CPO bassist, Trish Bereti Reid. Aside from their musical lives, they’re kept busy raising their two young children and traveling as often as possible to their summer waterfront homes in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland.