David Childs

David Childs is regarded as one of the finest brass musicians of his generation. He has appeared as a soloist with the BBC, Manchester and RTÉ Concert Orchestras, BBC Philharmonic, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, Sinfonia Cymru and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, among others, and many of the finest international brass and military bands. He has made solo appearances at the Singapore International Festival, Harrogate International Festival, Cheltenham Festival, Melbourne International Festival, the BBC Proms and New York Festival, and given solo recitals at Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and The Bridgewater Hall. He is a keen advocate of new music, and has premiered 17 concertos for euphonium including a Royal Albert Hall BBC Proms broadcast of Alun Hoddinott’s The Sunne Rising – The King Will Ride, a BBC European Union broadcast of James MacMillan’s Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnock, and the Carnegie Hall US premiere of Karl Jenkins’ Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra. Childs is currently Distinguished Research Professor of Euphonium at the University of North Texas, and holds the positions of visiting professor at Tokyo’s Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and international visiting tutor at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, where he was made a fellow in 2024. He is a Buffet Crampon Besson Artist.