David Rutherford

He is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, with degrees in Double Bass Performance and Music Education. At UNC, while playing in six orchestras and announcing on KUNC, he managed to become the first - and to this day, the only - double bassist to win the music department’s annual solo competition. David has taught public school orchestra programs in Nevada, Wyoming and Idaho. During his tenure in Wyoming, David’s orchestra program was featured on the NBC Nightly News, and he was selected as a National Teacher Fellow in conducting with the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. In 1997, David founded the Snake River Chamber Orchestra and served as its musical director for its first four years. Most recently, David was Director of Orchestral Studies and Music Education at Colorado Christian University. He is currently Associate Conductor of the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, as well as Assistant Principal Bass in the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to music, David enjoys spending time in the mountains with his family.