Dave Unland has performed with numerous ensembles including the St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra, St. Louis Philharmonic, St. Louis Muny Opera, Joffrey Ballet, Moiseyev Dance Troupe,
La Scala Ballet, Ringling Bros. Circus, Six Flags, Disney on Parade, Midwest Sport Show,
Syracuse Symphony, Albany Symphony, Utica Symphony, Binghamton Symphony, BC Pops
Orchestra, Tri-Cities Opera, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Northeastern Pennsylvania
Philharmonic, St. Louis Brass Quintet, Ithaca Brass, and in a wide variety of freelance
engagements.
He has also recorded with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Brass, a solo recording of
Vaughan Williams’ Tuba Concerto with the Utica Symphony and the Cornell Wind Ensemble, and
a CD with the Ithaca Brass released in 2008.
He completed Doctoral studies and a Master’s degree at the University of Illinois in Champaign-
Urbana and a Bachelor’s degree (summa cum laude) from Southern Illinois University at
Edwardsville as a member of the Dean’s College, Mensa and Mensa Elite.
Mr. Unland is a clinician and recitalist for Custom Music, a contributor to “woodwind, Brass and
Percussion” and author of “Tuba Performance and Pedagogy,” a textbook for college studies. He
recently retired from Ithaca College after 33 years of being a professor of tuba and euphonium and
working as a music education supervisor and chamber music coach.