Dr. David Littrell
Conductor, KSU Orchestra
Cello, Double Bass, Music Theory
Chair of the String Division

McCain Auditorium 132
(785) 532-3804
dlitmus@ksu.edu

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Dr. David Littrell is a University Distinguished Professor of Music at Kansas State University where he conducts the University Orchestra, and teaches or plays the cello, baroque cello, five-string cello piccolo, double bass, viola da gamba, and Zeta® electric cello. As a reflection of his interest in the music education of young people, he is the Director of String Fling, an annual event at Kansas State that attracts over 750 string students from Kansas. He also conducts the Gold Orchestra, which includes 55 Manhattan area string students in grades 5-10. The Gold Orchestra toured England in 1997, Seattle and British Columbia in 1999, and performed at Carnegie Hall in 2001 and 2006.

He served six years as Editor of the Books and Music Reviews section of the American String Teacher, and he was Editor of ASTA’s two-volume String Syllabus. He was the Editor and Compiler of GIA Publications’ latest book, Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra, and is at work on Volume 2.

Dr. Littrell twice received the Stamey Undergraduate Teaching Award at Kansas State University. In 1994 the Kansas Chapter of the American String Teachers Association awarded him the Certificate of Merit. He became the National President of the American String Teachers Association in May 2002 and planned ASTA’s first stand-alone conference held in March 2003.

Dr. Littrell adjudicates solo and orchestra contests and is a clinician and conductor throughout the United States. He teaches at the Oregon and Stanford Suzuki Institutes. Sundays often find him playing the electric cello in his church music ensemble.

 

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