Professor of Music
109 McCain Auditorium; Music Department
Kansas State University
Manhattan KS 66502-4702
USA
785 532-3804
Email:
Website:
www-personal.ksu.edu/~dlitmus/
Travels to: Anywhere in the US or Canada
Biography:
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. 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’ two volumes of Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra. 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. Sundays often find him playing the electric bass or cello in his church music ensemble.It's Not Just an Upside Down Violin
Essential Cello Techniques Essentials of Conducting
What I Listen and Watch for in Adjudicating Orchestras and Solos
(with string orchestra provided)
Putting Your Best Foot Forward
The Importance of Your Printed Material’s Design
Educational Music Orchestral Repertoire
The Baroque Cello, Five-string Violoncello Piccolo, and Viola da gamba
The Six Cello Suites of J.S. Bach