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Hailing from New Hampshire, David Milazzo is being recognized as an in-demand saxophonist and woodwind player within the New York music scene. He has performed with Jon Faddis, Ulysses Owens Jr, George Garzone, Bill Charlap, Sean Jones, Jamie Cullum, Ambrose Akinmusire and many more. David has performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Bern Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Cancun International Music Festival, The Blue Note, Dizzys Club Coca-Cola, Zinc Bar, Fat Cat, Smalls Jazz Club, DROM, to name a few. He has performed throughout the US, as well as Japan, Mexico, Canada, and Europe.

David was awarded the Presidential Scholarship at Berklee College of Music in 2012 and graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Music in Performance degree, moving to New York that fall. After gigging in the New York City area for a year, he earned a Masters of Music degree in Jazz Studies from The Juilliard School in 2018, while accepting First Prize in the Jazz category of the 2018 Vandoren Emerging Artist (VEA) competition. He has been a Conn-Selmer Artist and Yanagisawa Japan artist since 2012, and utilizes the Vandoren brand.

In addition to an intensive performing schedule, David teaches regularly, with past tenures at the New York Jazz Academy, iSchool of Music, and in private studio settings. He is well-versed in both classical and jazz and related genres, with expertise in clarinet, flute, and the entire family of saxophones. His methodology on improvisation emphasizes historical context and relevance, both to the music and the respective instrument.

David is an avid arranger and composer for a variety of ensembles, within many styles of music. He is currently working on his first album, writing new music, and staking his claim within music mainstreams in New York City and around the world.

Awards

Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony - 2011 Received a full scholarship with room and board included to the Berklee Summer 5 Week Program participating in the Jazz Workshop of 2010 Received a full tuition scholarship to attend the 2009 five week summer session at Berklee College. Berklee College �" Judge’s Choice Award, 2009 Berklee HS Jazz Festival Special Citation for Outstanding Musicianship �" 2009 Clark Terry UNH Jazz Festival Jamey Aebersold Jazz Workshops �" 2006 and 2007 North Carolina School of the Arts �" Musica Piccola, Summer 2008 NHMEA Allstate �" clarinet and saxophone, 2009 NHMEA Solo and Ensemble �" Clarinet and alto saxophone �" 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. Rating: A, Level (2008, 2009): VI (highest level). NHMEA Saxophone Chamber Sax Quartet �" 2009 BHS Performing Arts Awards �" Select Jazz Workshop; Sax Quartet; Berklee Jazz Festival; Band; Wind Ensemble; and Jazz Band. Concord Community Music School �" Scholarship Jazz Ensemble Concord Community Music School �" Scholarship Woodwind Ensemble Windham Swing Band �" by audition at age 11. 2005 �" 2008

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“His playing is extremely impressive and very mature in many ways �" especially his sprit, overall style, and freedom of improvisation.” (Ron Rudkin, Direction of Jazz Studies, and Professor of Music theory at the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC, 2008) "I am extremely impressed how David expresses himself with such dexterity and relaxed confidence. But there's a back- story that I find even more compelling: In order to achieve David's high level of technique he must possess bucket-loads of talent, self-discipline and an extraordinary devotion to the music

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