David Campbell joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 2006. He has worked as guest principal of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and as a casual with the New Zealand Symphony, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and Sydney Children’s Choir.
He has played with the Seraphim Trio and has played at Ukaria and at chamber music festivals in Megalong Valley, Blackheath, Kangaroo Valley, Burrawang and the Mornington Peninsula. He was also a founding member of the Omega ensemble in 2006.
He has tutored at the Australian Chamber Orchestra Academy, Australian Youth Orchestra’s Young Symphonists program, Riverina Summer School for Strings and at Sydney Youth Orchestra.
As a student, David Campbell was a member of the Australian Youth Orchestra, Australian National Academy of Music and National Music Camps. He completed his undergraduate degree at Rice University in Houston, Texas. During his time in the US he studied with Paul Ellison at the Shepherd School of Music. He also spent two summers as a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Centre, where he studied and played with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 2008 he played in the string final of the ABC Young Performers Awards where he played with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. In 2005 he was the Sydney Symphony’s double bass fellow.