Professional Playing Experience

David Jennings has toured nationally and is a strong local presence in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. He has performed for Presidents George H.W. Bush and William Clinton, Michigan Governor John Engler, and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, the Detroit Red Wings, and an impressive list of celebrities, just to name a few.

Entertainers & Celebrities:

• Motown: The Four Tops, The Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips
• Pop & Rock: Grand Funk, Moody Blues, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, The Who
• Others: Natalie Cole, Bill Cosby, Sammy Davis Jr., Jerry Lewis, Manhattan Transfer, Johnny Mathis, Wayne Newton, Regis Philbin, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, David Sanborn, Doc Severinsen

Notable Ensembles:

• Michael Carney Orchestra
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra with Rosemary Clooney
• The Four Freshmen (a former member, singing and playing piano, trumpet & trombone)
• Toledo Symphony Orchestra with Diane Schurr
• Johnny Trudell Orchestra

Broadway Musicals:

• A Chorus Line
• Fiddler on the Roof
• Grease
• Guys & Dolls
• Jesus Christ Superstar
• Peter Pan
• West Side Story
• Wizard of Oz

Other:

• Detroit Lions
• Detroit Red Wings
• Disney on Ice
• Industrial Shows for Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors
• Michigan Jazz Festival
• Montreux Jazz Festival
• Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
• Numerous weddings and other private events

Notable Theaters, Concert Halls, and Performance Venues:

• Detroit, Michigan : Cobo Hall, Detroit Opera House, DTE Energy Theater, Fisher Theater, Fox Theater, Joe Louis Area, Meadowbrook, Masonic Temple, Orchestra Hall
• Washington, D.C.: Kennedy Center
• Las Vegas, Nevada: Frontier Hotel

Education

• Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
• Macomb County Community College, Warren, Michigan
• Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan
• Private Trumpet Study with William Beger, Robert Grocock, Phil Perrone, Gordon Stump, Johnny Trudell