David Cooper is a third generation French horn player having both his uncle and grandmother as professional horn players in the Lansing Symphony. He began playing with Michigan State University ensembles when only 15 and was in the top MSU ensemble at age 16. While studying at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, Cooper was awarded a Tanglewood Fellowship, and since 2011 he has spent three consecutive summers at Marlboro Music festival in Vermont. He won the position of solo horn with the Berlin Philharmonic and will join the orchestra for the 2017-18 season. Cooper is an active chamber musician and is music director of the Avant Chamber Ballet in Dallas, TX.