David Artley

David D. Artley, trumpet, attended Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, where he received his Bachelor of Music Performance degree, the Empire Brass seminar at Boston University's Tanglewood Institute, and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he received his Master of Music Performance.
While attending Northwestern he auditioned for and won a position with the Army's special touring band, The United States Army Field Band. There he performed across the country and around the world as a member of the organization's Concert Band, Brass Quintet and as Trumpet Soloist.
In 1994 he won a position with the Army's premier musical ensemble, The United States Army Band "Pershing's Own", in Washington, DC. As a member of the Army Ceremonial Band, he performed for the nation's military and civilian leadership, as well as foreign dignitaries from around the world, at the White House, the Pentagon, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery and other venues in our nation's capital. He performed with every instrumental component of The Army Band, including the Army Concert Band, Army Herald Trumpets, Army Brass Band, Army Blues, Army Orchestra and Army Brass Quintet. He was a founding member of The Army Trumpet Ensemble and toured with that group around the east coast and to Australia and Germany. His Army music career took him to all fifty of the United States and to ten foreign countries on four different continents.
He held principal trumpet positions with The Millbrook Chamber Orchestra in Shepherdstown, WV, The Gettysburg Symphony, and the Maryland Philharmonic, in Baltimore, MD. He performed with The Arlington Symphony and other groups in the region. He was Trumpet Instructor with The Columbia Institute of Fine Arts
Since retiring from the Army in 2013, Artley has maintained a private studio in his home in Monument, CO. He coaches for the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony Association and several local school districts. He served as Adjunct Instructor of Trumpet at Colorado State University Pueblo from 2019 to 2023. He currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Trumpet at Denver University’s Lamont School of Music.
He has performed with the Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, Fort Collins Symphony, Fort Collins Opera, the Greeley Philharmonic, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Denver’s Inside the Orchestra and as Principal Solo Cornetist with Colorado Brass. He is a member of the Monument Hill Brass Quintet, the Denver Municipal Band, the Denver Brass5, the Aries Brass Quintet, and is Principal Trumpet with the Denver Brass. David is a Bach Performing Artist.