A native of Toronto, he has played with the National Ballet Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, and the Stratford Festival Orchestra. He has also played with L'Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal and the National Arts Centre Orchestra. He is a regular guest at prestigious Canadian music festivals, among them the Festival of the Sound ((Parry Sound, ON), and the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival.

David is a regular visitor to Indiana University where he has been a guest instructor and has taught classes. In January, 2005, he adjudicated a clarinet competition at IU with Alfred Prinz, former principal clarinet of the Vienna Philharmonic. In 2004-2005, David was a visitng professor at Mount Allison University where he taught studio clarinet and saxophone, instrumental conducting and was director of the Symphonic Band and the Jazz Band. In 2005/06, David is returning to his position in the Toronto Symphony and is teaching at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.

Mr. Bourque has been very active in film and television sound recording. His clarinet playing can be heard on the TV series Road to Avonlea, Street Legal, and Emily of New Moon. he can also be heard in the kids' shows Franklin and Little Bear. He has performed in many feature films including Moonstruck, The Ice Storm and Free Willy 3 as well as numerous made for TV including The Arrow, James Mitchener's Texas and The Music Man with Matthew Broderick.

A big fan of and expert on the subject of Harmoniemusik (wind octets of the 17th and 18th centuries), David is the editor of the first editions of wind octets attributed to Mozart, the octets of K. Anh. C. These works have been recorded by an all star cast of musicians including clarinettist James Campbell of Indiana University and hornist James Sommerville of the Boston Symphony. The works are available on CBC Records.

David can be reached through his website at www.davidbourque.ca

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