Reviewing a performance of Rossini’s Introduction, Theme and Variations, the Senior Critic of the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch wrote,
“David Thomas is… the clarinet equivalent of Cecilia Bartoli.”
”I don’t recall a bigger or better reception for any artist, anywhere.”
Afther hearing him play the Brahms Quintet,
“He was again, simply suberb.”
Mark Carrington, Washington Post, wrote after hearing his performance of the Copland Concerto,
“David Thomas… was riveting.”
Prior to moving to Columbus as the Principal Clarinetist of the CSO in 1989, he spent six years as Principal Clarinetist of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra in Washington, DC.
David Thomas has also performed with the Baltimore Symphony, the National Symphony and the National Chamber Orchestra, among others. He has won several national and international music competitions, including first prize from the International Clarinet Society and the Music Teacher National Association competition at the age of 18.