Get to Know the VandorenUSA Team: David Gould and Michael Tran (Part 1)
Date Posted: July 30, 2020
David Gould (Vandoren NYC Studio) and Michael Tran (Vandoren Chicago Studio) get to know each other in this series. Learn about each Product Specialist, how they got their start and more in this Zoom interview. To skip to a specific topic, time suggestions are below:
1:30 - Michael start in music
2:50 - David's start in music
5:40 - Michael's Masters in Business
8:05 - David on being adaptable in the music industry
10:16 - David's schooling
11:08 - Michael discusses family support
12:47 - David's life in France with David Weber and Jacques Lancelot
22:35 - European vs. American auditions
About David Gould
David Gould has been guest clarinetist with the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, L’Orchestre National de France, National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Orchestra of St. Lukes, and the New Jersey Symphony. He is bass clarinetist with the American Ballet Theater Orchestra in NYC and has played under the batons of James Conlon, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Daniele Gatti, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, Kurt Masur, Riccardo Muti, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, David Robertson, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gerard Schwartz and Leonard Slatkin.
He completed undergraduate studies at the Juilliard School and was a Harriet Hale Woolley scholar at the Fondation des Etats-Unis in Paris, France. Gould won 1st prizes in clarinet performance at the Conservatoire National de Region de Versailles.
About Michael Tran
Michael Tran is a freelance clarinetist in the Chicago area. Before Chicago, he was a private lessons teacher and performer in central Florida. He is currently doing his M.M. at DePaul University, studying with Julie DeRoche and Stephen Williamson.
DANSR, Inc., is the sole importer and distributor of Vandoren products in the United States. Our staff is dedicated to clarinet and saxophone education.