David Sawtelle

David Sawtelle is a graduate of West Texas State University with a BME in all-level music education and holds a master’s degree in orchestral conducting from Texas State University. Sawtelle has served in a variety of conducting and teaching capacities. He has been the assistant director of the El Paso Youth Symphony and the Pacific Palisades Symphony Orchestra. David conducted the Pflugerville, Texas, Youth Orchestra and the Heart of Texas Suzuki Organization Chamber Music Orchestra. He has successfully taught and arranged instrumental music in the El Paso, Los Angeles, Georgetown, Austin, and Lee County school districts. Mr. Sawtelle was a prize winner at the Accademia dell’Arte di Firenze Symphony Conductors Competition in Florence, Italy, in 2001.

David Sawtelle successfully directed the Alpena Symphony Orchestra in Alpena, Michigan, and the Little Traverse Choral Society in Petoskey, Michigan. At the Crooked Tree Art Center in Petoskey, Michigan, Sawtelle taught string orchestra for the Dorothy Gerber String Program. Upon his arrival in SW Florida, David was invited to teach in the Gulf Coast Symphony’s MusicWorks program as a string orchestra instructor. Currently, David Sawtelle is a violinist with the Gulf Coast Symphony in Ft. Myers, Florida, and enjoys presenting his original musical gospel presentation, The Hidden Violin.