David Urness
Been with the MSO since: 1978
Hometown:
Winona, MN
Education: BS Music - Winona State University
My day job: Orchestra Director, Mankato East Junior/Senior
High School, Eagle Lake, Franklin, Kennedy, & Washington Elementary
Earliest musical memory: Seeing the Minneapolis Symphony
play at school when I was about 12 years old
Favorite thing about performing music: I love it when
the group I am in does a superior job
Other instruments I play: violin, viola, cello, drums
The composition I would most like to perform: Carnival of the Animals
Best part about being an MSO musician: The high quality
the ensemble has achieved
What's on my iPod or in my CD player: anything
Other interesting fact(s): I played in a rock band in college and after a couple of years – in Winona—Indigo.