David Kulma

Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, David began playing the oboe at the age of eleven. He received a Bachelor's degree in oboe performance from Kent State University studying with Danna Sundet. After a year in Boston, David returned to Kent to major in music theory and composition.

Recent performances include Five Preludes for oboe and tuba, A Series of Allusions and Implications: In memoriam Jason Clark for oboe and electronics, Two Waxes for flute and piano, Strides for brass quintet, Streams for unaccompanied bassoon, Impulses for wind quintet, and two art songs: A Prayer and The Road Not Taken. Two Waxes was selected for performance on the Greater Cleveland Flute Society's 2010 Composers' Connection concert. David is a member of ASCAP.

He was the music director for Trystero New Music, an organization dedicated to the dissemination and performance of new classical and jazz music by Kent State student and alumni composers.

As an oboist, David has played with the Erie Philharmonic, Trinity Chamber Orchestra, Warren Philharmonic, Akron Baroque, and Ashland Symphony. He was principal oboist of Kent State University Orchestra for the 2008-09 school year.

David has completed his two years as a music theory graduate assistant. His duties included teaching his own section of the daily theory/ear training freshman theory course. David is the coauthor of Kent State's new first-year music theory textbook, How Music Works.

He is moving to the Chicago area with his wife Kirsten, who continues to work in woodwind instrument repair.