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David Perrico's Bio

Upon relocating to Las Vegas in 2004, trumpeter, composer, and conductor, David Perrico has rapidly become one of the city's most highly demanded musicians. He has performed internationally and his diversity has earned him positions with The Donny & Marie Osmond show at Flamingo-Las Vegas, and many featured entertainers on the Las Vegas Strip including Gladys Knight, Ben Vereen, The Rat Pack, Lena Prima, and Conductor-Musical Director for the "Vintage Vegas Show" featuring Zowie Bowie and Marley Taylor at Monte Carlo Lance Burton Theater.

A native of Youngstown, Ohio Perrico has earned a master's degree in Composition/Filmscore/Jazz Studies from The University of Nevada Las Vegas 2006 and a B.M. in Music Performance Classical/Jazz from Youngstown State University's Dana School Of Music (1988-1993). In 1994 David joined The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra for six years as featured soloist and road manager touring 45 weeks per year (1994-97 and 1999-2002). Additional touring included two years with the 6 star Crystal Cruise Line as lead trumpet with the Galaxy Orchestra, completing a world cruise in 1998. In addition to working with many shows and entertainers he served as Adjunct faculty professor at UNLV Jazz Studies (2006-08) teaching and conducting jazz ensembles and as member of the Jazz Faculty Ensemble. He has 9 CD recordings, 3 of which he produced for the UNLV-Jazz Department, and 4 DVD performances to his credit including Grammy nominated CD's by Gladys Knight, Barry Manilow, and The Family Guy DVD-Live in Vegas. The David Perrico Contemporary Ensemble has appeared on FOX 5 TV and at Las Vegas Venues including The Rio, Mandalay Bay, Caesars Forum Shops, Wynn, Harrah's, and Bellagio.

In addition to performance, Perrico has served as performer/contractor for Ben Vereen, Gladys Knight and is the arranger/conductor for Vegas Headliners Zowie Bowie Vintage Vegas Tribute at the Monte Carlo, and The Scinta's Variety show. As a composer he has received 2 national awards for his original compositions "Archetype Dance" and "Fanfare of Light" and is a member of ASCAP. Before joining Cirque du Soleil-Elvis, Perrico had performed with the Donnie & Marie Osmond show at the MGM and Flamingo Las Vegas, since July 2008.

Performance Highlights

Donny & Marie Osmond, Gladys Knight, Phantom Of The Opera, Frankie Valli, Drew Carey, Ben Vereen, Rich Little, Barry Manilow, Blues Brothers/Bluzmen Tribute, Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon, B.B. King, The Rat Pack, Ruth Brown, Little Anthony, Four Lads, The Dells, Lena Prima, Susan Anton, Last Comic Standing, The Temptations, Zowie Bowie, Four Freshman, Pied Pipers, Guy Lombardo, Maria Schneider, Elvis American Trilogy, Lon Bronson All Star Band, Chuck Mangione, 2000 U.S. Presidential Inaugural Ball, Petula Clark, Youngstown Symphony Pops, Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, and the Las Vegas Philharmonic.

Cruise Lines

Crystal- MS Symphony. NCL- SS Norway. Holland America-Veendam, Noordam, Maasdam, Rotterdam. Celebrity-Galaxy. Cunard- QE2, Crown Dynasty. The Delta Steamboat Company- American & Mississippi Queen.

David Perrico Jazz Quintet Appearances

Bellagio-Michael Mina Restaurant, Mandalay Bay, Harrah's, Caesar's Forum Shops, The Rio, Hilton, Wynn, Flamingo, and The Four Seasons.

Composition Awards:

"Archetype Dance"

Scored for Jazz Ensemble and Orchestra won 1st prize in the 2006 Las Vegas Jazz Society's University Music Composition Competition.

"Fanfare of Light"

Scored for Marching Band was entered into a composition competition held by Youngstown State University June 1, 2007. The piece was selected by the Events Committee to commemorate the university's Centennial Celebration. The piece will be premiered on October 20, 2007 at the YSU Homecoming Football Game.

"Mangione"

Scored for Jazz Ensemble and was performed April 17, 1994 at a fund raising event held for the Youngstown State Jazz Studies Scholarship. The 3 day "The Hat Is Back" event was hosted by Chuck Mangione and his quartet; Mangione responded by giving Perrico his trademark hat.

Youngstown State University Dana School of Music

Undergraduate Jazz Studies B.M.:
Tony Leonardi-Director of Jazz Studies, Kent Engelhardt-Jazz Theory, and James Garber-piano.

Trumpet:
Perrico began playing trumpet at age 9. Studies at age 11 began with the late Esotto Pellegrini, (Principle trumpet of The Youngstown Symphony and professor of trumpet at The Dana School of Music).
Additional trumpet studies: Susan Sexton and Chris Krummel.

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Adjunct Faculty & Conductor 2006
UNLV Jazz Faculty Ensemble 2006
Course Instructor for: Jazz Ensemble III, Intro to Jazz Combo, Contemporary Ensemble, And Beginning & Advanced Jazz Improvisation
Graduate Studies M.M. 2004-2006
Composition studies:
David Loeb and Joe Lano.
Filmscore study: Johnny Pate
Additional trumpet studies: Bobby Shew, Clint "Pops" McLaughlin, Jeff Kaye, Ray Brooks, Jeff Smiley, Jerome Callet, and Lynn Nicholson.

UNLV Highlights

While a Graduate Assistant at UNLV, David established the Entertainment Bookings facet for the Jazz Studies area, booking an unprecedented 50 engagements for the program over 2 years. This facet draws upon the students to perform with any of the 9 jazz combos at venues around the UNLV campus, Las Vegas, Hotels, and corporate functions. The Entertainment Bookings has created a valuable professional paid performance environment for students while in turn generating funds for the Jazz Studies Program at UNLV. In February 2004, David along with director of Jazz Studies David Loeb, also created another performance opportunity for UNLV jazz students at a local coffee house, "Rejavanate" that has evolved into a weekly "Thursday Jazz Night Jam" which fulfills partial performance requirements towards the undergraduate jazz degree program.

As a faculty member, in addition to teaching, David performs with the Faculty Jazz Sextet contributing original compositions and arrangements. Perrico has produced 3 CD recordings on the TNC Record Label for UNLV that feature the Jazz Ensemble 1 and Contemporary Ensemble from 2004-2007 conducted by David Loeb and Bruce Paulson. Perrico appears on 2 of the 3 recordings that highlight his lead & jazz playing, conducting, and original compositions. Under Perrico's direction, this project and future projects will collaborate with the UNLV recording studio classes to provide students the opportunity and hands on experience to produce a CD project from concept to completion.