Occupation(s) Musician, teacher Instruments Trumpet | Name David Blink Role Musical Artist | |
Genres Afro-Cuban jazz, Salsa music | ||
David Blink is the Yakima Valley Community College director of instrumental music and jazz studies. He is a trumpet player and he directs the Yakima Valley Community College Salsa Band. Blink is also a composer. Under his direction, the YVCC Salsa Band has successfully released a CD of original music. Blink is the organizer of the Yakima Valley Community College Latin Music Festival, a yearly celebration that began in 2007. The Latin Music Festival has a community-outreach portion. Professional musicians, such as Memo Acevedo from various parts of the United States teach students of all ages in Yakima and the surrounding region about music.
In 2015, David Blink moved to Morelia, Mexico where he formed a new Big band at the Conservatorio de Las Rosas (Q5784215), which became known as the Conservatorio de las Rosas Latin Jazz Orchestra.
David Blink has been a featured artist at the Festival Internacional de Música de Morelia (Q5861015). He created large ensemble arrangements of the famous jazz artist Eugenio Toussaint. As a electroacoustic musician and composer, he has been a featured artist at the Visiones Sonoras XI, and a visiting artist at CMMAS (Q16491097).