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Low, David

He is a cellist, composer and teacher who studied at the Eastman School of Music, Stanford University and Northwestern University.

He has held the position of Principal Cellist of the Omaha Symphony and the Nebraska Sinfonia.  He has also been a member of the Delft Trio and a guest instrumentalist with the Nebraska Wind Symphony.

As a composer he has been commissioned to write several works for cello.

Working in the studio he has performed on several recordings by Mannheim Steamroller that include Christmas, A Fresh Aire Christmas, Christmas Celebration and 30/40 as well as Classical Gas by Mason Williams and Mannheim Steamroller.

In the field of musical teacher he has been a faculty member of the University of Nebraska

Mannheim Steamroller recordings
Carol of the Birds
(Traditional Catlonian)
American Gramaphone records AG 1984 (CD: Christmas)

Coventry Carol  (Traditional English/Robert Croo/Thomas Mawdyke)
American Gramaphone records AG 1984 (CD: Christmas)

Deck the Halls (Welsh Traditional)
American Gramaphone records AG 1984 (CD: Christmas)

Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (Traditional/Emile Blemont/Marc-Antoine Charpentier/Louis-Denis Seguin)(English Translation: Edward Cuthbert Nunn)
American Gramaphone records AG 1984 (CD: Christmas)

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Traditional/Anonymous)
American Gramaphone Records AG 1984 (CD: Christmas)

Good King Wenceslas (John Mason Neale)
American Gramaphone records AG 1984 (CD: Christmas)

I Saw Three Ships (Traditional/Anonymous)
American Gramaphone records AG 1984 (CD: Christmas)

Wassail (Anonymous Middle Ages English/Ralph Vaughan Williams)
American Gramaphone records AG 1984 (CD: Christmas)

We Three Kings (Rev. John Henry Hopkins Jr.)
American Gramaphone records AG 1984 (CD: Christmas)

Sources:

  1. https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10355/47816/Spectrum1986CulturalEvents.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
  2. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120327126/
  3. https://nebraskawindsymphony.com/about/nws-history/
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Gas_(Mason_Williams_and_Mannheim_Steamroller_album)
  5. https://www.rambles.net/mannheim_xmas2.html
  6. https://www.allmusic.com/album/30-40-mw0002571093#credits
  7. https://www.grooves-inc.com/mannheim-steamroller-christmas-celebration-american-cd-pZZa1-1898400707.html
  8. https://www.discogs.com/release/5234891-Mannheim-Steamroller-Christmas