David Bubsey is presently a Ph.D. candidate in musicology at the University of Kentucky, and an adjunct faculty member at East Tennessee State University. He holds the M.M. in Trombone Performance from Butler University (1980), and the B.M.E. from The Ohio State University (1975). He is presently principal trombonist of the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra and the Appalachian Brass Orchestra (formally, the Tennessee Brass) and is in demand as a free lance musician in the region having played most recently with the Temptations and the Charlie Daniels Band. His prior performance experiences include principal trombonist of the Kingsport Symphony Orchestra (1999-2003) – now the Symphony of the Mountains, and The United States Army Field Band in Washington, D.C. (1981-1989). As a member of the premier United States Army Field Band he was associate principal trombonist of the concert band and the trombonist with the brass quintet. He also was a sub/extra with The Jazz Ambassadors. In 2001, he was named to the faculty at East Tennessee State University where his duties include applied trombone, trombone choir, introduction to music, and history of jazz. He has also recently proposed a new music course for the ETSU curriculum entitled History of African-American Music. His extensive public school teaching experience includes Greene County Schools, TN (1991-2000) and Greeneville City Schools, TN (2000-2001). In 2003 he returned to graduate school to begin work on his Ph.D. His scholarly interests include the music of the 20^th-Century, particularly the life and works of Luciano Berio. His dissertation in progress is entitled "Luciano Berio: The American Decade." He is often called upon by publishers of music textbooks to review proposed new educational materials, and in 2009 he was a contributor to Jazz by Giddins and Deveaux, a W.W. Norton publication.