David Boutin-Bourque, clarinet

Originally from Peterborough, Ontario, David Boutin-Bourque currently serves as Principal Clarinet of the Victoria Symphony and Sessional Instructor of Clarinet at the University of Victoria. Previously, David held positions with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra as Acting Principal Clarinet, and the Erie Philharmonic as 3rd/Bass Clarinet. Additionally, he has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Nova Scotia. In September 2024, David was featured as a soloist with the Victoria Symphony, performing Carl Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto.

David is also an active chamber musician in British Columbia. He has been a featured artist at Eine Kleine Summer Music, the Quadra Island Festival of Chamber music, and with the Emily Carr String Quartet. From 2016-2021, he attended the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he was the recipient of a Conducting Academy Orchestra Fellowship in 2017, and a Bass Clarinet Fellowship from 2018 to 2021. In 2018, David was the winner of the festival’s Winds Concerto Competition and performed Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto. David holds an Undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto, a Master’s degree from Northwestern University, and a Performance Certificate from Carnegie Mellon University. His teachers include Michael Rusinek, David Bourque, Steve Cohen and Lawrie Bloom.