Artist Info: David Zerkel

ZERKEL: I began the study of music in my hometown of Frederick, MD at the age of nine, playing the violin. At the age of nine-and-a-half, I learned that I hated playing the violin and promptly “lost” the key to my case. My oldest brother, who I had always admired, had been an enthusiastic trumpet student, enough so to convince my parents to buy an instrument. However, once the purchase of the trumpet was consummated, his enthusiasm for the trumpet shifted to girls and football [read more...]