David Blink

David Blink is the Yakima Valley Community College director of instrumental music and jazz studies.[1] He is a trumpet player[2] and he directs the Yakima Valley Community College Salsa Band.[3] Blink is also a composer.[4] Under his direction, the YVCC Salsa Band has successfully released a CD of original music.[5] Blink is the organizer of the Yakima Valley Community College Latin Music Festival, a yearly celebration that began in 2007.[1] 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.[1]

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.[6]

David Blink has been a featured artist at the Festival Internacional de Música de Morelia (Q5861015).[7] 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,[8] and a visiting artist at CMMAS (Q16491097).[9]