Dr. David Carter is a newly appointed Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith. He is a member of the Tulsa Opera Orchestra and regularly appears with the Tulsa Symphony. David also performs with percussionist Ricardo Coelho de Souza as Duo Avanzando. He previously taught as an adjunct instructor of clarinet at the University of Oklahoma; an adjunct instructor of clarinet, saxophone, Arts and Western Culture, and Woodwind Techniques at Oklahoma Baptist University; and an adjunct instructor of clarinet at Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan).

Dr. Carter is the former principal clarinetist of the Dearborn (Michigan) Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra. He served as artist-in-residence for the St. Clair Shores Symphony Orchestra’s 2000-2001 season where he performed Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto under Charles Burke. As the winner of the 2006 University of Oklahoma Concerto Competition he performed the first movement of John Corigliano's Clarinet Concerto with the University of Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Shames. Other recent playing engagements include those with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de la UANL (Monterrey, Mexico), and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Dr. Carter earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma as a Graduate Alumni Fellow, where he was awarded the Provost's Dissertation Prize in Humanities and Fine Arts for his DMA document, Corigliano's Clarinet Concerto: The Clarinetist's View. He also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Texas, Master of Music degree from Ohio State University, and a Graduate Certificate in Orchestral Studies from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. His principal teachers include David Etheridge, Theodore Oien, James Pyne, and James Gillespie.