Clarinetist/Bass Clarinetist David Brooke Wetzel is a specialist in new music and interactive electronics. Recent solo appearances include the Endless Mountains Music Festival, the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art, and the Sonic Fusion Festival of International Contemporary Music in Edinburgh, and as a featured performer at ICMC 2010 in New York City. His research interests are primarily in the field of interactive computer music systems, with a special focus on maintaining electroacoustic repertoire in the face of rapid technological change. His writing on this subject has appeared in Organised Sound and in recent presentations to SEAMUS and ICMC. Dr. Wetzel is currently an associate professor of clarinet and coordinator of the music business and technology program at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Wetzel received the B.Mus. in clarinet performance from Lawrence University, the M.M. in computer music performance and concert production from the Peabody Conservatory and the DMA in clarinet performance at the University of Arizona. His clarinet teachers include Jerry Kirkbride, Loren Kitt, Edward Palanker, Thea King and Dan C. Sparks. His computer music teachers include McGregor Boyle, Ichiro Fujinaga and Geoffrey Wright.