David Sharp is the Professor of Instrumental Music and Jazz at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa. From 1989 through 1998, David was on the faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music. He earned his Bachelors of Music degree in composition from the University of Miami (Florida) and holds a Masters of Music degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  

As a free-lance saxophonist and woodwind specialist, David has performed extensively throughout the United States. He has worked with several national and internationally renowned jazz and pop artists including the Woody Herman Orchestra, Mel Torme, Claudio Roditi, Karrin Allyson, Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls, Rod Stewart, Shirley Jones, Ana Gasteyer, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and has performed in pit orchestras of numerous Broadway national touring shows. David leads his own big band, No Strings Attached, and has been a leader of several other jazz and popular groups. 

David is a prolific composer and arranger of jazz, big band, brass ensemble, and orchestral music. His works have been performed and/or recorded by numerous scholastic groups and professional jazz performers throughout the world. He is also the Associate conductor of the Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra.