David Sheets is a bassist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Principal Bassist of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra.  He briefly attended the Interlochen Arts Academy and the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Derek Weller and James VanDenmark. Summers during this period were spent studying the orchestral repertoire in the National Repertory Orchestra. Shortly thereafter Mr. Sheets' professional career began when after playing with a part-time contract as a student, he was appointed Assistant Principal Bassist of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 20. After briefly playing with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, he joined the Baltimore Symphony as its youngest member in 1996.  Mr. Sheets has also performed on a regular basis in solo, chamber music, and jazz performances with artists from the Auryn String Quartet to Bobby McFerrin. This is his third summer with AYO.