Brian Del Signore is the Principal Percussionist and Associate Principal Timpanist of the Houston Symphony.  Born in Pittsburgh, he began piano studies in early grade school and started playing drums at age eleven. He earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 1981 majoring in percussion performance, and went on to earn a Master’s of Music from Temple University in Philadelphia, where he studied with Alan Abel. Mr. Del Signore performs continually in Houston, and has toured Europe and Japan with the Houston Symphony, as well as with the Houston Symphony Chamber Players. He also performs with Da Camera of Houston on occasion, and has performed in the past with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony.  Mr. Del Signore is on the faculty of the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, where he teaches select graduate percussion students.

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