Dr. Dawid Mzyk, a native of Poland, is Assistant Professor of Trombone and Low Brass at New Mexico State University. As a soloist, he has won several prestigious competitions, including the National Solo Competition at the American Trombone Workshop (Washington, DC), the New York Golden Classical Music Solo Competition, and the National Chamber Music Competition (Warsaw, Poland). He has appeared as a soloist with multiple orchestras, performed at numerous festivals and conferences across the U.S., and made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall in New York.

As an educator, Dr. Mzyk conducts masterclasses nationally and internationally, adjudicates music competitions and honor band auditions, and serves as a board member for The College of Music Society Southwest Chapter. He previously taught at Southern Utah University and was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music from the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow, an Artist Diploma from Columbus State University, and a Doctorate from UNLV. His teachers include Nathan Tanouye, Joseph Alessi (NY Phil), and Bradley Palmer.

Dr. Mzyk’s orchestral career spans Europe, Asia, and the U.S., performing with orchestras such as the Krakow Philharmonic, Krakow Opera, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Reno Philharmonic, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Pan-European Philharmonia, and Baltic Opera. His collaborations include work with renowned artists such as Krzysztof Penderecki, Hans Zimmer, Tan Dun, José Cura, and Alexandre Desplat.

He has performed at the Baltic Opera Festival (Poland), European Games (Olympics), Istanbul Music Festival (Turkey), Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival (Poland), Al-Bustan Festival (Lebanon), Festival of the Aegean (Greece), Warsaw Autumn Festival (Poland), Film Music and Video Games Music Festivals (Poland), and the Zelenski Festival, where he performed on sackbut at Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice (Italy).

Dr. Mzyk contributed to recording projects, including Joseph Alessi’s premiere recordings of Chick Corea's Concerto for Trombone and Bruce Broughton’s Quaternity, as well as George Curran’s Vital Signs. His recordings also feature collaborations with Christian Lindberg, John Patitucci, Eric Marienthal, the Boston Brass, and Oscar-winning composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. He can be heard on soundtracks, broadcast concerts, and several jazz albums.