Adjunct Instructor of Guitar
David Toussaint is the VCU Guitar Area Coordinator and serves as an instructor of classical guitar at VCU. He received his B.A. from the University of Richmond and his Bachelor of Music, with honors, in performance from VCU. He continued
his studies with graduate work at the Catholic University of America and then went on to earn his masterʼs degree in music from George Mason University.
Mr Toussaint has performed in multiple master classes for Christopher Parkening, as well as for Manuel Barrueco, David Russell and Jesùs Silva. He has been featured and performed on radio and television and has performed throughout the Virginia area in solo performances as well as with ensembles. In addition to teaching at VCU, Toussaint also teaches out of his studio in Northern Virginia.
Mr Toussaint is passionate about teaching the guitar. He believes in teaching a technique that is grounded in the fundamentals yet flexible in accommodating to each studentʼs individual anatomy. He has been writing two books to bridge the gap he sees between playing the guitar and understanding music. The first is a book about how to think on the guitar and the second is a method book to teach the guitar in a slightly different, more efficient manner.
Mr Toussaint has arranged and written music for guitar solo and for guitar in various ensembles. Two areas of particular interest have been Asian music and French Baroque music both of which he continues to bring into the guitar repertoire. The interest in French Baroque Music has also led Mr Toussaint to playing the Baroque Lute.