A native of Kingsport, TN, David Renfro is the Principal Horn of the Arkansas
Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2005. He also serves as ASO's Chief Development Officer. Previously, David taught horn and chamber music at Ouachita Baptist University and Henderson State University. He received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Horn Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where his primary teachers included Myron Bloom, Michael Hatfield, and Richard Seraphinoff.

David has served as the Principal Horn of both the Texarkana Symphony and Missouri Symphony Orchestras, and currently appears regularly with numerous orchestras throughout the region. In addition to his work as an orchestra musician, David maintains an active teaching studio and performs regularly as a chamber musician. As soloist, David has appeared with the ASO performing Richard Strauss's Horn Concerto No. 2 ("sparkling" and a "musical glory" - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette), the Missouri Symphony Orchestra performing both the Sinfonia Concertante and Horn Concerto No. 4 by Mozart, and he gave the Arkansas premiere of American composer James Beckel's Pulitzer Prize-nominated concerto for horn, "The Glass Bead Game."

In the summers, David performs with the Peninsula Music Festival in Door County, WI.