David Peel, a French horn player based in the New York City area, joined the New York Philharmonic as Assistant Principal Horn in September 2024. He is known for his versatility throughout many genres, whether performing nightly at Aladdin (the musical), in the recording studio, or playing with a variety of ensembles throughout the East Coast. Peel has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, American Ballet Theater, American Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, and many others. He has recorded with a number of top artists — including Sting, James Taylor, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and Train — to name a few, and can be heard on numerous movie soundtracks and television jingles.

Peel currently serves on the faculty at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, having previously served on the faculties of Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University. His principal teachers were Jerome Ashby, the NY Phil’s late Associate Principal Horn, Andrew Lewinter, Florida Philharmonic, and his own father, Jerry Peel, with whom he studied at the University of Miami.