David Blink
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_place = Oakland, CA
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| genre = Afro-Cuban jazz, salsa, Meditation music, Free improvisation, Electroacoustic music
| occupation = Musician, composer, teacher
| instrument = Trumpet, Handpan, Banjo uke, washboard
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David Blink is the director of the College of the Siskiyous Concert and Jazz bands.{{Cite web|title=Staff Biographies - Music|url=http://www.siskiyous.edu/instruction/programs/music/bios.htm|access-date=2020-08-30|website=www.siskiyous.edu}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He plays the trumpet,{{cite web|last=International Trumpet Guild|title=First Annual October Trumpetfest - Las Vegas|url=http://www.trumpetguild.org/news/news01/vegas.htm|publisher=International Trumpet Guild|accessdate=1 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905133500/http://www.trumpetguild.org/news/news01/vegas.htm|archive-date=5 September 2008|url-status=dead}} and is also a composer.{{cite news|last=Schubert|first=Ruth|title=Students have music composition in the Palms of their hands|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Students-have-music-composition-in-the-Palms-of-1072869.php|accessdate=1 June 2012|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=November 26, 2001}}
David Blink got his Bachelor's degree in Applied Music with an emphasis in Jazz from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and his Master's degree in Music Composition from Central Washington University.
In 2015, David Blink moved to Morelia, Mexico where he formed a new Big band at the Conservatorio de Las Rosas, which became known as the Conservatorio de las Rosas Latin Jazz Orchestra.{{cite web|title=Orquesta de alumnos "Big Band" en el último concierto del Jazztival en Morelia|url=http://cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/nota-n1830|website=Cambio|publisher=Cambio de Michoacán|access-date=2016-06-19|archive-date=2016-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808172219/http://cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/nota-n1830|url-status=dead}}
David Blink has been a featured artist at the Festival Internacional de Música de Morelia.{{cite web|title=Homenaje musical a Eugenio Toussaint|url=http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2015/11/23/homenaje-musical-a-eugenio-toussaint/|website=PULSO|accessdate=19 June 2016|archive-date=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810081135/http://pulsoslp.com.mx/2015/11/23/homenaje-musical-a-eugenio-toussaint/|url-status=dead}} He created large ensemble arrangements of the famous jazz artist Eugenio Toussaint. As a electroacoustic musician and composer, he has been a featured artist at the Visiones Sonoras XI,{{cite web|title=Visiones Sonoras XI|url=http://morelianas.com/eventos-morelia/visiones-sonoras-xi/|website=Morelianas|accessdate=19 June 2016}} and a visiting artist at CMMAS.{{cite web|title=Concierto: Ióni Trío – David Blink|url=http://www.cmmas.org/cmmas_eventos.php?&id=1201&lan=es|website=CMMAS|accessdate=19 June 2016|archive-date=12 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812140426/http://www.cmmas.org/cmmas_eventos.php?&id=1201&lan=es|url-status=dead}}
David Blink was the Yakima Valley Community College director of instrumental music and jazz studies for over ten years. While there, he also directed the Yakima Valley Community College Salsa Band.{{cite web|title=YVCC Salsa Band|url=https://myspace.com/yvccsalsaband|accessdate=1 June 2012|work=myspace.com}} Under his direction, the YVCC Salsa Band released a CD of original music: Black Salsify.{{cite news|last=Nowacki|first=Kim|date=May 9, 2008|title=YVCC Salsa Band's 'Clavecide!' CD highlights Latin music fest|newspaper=Yakima Herald Republic - ON Magazine}} Blink is the organizer of the Yakima Valley Community College Latin Music Festival, a yearly celebration that began in 2007.{{cite news|last=Muir|first=Pat|date=May 2, 2012|title=The YVCC Latin Music Festival -- Taking it to the people|newspaper=Yakima Herald-Republic|url=http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2012/05/02/the-yvcc-latin-music-festival-taking-it-to-the-people/print|accessdate=1 June 2012}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} The Latin Music Festival has a community-outreach portion. Professional musicians, such as Memo Acevedo from various parts of the United States teach students of all ages in Yakima and the surrounding region about music.