Born in that noted cradle of culture, Plainfield, New Jersey, David Hawthorne studied violin from a young age with only modest distinction. After a brief try at the study of engineering, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston to study jazz guitar and film scoring. Some years later, Hawthorne continued his studies at New England Conservatory, achieving Masters degrees in Performance and Composition. His principle teachers have been Mick Goodrick, Bob Moses, Wm. T. McKinley, John LaPorta, and Stephane Thomachot. He has composed for diverse ensembles in a variety of idioms, and has performed and taught extensively in the USA and Germany. He currently freelances as a performer in the Boston area and enjoys success as a maker of bows for stringed instruments.