Dave stays very active as both a private and marching percussion instructor. He is currently the Director of Percussion for both the fall and winter marching percussion programs at Blackstone-Millville High School in Blackstone, MA, as well as arranger for the fall percussion program. His marching experience includes: The Crossmen (1997); Star of Indiana’s Brass Theatre (1996); and The Umass Minuteman Marching Band (1993-1997). He has been a staff member of Thom Hannum’s Mobile Percussion Seminar since 1998, and in 2004 became a member of the Vic Firth Education Team as a Marching Percussion Specialist. Dave has had the privilege of being a student of master percussionists: Walter Tokarczyk;  Thom Hannum;  Billy Ward;  and his personal mentor, master drummer, Bob Gullotti, with whom Dave still continues a long-standing study.

Available throughout the Greater Boston area, Dave assembles a private lesson practice that caters to all ages and ability levels - each lesson is tailored to meet the individual's needs/goals. Some specific topics covered in the private lesson program include:

-Rudiments
-Reading
-Timekeeping
-Soloing
-Transcription
-Musical Development
-Equipment Care and Tuning
-Drum set styles, including: Jazz, Rock, Funk, Hip Hop,  Latin and more....

For information on lessons, clinics or group instruction, please call: 508.320.4942