So, we have our new 2nd Assistant Band Director! Mr. Dave Hall (formerly percussion private lesson teacher at Paschal, as well as guest artist for the percussion ensemble concert this past year). Below is his bio:

Dave Hall holds a M.M. in Percussion Performance from TCU and a B.M. in Percussion Performance from the University of Nebraska. Mr. Hallʼs experience in music is highly diverse, beginning with piano at the age of seven and later taking up violin and horn before starting percussion. This diversity continues today as he performs actively in the DFW area as a marimba soloist, drumset player, and timpanist, among other things. He has played snare drum for the Phantom Regiment and Crossmen drum and bugle corps, the TCU PASIC Champion Indoor Drumline, and the Dallas Mavericks Drumline. At TCU he also performed in the top jazz band on drumset, the third jazz band on piano, the Percussion Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, Opera, Wind Symphony, and Steel Band. Mr. Hall appeared as a performer and teacher on the reality TV show Tommy Lee Goes to College and has also performed with Motley Crue. Besides teaching private lessons in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Mr. Hall has instructed the TCU Drumline, Percussion Ensemble II, and Steel Band, as well as the L.D. Bell Drumline. As a composer/arranger, heʼs written for the TCU and University of Nebraska Drumline/Front Ensembles, and his original percussion quartet Escape Velocity is pending publication by C. Alan. Dave Hall has been blessed to study with some of the greatest percussion teachers in the world including Leigh Howard Stevens, Paul Rennick, Richard Gipson, Brian West, and Joey Carter.