About
David Wolf is an educator and free-lance percussionist based in the MetroWest area of Massachusetts who specializes in contemporary concert and marching percussion. Currently, David is working with the Acton-Boxborough Regional Schools as the Marching Percussion Director and the Elementary Instrumental Music Percussion Instructor. He is also an Elementary Instrumental Music Teaching Artist for the Arlington Public Schools. David also teaches private lessons through the Acton Community Education Program and for Marlborough Public Schools, as well as in his home studio, both virtually and in-person. His private students have had consistent success in District, All-State, and All-National auditions, as well as in competitions and college auditions. Additionally, David is the owner/technician of Wolf Percussion Services, a percussion instrument repair and maintenance company serving the Eastern and Central Massachusetts areas.
From 2010-2020, David was the Percussion Director for Madison High School and Thoreau Middle School in Vienna, VA and McLean High School and Longfellow Middle School in McLean, VA. Under his direction, he has directed percussion ensembles at the 2011 and 2015 Music For All National Percussion Festival, multiple Virginia Music Educators Association Conferences, as well as at percussion festivals in Virginia and Ohio. From 2014-2020, he was an Adjunct Instructor of Music at Northern Virginia Community College, Loudoun Campus. David was also the Percussion Director for The Capitol Symphony Youth Orchestras from 2018-2020. He previously held a one-semester appointment as the Interim Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington. David has taught privately and in conjunction with multiple public school and college programs in Massachusetts, Virginia, Texas, Oklahoma, and Ohio. He has taught on the marching percussion staffs of the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band, the University of Oklahoma Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band, the Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps, and several high school marching band and indoor drumline programs.
As a performer, David has enjoyed a variety of performance settings. Most recently, he was principal percussionist of Great Noise Ensemble, the new music ensemble-in-residence at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C. He has appeared as a soloist with the Capital Wind Symphony, Louisiana Tech University Percussion Ensemble, Northeastern University Concert Band, The Ohio State University Percussion Ensemble, LBJ High School Percussion Ensemble (TX) and the McLean High School Symphonic Band (VA). He has performed or conducted percussion ensembles at the 2011 Virginia Music Educators Association Conference, 2005 & 2006 Percussive Arts Society International Conventions, 2005 Midwest Convention, and several regional music festivals and conferences. In 2005, he placed second at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention Solo Competition (multi-percussion and tape) after being selected as a one of four finalists from an international pool of applications. David has had the pleasure of performing with international percussion artists, such as Nebojsa Zivkovic, Linda Maxey, Susan Powell, Michael Burritt, Russell Hartenberger, John Beck, and Eduardo Leandro.
David holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Ohio State University where he was a University Fellow and Graduate Teaching Associate. He holds a Master of Music Degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor of Music Degree in Percussion Performance and Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His teachers include Dr. Susan Powell, Joe Krygier, Dr. Lance Drege, Eduardo Leandro, Thom Hannum, and Dr. Peter Tanner.
David is an educational endorser for Remo Drumheads & Percussion and Vic Firth Sticks & Mallets. He holds memberships in the Percussive Arts Society, College Music Society, and National Association of Music Educators. Presently, he is the Treasurer for the Massachusetts Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society.
Downloadable CV available here.