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Besides completing his degree, Dave is involved with the Frontier Performing Arts Association of Dallas, Texas, as a performer, teacher and composer/arranger. He marched contra for the inaugural and second seasons of the Frontier Drum & Bugle Corps, and now is on the brass staff. He is the director of the Open Range Brass, the FPAA chamber ensemble program, and has arranged pieces for various performance venues.

His most active performing is with the Inner City All-Stars, a Denton, TX-based New Orleans-style brass band, where he has rediscovered the joys of the sousaphone and explored a wide variety of genres. He has used this opportunity to write pieces for the band and learn to appreciate and perform in virtually all styles of music. He has performed in several notable venues, such as Tipitina's of New Orleans or the famous Gypsy Tea Room of Deep Ellum, and many more are planned for the future.

Dave is a member of the American Federation of Musicians Local 72-147, Dallas/Fort Worth Professional Musicians Association.