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Graduate Student Wins First Prize in
Percussive Arts Society Competition

Music student Dan Davis has won First Prize at the Percussive Arts Society 2006 Marching Percussion Festival College Keyboard Competition. He was one of 18 competitors, drawn from universities nationwide. Davis was also the winner of the same competition in 2005.

Recognized as one of the premier marching festivals in the country, the festival competition is open to all high school and college students and drumlins and takes place on two of the four days of the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. The first day comprises an individual competition on snare, tenor, keyboard, or timpani and the second is made up of marching, standstill, and small ensemble categories.

Dan Davis is currently pursuing a master’s degree in percussion performance, studying with Michael Burritt.  His other teachers have included James Ross, John Parks, and John R. Beck. Davis is the recipient of the 2006 PAS Armand Zildjian Percussion Scholarship and received a Bachelors degree with Honors from Florida State University.  He has appeared as a marimba/xylophone soloist with the Treasure Coast Symphony, the Kennesaw State University Wind Ensemble, and the Florida State University (FSU) Summer Bands and has performed internationally with The Continental Brass and Singers as well as the FSU Wind Ensemble. Davis was also a member of the Magic of Orlando Drum and Bugle Corps when the ensemble became the 2002 DCI Division II World Champions.

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