Bio Dave Roth, currently a freelance percussionist in New York City and endorser for Yamaha Percussion and Vic Firth Inc., has been performing and teaching extensively for over 20 years and has appeared in over 200 cities worldwide. Dave is an active player in the Broadway musical theater scene and has held the percussion chair in the Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular , The Pirate Queen (also 3rd Conductor and in-house contractor), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and How The Grinch Stole Christmas . In between his own shows he spends time subbing other shows. You can currently find him subbing in at Billy Elliot , How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying , Anything Goes , Mary Poppins and The Addams Family , . He also played on Come Fly Away, Promises Promises, Hairspray, Gypsy, A Chorus Line, The Color Purple, Curtains, Cry Baby, The Drowsy Chaperone, Mamma Mia, A Dancer's Life (the Chita Rivera Story), Lestat and Saturday Night Fever . He has also performed in numerous musicals throughout the world including the North American and Asian tour of West Side Story , the national tour of Mamma Mia and the national tour and European tour of Smokey Joe's Cafe . Additional regional productions include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Will Rogers Follies.
Dave is also currently the percussionist with the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra located in downtown Manhattan. He has also freelanced with orchestras throughout the midwest and east coast. Some of these include San Antonio Symphony, New York Grand Opera, Harrisurg Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Chamber Symphony, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Light Opera Works, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra and Maryland Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared onstage with Sir Paul McCartney, Gladys Knight, The Temptations, Doc Severinson, Henry Mancini, Michael Martin Murphy, The Chieftains, Pincas Zuckerman, Susan Anton and many more.
In addition to being a percussion coordinator, music arranger and clinician thoughout the midwest and east coast, he held teaching positions at San Antonio College and the Universtity of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas up until 1996. During his tenure there he received runner-up in the 1993 International Percussive Arts Society's Composition Competition with his work entitled "Three Episodes: for Two Percussionists". Dave trained at Kansas State University where he received his Bachelors of Music Degree and also at Northwestern University in Chicago where he received his Masters of Music degree in percussion performance. He has trained with some of the highest regarded professionals in the music business. They include: Terry Applebaum, Northwestern University; Al Payson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Stan Finck, Kansas State University; Luis Andino, Cuban percussionist; Bernard Wona, National Theater of Ghana.
Music Rainmaker - Dave RothDjembe, Congas, African Slit (log) Drum, Bass Drum, Cocoa Bean Rattle, Shaker,Vibraslap, CowbellsMichi - Keiko AbeMarimba"Prologue from West Side Story" - Leonard BernsteinBongos, XylophoneBlues for Gilbert - Michael GlentworthVibraphone"Cool" from West Side Story - Leonard BernsteinVibraphone, XylophoneConcerto For Orchestra - Karl HusaTimpani
- dave roth - prologue from west side story
- dave roth - blues for gilbert
- dave roth - cool from west side story
- dave roth - concerto for orchestra
Clinic Broadway Percussion Performance ClinicI am very excited about my new performance clinic that I developed this fall. I realized over the years that very few young artists are even aware that there is a whole career of playing going on on Broadway and various orchestra pits all over the wolrd as musical theater contiunes to become more and more popular. My particular clinic not only shows the various demands stylistically that we as percussionists are called to peform but also the many other demands placed on all instrumentalists playing in this genre. I also outline my process of preparing a percussion book from the moment I'm called with the gig to the first public performance. I hope to meet as many aspiring artists all over the world that might find this world that I have called home for 20 years now intriguing. Here is the latest news about my new clinic I performed in August. http://www.salina.com/news/Story/Drummer-Dave-8-27
- Dave Roth Broadway Percussion Clinic
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News 
In March of this coming year I will be playing percussion in the rivival of Evita on Broadway. We will be playing the Marriott Marquis Theater in Times Square with previews beginning March 12th and opening night on April 5th.
I am proud to announce that I have received an artist endorsement from Yamaha. I will soon be added to their roster online. You can find that and all their products at:http://usa.yamaha.com/
I'm proud to be a new part of a great band with very talented musicians, Jason Danieley and the Frontier Heroes. We perform one Thursday every month at the Metroplitan Room at 34 West 22nd Street. Call for tickets. 212-206-0440. If you can't make it this month come out the next. Visit our website for updates.www.thefrontierheroes.com
Alzheimers Association 
National Conference Washington DC May 14 - 17, 2011
Alzheimer's disease is a very close and personal cause to me. My grandmother died from this disease over 30 years ago and now both my parents suffer from it as well. Currently, more than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease and that number is expected to grow to as many as 16 million by 2050. Our future is at risk unless we can find a way to change the course of this devastating disease.I will continue to spread the word and work along side the Alzheimer's Association in bringing us all one step closer to a cure.
- Alzheimer Interview Roth.mp3
This past May I attended the Alzheimer's National Conference in DC. It was an enlightening experirence to see where we have come over the years and where we are headed in regard to this disease. I am proud to be the Ambassador for the 14th District of New York. My responsibility is to represent the consituents of this district on this topic and relay information to Representative Carolyn Maloney and both NY Senators. I, along with my fellow ambassadors and advocates, lobbied on May 17 in the halls of Congress to help further current and future legislation. I also gave an interview on NPR that you can play locatated below the picture above.
Once again this year I and my illustrious team (United Broadway Artists) are on the march to find a cure for this terrible disease. If you would like to support my cause you can go to my donation page and contribute. No gift is too small and know that it means the world to me.http://walktoendalz.kintera.org/nyc/daveroth
