Dave Yinger, Performer and Band Director: Establishing Roots While Branching Out to Community

Heart of the Artist

Co-hosts Justin Clauser and Molly Shortridge interview Dave Yinger, an amazing example of someone who impacts his community on many levels. Like other performing musicians, Dave wears many hats as a band director and shares his thoughts on becoming a teacher and the joys of reaching out to others in many wonderful ways. For those of you who aspire to be a band director or music teacher, this is an episode you don’t want to miss!

Information about where Dave went to college, the Lebanon Valley College music department: https://www.lvc.edu/academics/undergraduate-studies/music/

Dave performs in the Harrisburg Jazz Collective: https://steverudolph.com/harrisburg-jazz-collective-formerly-the-river-city-big-band

Dave also performs with http://www.funktionband.com

Molly Shortridge and Justin Clauser are Co-owners of www.ThePerfect5th.com

https://www.facebook.com/P5HeartoftheArtist

Dave Yinger up in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, and went on to study at Lebanon Valley College. He graduated 2003 music education and jazz studies. He plays clarinet, saxophones and flute, and has been teaching for 18 years. He is now teaching band in the school district he grew up in!

Dave performs locally with Funktion, Harrisburg Jazz Collective (formerly River City Big Band), and various musical theatre pit orchestra gigs in the area.

His hobbies (other than music) include skiing, golf, grilling, the Phillies and the Eagles.