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Studies:  Northeast Louisiana University (B.M.Ed.), University of Michigan (M.M.)
 
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David Steinquest, Professor of Percussion at APSU since 1985, teaches all individual percussion lessons and conducts the Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Combo. He is also coordinator of the Mid-South Jazz Festival. Steinquest previously served as a faculty member at Albion College, the University of Arkansas, and the National Music Camp at Interlochen, and was a member of the United States Military Academy Band at West Point. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Northeast Louisiana University and a Master of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Michigan.
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Steinquest is an active freelance percussionist in the Nashville area, performing frequently with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra including their Carnegie Hall debut and the gala concerts at the opening of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. He served as Acting Assistant Principal Percussionist in the 2005-2006 season. Steinquest is also a studio musician, recording often for Row-Loff Productions, Arrangers’ Publishing Company, and the Nashville String Machine. He is an educational endorser of Ross Mallet Instruments and Vic Firth Sticks and appears frequently as a soloist and clinician. Steinquest has numerous compositions and arrangements published by Row-Loff Productions, Studio 4 Music, and Pioneer Percussion. His works have been performed by the Nashville Symphony percussion section and have bee heard on the PBS children’s series “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.”<ref>”https://www.apsu.edu/music/facstaff/steinquestd”</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:34, 15 June 2025

David Steinquest

Biography

Born: Oct. 1957

Country: USA

Studies: Northeast Louisiana University (B.M.Ed.), University of Michigan (M.M.)

Teachers: Stan Finck, Allen Wojtera, Charles Owen, Gordon Stout, Leigh H. Stevens

Website:


David Steinquest, Professor of Percussion at APSU since 1985, teaches all individual percussion lessons and conducts the Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Combo. He is also coordinator of the Mid-South Jazz Festival. Steinquest previously served as a faculty member at Albion College, the University of Arkansas, and the National Music Camp at Interlochen, and was a member of the United States Military Academy Band at West Point. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Northeast Louisiana University and a Master of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Michigan.

Steinquest is an active freelance percussionist in the Nashville area, performing frequently with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra including their Carnegie Hall debut and the gala concerts at the opening of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. He served as Acting Assistant Principal Percussionist in the 2005-2006 season. Steinquest is also a studio musician, recording often for Row-Loff Productions, Arrangers’ Publishing Company, and the Nashville String Machine. He is an educational endorser of Ross Mallet Instruments and Vic Firth Sticks and appears frequently as a soloist and clinician. Steinquest has numerous compositions and arrangements published by Row-Loff Productions, Studio 4 Music, and Pioneer Percussion. His works have been performed by the Nashville Symphony percussion section and have bee heard on the PBS children’s series “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.”[1]

Works for Percussion

Solo

Elegy (Steinquest) – Marimba
In the Stillness of Twilight –Vibraphone
Life's Little Rudiment Book
Meditation and Dance – Marimba
Radford Rag – Marimba
Rudimental RagtimeXylophone / Marimba; Piano
Scherzetto – Marimba
Uncommon Times – Marimba

Concerto

Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble (Steinquest) - Marimba; Percussion Ensemble

Small Percussion Ensemble

County ClarePercussion Trio; Bass Guitar
Double or NothingPercussion Duo; Marimba; Vibraphone
Suite for Two Marimbas – Percussion Duo; Marimba
Rudimental Ragtime Quintet - Mallet Quintet

Large Percussion Ensemble

Big Yellow MamboPercussion (11); Bass Guitar
Little Light Blue BossaPercussion (11); Bass Guitar

Arrangement for Percussion

2001: A Mallet Oddity
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Allegro Barbaro
Batman Theme
Bourrée
Dance of the Knights from Romeo & Juliet
Frankenstein
Mission: Impossible
Sweet Rio - Percussion 12
Toccata in D Minor - Percussion 14
The 12 Daze Of Christmas
The Addams Family Meets The Munsters
Three Kings Carolin’
Viennese Musical Clock
We Need A Little Christmas
Wild Wood Carol

References