Dr. David Glover is the Chair of the Music Department and Assistant Professor of Percussion at Slippery Rock University in Western Pennsylvania. There he teaches applied lessons, percussion ensemble, music technology, jazz ensemble, percussion pedagogy and the steel pan ensemble (SRU Panorama). He received music degrees from The University of North Florida (B.A.E), The Florida State University (M.M. and M.M.E.), and the University of Texas at Austin (D.M.A.). A drummer and percussionist since he was 10, Glover has garnered a wide range of musical influences from jazz and classical music, to rock and Afro-Caribbean styles. Glover has played with a wide variety of artists including, Arturo Sandoval, Joe Williams, Phil Woods, Bob Brookmeyer, Peabo Bryson, Bill Watrous, Kenny Endo, Sandip Burman, and Rick Margitza. He can be heard on recordings from, The Wash, Latin Attitude, The University of Texas Jazz Orchestra, the acoustic jazz quartet Odd Man Out (Viewpoint Records), Azucar and The Three Rivers Jazz Orchestra (SeaBreeze Records). Additionally, Glover has performed and adjudicated at several state, national and international music festivals and has been published in Modern Drummer Magazine. David Glover performs with Pearl/Adams drums and percussion, Pro-Mark drumsticks and SABIAN cymbals exclusively.