Dave Hagelganz

Dave has performed, recorded and toured with many top jazz artists including Mal Waldron, Claudio Roditi, Terance Blanchard, Kenny Drew Junior, Mulgrew Miller, David Friesen, Ben Wolfe, Nancy King, Chris Botti, Diane Shur, Lew Tabackin and Don Menza. As a college student, Dave was the overall winner in the jazz soloist category of the 1989 Down Beat international student music awards. Since then his music has been heard around the world and has garnered praise in top jazz publications including Downbeat, Jazz Times and Japan's Swing Journal. Dave has taught at the University of South Florida, Whitworth College, University of Idaho and currently teaches jazz studies and saxophone at Washington State University, in Pullman Washington. He is in demand as a guest artist, clinician and adjudicator.