David E. Knott

David Knott has an active career as both performer and educator in the greater Harrisburg area. Mr. Knott currently serves as director of percussion studies on the faculty of Messiah College overseeing the percussion studio and directing the percussion ensemble. Mr. Knott also serves as a member of the instrumental music faculty of the Milton Hershey School. Prior to his appointment at the Milton Hershey School, Mr. Knott served on the faculties of Dickinson College, Bishop McDevitt High School, and the West Shore School District. A sought after clinician, Mr. Knott has presented clinics on percussion and percussion education in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, and Michigan. As a performer, Mr. Knott is in high demand as both timpanist and percussionist.  Mr. Knott serve as Principal Percussionist with the Pennsylvania Regional Ballet Orchestra and performs regularly with area ensembles including the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, the Central Pennsylvania Symphony, the Hershey Symphony, the Greater Harrisburg Concert Band; and has performed with the Keystone Winds (Indiana, Pa), Jackson (MI) Symphony, Greater Lansing (MI) Symphony, and the OZONE Percussion Group. Mr. Knott also founded the clarinet / percussion duo CONTOURS performing various chamber works written for the idiom. Mr. Knott currently resides in Harrisburg, Pa with his wife Nora, son Jonathan and daughter Julie.