Professional Percussionist, Leadership Advocate, and Conductor, David Knott currently serves as a member of the instrumental music faculty of the Milton Hershey School where he coordinates and directs all Middle Division Band activities. In addition to Milton Hershey, Mr. Knott is the founder of the Central Pennsylvania Wind Conductors Society and has served as a member of the music faculty of Elizabethtown College and Messiah College where he directed the percussion studio and taught courses on Percussion for Music Education and Percussion for Music Therapy. Mr. Knott earned his Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Music Degree in Percussion Performance from Michigan State University.