Dave Roth is the percussionist in the current Broadway smash Back to the Future. He has been performing for over 35 years and has appeared in over 200 cities worldwide. His most recent performances were in King Kong, Cats, Finding Neverland, Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular and Evita. He performed in well over 40 productions on Broadway and throughout the world including the North American and Asian tours of West Side Story, the national tour of Mamma Mia and the national and European tours of Smokey Joe’s Café.
Dave also performs with the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra located in downtown Manhattan and has freelanced with orchestras throughout the Midwest and east coast. Some of these include San Antonio Symphony, New York Grand Opera, Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Chamber Symphony, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Light Opera Works, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Maryland Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared onstage with Sir Paul McCartney, Sting, Aloe Blacc, Carole King, Natalie Cole, Gladys Knight, Art Garfunkel, Doc Severinsen, Henry Mancini, The Chieftains, Pinchas Zuckerman, Susan Anton and many more.
Dave trained at Kansas State University where he received his bachelor’s degree in music and at Northwestern University in Chicago where he received his master’s degree in percussion performance. He has trained with some of the highest regarded professionals in the music business. They include Terry Applebaum, Northwestern University; Al Payson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Stan Finck, Kansas State University; Luis Andino, Cuban percussionist; and Bernard Woma, National Theater of Ghana.
He is a very proud endorser of Yamaha percussion instruments.
