Dave Hall is associate professor of percussion and percussion area coordinator at the University of North Texas College of Music, where he directs the UNT Percussion Ensemble and teaches applied lessons and courses on percussion literature, history and pedagogy. Before joining UNT, he was an associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. There, he directed the University of Nebraska Percussion Ensemble, which won the Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition and performed showcase concerts at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in 2016 and 2019. He also founded Nebraska Steel, the state's first university steel band. Under his direction, the UNT Percussion Ensemble was named a competition winner in 2025.

Hall regularly performs as a keyboard and multipercussion soloist, collaborative chamber musician (especially in contemporary classical settings), jazz drummer, timpanist, orchestral percussionist, steel pan player and improviser, favoring an eclectic and omnivorous approach to percussion and the arts. He enjoys commissioning and recording works for solo percussion and producing collaborative recording projects with his students. In addition to regular engagements in the contiguous United States, he has performed abroad in Spain, Puerto Rico, Belgium, France, Italy and Poland, and at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

Hall is an active composer published by C. Alan Publications. His works for percussion have been commissioned, performed and recorded around the world. New York Concert Review called his music "the aural equivalent of a Dali painting." His compositions are regularly performed at notable venues, including the Midwest Clinic, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy, and major concert halls and performing arts centers in the United States and abroad. He is also an adjudicator and clinician for concert and marching percussion nationally and internationally. Since 2019, he has been a member of the Drum Corps International world champion Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps as associate music ensemble coordinator and music design consultant.

Hall is an endorsing artist for Pearl/Adams, Remo, Innovative Percussion and Sabian and a member of the Black Swamp Percussion Educator Network. He is co-chair of the Percussive Arts Society Percussion Ensemble Committee and a member of the society's Board of Advisors. He lives in Denton, Texas, with his wife, Elizabeth, and their three children.

Mathew “Mat” Aaron Campbell (b. 1992) originally hails from the La Hermosa barrio in San Benito, a small town in the Rio Grande Valley in Deep South Texas. After learning to make the most of his limited resources, he has turned to using his unique, speech-impeded voice to build a career of collaborative opportunities between the Rio Grande Valley and the rest of the world.

He earned his Bachelor of Music in Education from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where he studied with multiple teachers, including percussion and composition with Dr. Joe W. Moore III. After teaching as a percussion director in Texas, Campbell attended Oklahoma City University and graduated with High Honors and induction into the Alpha Upsilon Chapter of the Pi Kappa Lambda Society. He earned a Master of Music in Music Composition and Conducting in two years under Dr. Edward Knight and Dr. Matthew Mailman, respectively. In his continued pursuit of knowledge and experience, Mat has continued his education through programs such as Juilliard Extension for film scoring with Dr. Rick Baitz and was selected to participate in the coveted Bluecoats Fellowship in 2025. In addition to concentrating on sound design with Dr. Matt Jordan, he immersed himself in the drum corps activity as a whole through collaborating with and learning from the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps, Directors, Design Team, Staff, and Cohort of Fellows.

As a regularly commissioned composer, guest conductor, and adjudicator, Mat has collaborated with various educators and musicians throughout the United States. He has conducted his works at The National Flute Convention, ClarinetFest, and the Texas Music Educators Conference. His music has been programmed by conductors and ensembles in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and at events such as the National Conference of Percussion Pedagogy, New Music on the Bayou, the Inaugural Central Washington University New Music Festival, and various instrumental conferences such as The Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. His music has been reviewed in publications such as Percussive Arts Society’s Percussive Notes and International Clarinet Association’s The Clarinet, included on the Bandworld Top 100 List, and received the J.W. Pepper Editor’s Choice moniker. His concert music is available for purchase through C. Alan Publications and for streaming on major platforms, alongside his music for film, video games, and more.

His piece Into the Void: A Study in Disembodied Consciousness received first prize in the SATB Chorus and Percussion (3-5 Players) Category of the 2015 Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest. In his dedication to providing other composers this opportunity, he currently serves as a member of the PAS Composition Committee. In addition to his contributions to the percussion community, he serves the wider music industry as a voting member of the Recording Academy / GRAMMYs.

While forming an ever-evolving freelance career as a creative, Mat uses his proficiency in notation and music production software to elevate his solo creative ambitions or projects with others in various capacities to the next level. Over time, this list has grown to include the roles of arranger, sound designer, engraver, and collaborator across stage, studio, field, and genre.

Joe W. Moore III is a percussionist, educator, and composer. As an educator he serves on the music faculty at the University of Texas Arlington and has served on music faculties at the University of Louisiana Monroe, Benedict College, and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, formally UT-Brownsville. He studied percussion with Jeff Moore, Kirk Gay, Scott Herring, Jim Hall, Brett Dietz, and Troy Davis; and composition with Jay Batzner, Brett Dietz, and Dinos Constantinides.

Moore performs as a member of the Omojo Percussion Duo, the Ninkasi Percussion Group, and as a soloist and guest clinician. His performances have included appearances at New Music on the Bayou, the South Texas College Marimba Festival, the Texas Music Educators Association Convention, the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy, and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention.

Moore's compositions have been performed across the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia. Moore’s works are published by C. Alan Publications, Alea Publishing, Percussion Music Europe, and Musicon Publications. He also self-publishes many of his own manuscripts, which can be found on his website, www.joewmooreiii.net.

Moore sponsors include Pearl/Adams Musical Instruments, REMO Drumheads, SABIAN Cymbals, Black Swamp Percussion, and Vic Firth sticks and mallets.