David Steinquest, Professor of Percussion at APSU since 1985, teaches all individual percussion lessons, conducts the Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Combo, and coordinates the Mid-South Jazz Festival. Steinquest previously served as a faculty member at Albion College, the University of Arkansas, and the National Music Camp at Interlochen, and was a member of the United States Military Academy Band at West Point.  He holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Northeast Louisiana University and a Master of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Michigan.

Steinquest has performed frequently with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, including their two Carnegie Hall concerts and on three Grammy-winning recordings. He served as Acting Assistant Principal Percussionist in the 2005-2006 season. Steinquest also records often for Row-Loff Productions, Arrangers’ Publishing Company, and the Nashville String Machine. He has numerous compositions and arrangements published by Row-Loff Productions, Studio 4 Music, Pioneer Percussion, and Living Sound Publications. Steinquest is an endorser of Majestic Percussion Instruments and Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets.