David Box, a native of California, completed his Associate of Arts degree at Riverside Community College, where he studied with Charles Richard (saxophone) and Roger Rickson (conducting). He transferred to The University of Texas at Austin, where he received his Bachelor and Master degree in saxophone performance studying with Harvey Pittel (saxophone), Jerry Junkin (conducting), Rick Lawn, and Jeff Helmer (jazz studies and composition). He is the recipient of the Carl and Agnes Stockard Memorial Scholarship, the Elizabeth McGoldrick Suringer Endowed Scholarship, and the Effie Potts Sibley Endowed Scholarship. Mr. Box has served as Director of Jazz Studies and Professor of Saxophone at La Sierra University (Riverside, CA), as Adjunct Professor at Riverside Community College and Brazosport College (Lake Jackson, TX). While teaching in the Los Angeles area, Mr. Box pursued performance and composition opportunities that led to many collaborative projects in the film and television industries. In 2007 he traveled the world playing across Europe, South & Central America, the Pacific Islands and Asia, the Middle East, and all over the continental United States. After returning to Texas in 2013, Mr. Box joined the staff of Brazosport ISD, then Lubbock ISD, and is now serving as a fine arts administrator for two Lubbock, TX 501c3 organizations. Flatlands Dance Theater, a modern dance company and Frontier Arts Society, which he founded in 2016.