Dave Hager has been associated with the Bay Village Community Band since 2009. He has played with the Band on trumpet (his major instrument), euphonium, tuba, and percussion. Dave was quickly added as Associate Director within weeks of joining the Band and appointed Assistant Director in 2011. He was appointed Band Director in October of 2014.
Dave also founded the Village Jazz Orchestra in 2016, which is an 18 member subdivision of the Band, specializing in “big band ” music.
Dave is married and is also a proud veteran of the US Navy. A graduate of Cleveland State University, Dave is known for writing the school’s fight song and serving as director of the pep band for nine years. He retired in 2023 from a thirty-year teaching career spent mainly teaching band and orchestra in the Lorain City School District.
