Dan Sailer

Biography 

Dan Sailer, of Sioux Falls, is currently an instructor at Goove Inc. and ensemble director fo Groove Pursuit. Sailer is the percussion arranger fro Lincoln High School Patriot Marching Band and an adjunct professor of percussion at Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa, and Northwestern college in Orange City, Iowa, where he also conducts the Women's Choir and Percussion Ensemble. Sailer is the principal percussionist of the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra and has also played with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra. Sailer graduated from Concordia University St. Paul (CSP) in 2014, with a double major in K-12 vocal and instrumental education and a minor in Lutheran confessionalism. At CSP, Sailer was involved with the Chirstus Chorus directed by Dr. David Mennicke, Concert Band and Percussion Ensemble directed by Aaron Isakson and composition lessons with Abbie Betinis. Sailer was a snareline member of the world champion Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps from 2007-10 in Rockford, Illinois, and the Santa Clara Vanguard from 2011-12. He has received snare drum accolades at DCI and PAS competitions. Sailer has been a percussion staff member for Irondale High School, River City Rhythm, Minnesota Brass, Boston Crusaders, and Phantom Regiment. He is currently the battery coordinator at the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps in Casper, Wyoming.