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Dalton Potter is owner and president of The Potter Violin Company in
Bethesda, Md., which is the largest purveyor of bow and stringed
instruments in the Mid-Atlantic region. He has been building and
repairing stringed instruments for more than 30 years.
Dalton is an advocate for music education and
has written and spoken extensively on the importance of quality
instruments in early string education programs. Dalton’s active
role in the community includes sponsoring local orchestras, donating
equipment to deserving musicians, and speaking at workshops, camps and
universities around the country. He authored Kitchen Table Violin Repairs, an emergency
manual for string players and teachers, and is currently ASTA’s
Industry Representative and String Industry Council President
David Luce is currently with the Howard Core Company located in
Anniston, Alabama. Previously he was the bowed strings brand
manager for D’Addario & Company, Inc. Prior to
joining D’Addario in 2004, Luce was marketing development manager
and string product manager for musical instrument company Conn-Selmer,
Inc., of Elkhart, Indiana, where, among other things, he managed the
product line of Scherl & Roth stringed instruments. Before his work
at Conn-Selmer, Inc., Luce taught music at several schools and orchestra
camps, including McAllen Memorial High School, Lamar Middle School,
Strickland Middle School, and Texas Tech University Band and Orchestra
Camp. He was also assistant high school director at Edinburg North High
School. Luce attained his bachelor of music education degree from Texas
Tech University, where he graduated Cum Laude and was treasurer of the
prestigious Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia professional music fraternity. He was
a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society and was the recipient
of the Marvin Jones Dean’s Scholarship and the George W. Robinson
String Scholarship. Luce is or has been a member of the Violin Society
of America, ASTA, the Texas Music Educators Association, and the Texas
Orchestra Directors Association.
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