Drums

Dan Davis is a Memphis native and a product of the Bellevue Music program. He participated in Graded Choirs, Handbell Ensembles, and the Adult Choir and Orchestra. He started Piano at the age of 6, and went on to participate in High School Band, Orchestra, Choir, and Jazz Band on both Piano and Drum Set, making All-State in Band, Jazz Band (on Piano), and Voice. For over 30 years he has been teaching private lessons in Percussion, Piano, and Voice for the Bellevue SPA, the Germantown Conservatory of Music, and privately.

After some time in college, Dan joined the United States Marine Corps to participate in their Field Band program. He served for eight years, and was stationed for four years in New Orleans, Louisiana with the Third Marine Airwing Band, now known as the Marine Forces Reserve Band. Dan went on to complete a Bachelor of Music Degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Memphis after leaving the military.

Since then, Dan has performed with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, as well as in various musical theatre productions and private engagements across the Mid-South. He taught Elementary Music for 7 years with the former Memphis City Schools, specializing in Orff-Schulwerk. He also completed a Master's in Education from Union University during this time.

Dan has been a lifelong Bellevue member, and is humbled and honored to continue to serve in the School of Performing Arts, as well as in the Bellevue Orchestra and as a Life Group teacher.

Julian Henderson is a native Memphian who has been playing drums since he was three years old. He grew up in our School of Performing Arts and has participated and led our Trash Can Ensemble in performances around the city. He was homeschooled and then earned a degree in music education in 2014 from Wheaton College, located in the suburbs of Chicago. While at Wheaton, Julian gained experience playing various musical styles in many venues around Chicago and the surrounding area as well as the use of a wide variety of percussions instruments. His primary instruments are drum set and mallets. Since graduating, Julian has returned to Memphis share the knowledge and experience he gained and even more importantly his passion for the percussive arts with students and fellow musicians. He has taught in schools, worked with the Memphis Music Initiative, and currently plays at Bellevue Baptist Church and various gigs around the city. Julian’s educational philosophy is to train not just the hands and feet, but to engage the brain, heart, soul, and mind as well.

Evan was born in Lynchburg, VA, but his family moved to Melbourne, FL three years later. He grew up in a Worship Pastor's home and his mother is an elementary music teacher. Needless to say, the Hasker home was filled with music. From a young age, Evan was exposed to a variety of musical instruments, and in the Hasker home, you weren't given a "choice" to play an instrument; rather, the choice was what instrument they "would" play. Evan choose drums, so his mother kindly corrected him to percussion.

Evan has studied drums and percussion since he was 9, and at 12, he became the primary drummer for this father's worship ministry at the First Baptist Church in Melbourne. During middle and high school, Evan was very involved in local public school band programs, festivals, and competitions.

Evan received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Music and Worship: Biblical Studies from Liberty University with drum set being his primary instrument. Through Liberty University, he has had the privilege to lead various worship with drums alongside artists such as Michael W. Smith, Cece Winans, Charles Billingsley, and others.

Evan is passionate about percussion education and the importance of deep musical training for the glory of God. He does his best to make lessons educational, efficient.....and FUN!

Psalm 150:5 says, "Praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise Him with clashing cymbals." Evan's desire for his students is to learn how to praise the Lord with percussion instruments.