David Henning is a native of Wisconsin and has a Bachelors of Music Education from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a Masters in Music from Texas Christian University, in Fort Worth, Texas. He is currently a Band Director for the Carrollton-Farmers Branch School District, a suburb of north Dallas. He previously taught at University of Iowa as the Director of the Hawkeye Marching Band and Associate Director of Bands, and at Texas Christian University as Director of the Horned Frog Marching Band and Interim Director of Bands .
Bands under David Hennings direction have achieved notable success. His marching bands were very entertaining, successful and competitive. His high school band programs have advanced to the Texas UIL State Marching Contest and won independent regional competitions. As a conductor he has performed at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, the College Band Directors National Regional Conventions, and the American Bandmasters Association Convention and in other venues His own public schools concert band have won continuous Sweepstakes Awards and they regular advance to the State Finals in the Outstanding Performance Series of the A.T.S.S.B. He continues to write for major colleges and universities, along with top competitive high school band programs across the country while serving on the Jalen/Matrix Publishing staff.