LaGrande Music Services
Compose. Perform.
Music created for the screen, stage, and live experience.
Dave LaGrande is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, and professional musician with more than two decades of experience across live performance, recording, education, and media. After nearly fifteen years in Nashville as a touring and recording musician, his work now spans original music for film, television, animation, dance, and live productions alongside professional piano and saxophone performance. His career has taken him to 49 U.S. states, throughout Europe and the Caribbean, with creative collaborations extending to clients around the world. Remote collaboration is available worldwide.
Composition & Arranging
Original music, orchestration, and arranging for screen, stage, recordings, live productions, and visual media.
Live Performance
Piano and saxophone for weddings, resorts, restaurants, private events, corporate functions, and special occasions.
Have a project, event, or collaboration in mind? Tell me what you’re working on and I’ll point you in the right direction.
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Whether you’re looking for original music, arranging or orchestration, live performance, or have another project in mind, send a few details below and I’ll be in touch.
Music for Media
Original music, arranging & orchestration
Film • Television • Animation • Dance • Educational Media • Recordings • Live Productions
Live Performance
Professional instrumental entertainment
Weddings • Resorts • Restaurants • Private Events • Corporate Functions • Special Occasions
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Dave LaGrande
Professional instrumental entertainment for resorts, restaurants, weddings, private events, and special occasions throughout Southwest Florida. From contemporary pop and soul to smooth jazz, standards, and familiar classics, performances are tailored to fit the atmosphere and audience.
Upcoming Performances
Selected public performances and appearances.
LaGrande Music Services · Private Instruction
Music lessons shaped
around you.
Personalized instruction for beginning students, school-band musicians, adult learners, and returning players.
Build strong fundamentals, explore the music you enjoy, and develop the skills to play with confidence.
Wellen Park · Venice · North Port · Online
Areas of Study
Instrumental, creative, and practical musicianship.
Reading, technique, chords, accompaniment, and playing by ear.
Tone, technique, repertoire, school-band support, and audition preparation.
Sound production, fingering, reading, and strong instrumental fundamentals.
Understand rhythm, melody, and harmony—and connect what you hear with what you play.
Develop musical vocabulary, explore chord changes, and find your own voice.
Turn musical ideas into finished pieces through melody, harmony, form, and instrumentation.
Explore practical tools for creating, arranging, and recording music.
Where We Meet
In person or online.
In-person lessons take place at my home-based teaching studio in the Wellen Park area of South Sarasota County, serving students throughout Wellen Park, Venice, and North Port.
Online instruction is also available for remote students.
Monthly Tuition
A weekly time to grow.
| Weekly lesson length | Monthly tuition |
|---|---|
| 30 minutes | $160 |
| 45 minutes | $220 |
| 60 minutes | $300 |
Tuition is collected in advance and reserves a recurring weekly lesson time. Semester tuition is also available.
About Your Instructor
Professional experience brought into every lesson.
Dave LaGrande’s public-school teaching experience spans grades K–12 and includes middle-school band, elementary and middle-school general music and choir, and high-school choir. Since 2020, he has also served as a visiting instructor and clinician at schools in Charlotte and Sarasota counties.
His teaching draws on this classroom experience alongside more than two decades of private instruction and professional work as a performer, composer, and arranger. His career includes touring as a pianist and saxophonist with Sister Hazel, orchestral arranging, and composing for film and animation.
Bachelor of Music Education
University of Central Florida
Master of Arts in Orchestration
University of Chichester
About Dave LaGrande
A musical career built across the stage, studio, classroom, and screen.
Composer • Arranger • Orchestrator • Pianist • Saxophonist • Educator
Professional Musician • Composer • Educator
More than two decades of music, performance, and creative work.
Dave LaGrande is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, pianist, saxophonist, and music educator whose career has moved fluidly between live performance, recording, education, and media. His professional work spans more than two decades and includes national and international touring, television appearances, recording sessions, orchestral arranging, composition, and music for visual media.
After beginning his career in music education, Dave spent nearly fifteen years based in Nashville, where he built a career as a touring and recording musician. His work eventually included more than a decade performing with Sister Hazel, alongside collaborations with numerous artists and appearances on national television and major stages. His performance career has taken him to 49 U.S. states as well as Europe, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Alongside performance, Dave has continued developing his work as a composer and arranger. His projects have included music for film, animation, dance, educational media, recordings, and live productions. Today, his professional work brings those disciplines together through original music, arranging and orchestration, live performance, and creative collaboration.
Selected Experience
Education
Formal training across music education and media orchestration.
Master of Arts in Orchestration for Film, Television and Games
University of Chichester
Bachelor of Music Education
University of Central Florida
UCF Alumni Spotlight
From the music classroom to the stage with Sister Hazel.
UCF Alumni profiled Dave’s path from music education to Nashville, national touring, Sister Hazel, and his expanding work in composition and orchestration.
Read the UCF Alumni feature →Have a project or performance in mind?
Composition, arranging, live performance, and creative collaborations begin with a conversation.