Dustin May is a senior jazz performance major at Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music. Dustin was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio and migrated to Youngstown to pursue his degree. In Columbus, Dustin performed with all major ensembles at Westerville North High School including Wind Ensemble, Marching Band, Percussion Ensemble, the Notables show choir, Jazz Orchestra, musical pit orchestras, and many others. In his senior year, he studied music under Jeff McCargish at the Fort Hayes Career Center. There he performed at many local functions supporting the school and community.  This same year he was the drummer for the Columbus Youth Jazz Orchestra (CYJO) under the direction of Todd Stoll. The CYJO performed monthly at the historic Southern Thearte in downtown Columbus, where they opened for the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. In summer of 2010 Todd Stoll organized an all-star college big band which traveled to Parma, Italy where they performed at the Parma Jazz Festival. The group performed next to many world-class musicians including the Marcus Roberts Trio, The Woody Herman band, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Wess Anderson, and many more.
 

At Dana, Dustin has studied with Glenn Schaft, Nate Douds, Dave Morgan, and Kent Engelhardt. He has performed with the Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Jazz combo, and Jazz Ensemble. Dustin has performed around the region with many artists including Teddy Pantelas, Clifford Barnes, Nate Douds,  Kent Engelhardt, Sam Blakeslee, Chris Coles, Theron Brown, Mitch Lawrence, Tim Wilderoder, and Dave Lynn. He also teaches privately in the area, maintaining a studio at his residence. In th summer of 2012 Dustin became the director of percussion at Liberty High School. There he composed warm ups, a drumline feature, and ran numerous rehearsals.