David Tauler has become a three-time winner of Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and will compete for the title of Super Top Dog, Amateur of the Year, in October. In 2008 Tauler won the Grand Prize and Lennon Award of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest for R&B, (out of an estimated 10,000 entries). In 2009, Tauler was a winner of Washington FOX 5’s DMV Idol, earning him and his band a feature on FOX Morning News. Tauler's songwriting was featured in the 2010 off-Broadway production Faces—a drama about breast cancer where Tauler's song “Hear It In Your Dreams” (available on iTunes) serves as the musical theme—earning him another feature on FOX Morning News. Tauler is proficient in more than 20 musical instruments and has a degree in music performance from the University of Maryland where he attended on full scholarship. David Tauler, born and raised in the Washington, DC, area, works as the music teacher for Montrose Christian School in Rockville, MD, where he writes children’s musicals. David Tauler also serves as the youth minister of his church.

The Dave Tauler Music Group [DTMG] is the outcome of a life committed to teaching, performing and creating music. Inspired by great bandleaders like Sting and Stevie Wonder, Dave needed a dynamic outlet to exercise his collection of talents, which led to the creation of the Dave Tauler Music Group. Unlike most bands, DTMG is an ever-changing collective of musicians who work interchangeably to address a variety of musical styles

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