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Prof. Doug Beach

Director of Jazz Studies and Professor of Music · Department of Music · Elmhurst University

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Academic focus & active research

Prof. Beach is an internationally celebrated jazz composer and Grammy-nominated bandleader who directs the Elmhurst University Jazz Band and publishes widely played big band arrangements.

Jazz Big Band Arranging Trumpet Performance Pedagogy Contemporary Jazz Composition Music Publishing

Supervision & prospective applicants

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Institution: Elmhurst University
Department / Faculty: Department of Music
Primary Field: Jazz Big Band Arranging
Campus Location: Elmhurst, Illinois, United States

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