School of Music

JAMES BECKEL	SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY
Adjunct Professor of Music

 

James Beckel is the Principal Trombonist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and is also a member of the Carmel Chamber Brass Choir.  He has appeared as a soloist on many occasions, including with the Indianapolis Symphony.  He received a Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University and has studied with Lewis Van Haney, Jay Friedman, Arnold Jacobs, Henry Charles Smith, and David Baker.

Mr. Beckel is also a well-known composer who has written many works which have been performed by orchestras throughout the United States and Europe. His horn concerto, The Glass Bead Game, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1997 and he was one of fifty composers selected nationwide by Continental Harmony to write a new work to celebrate the Millennium.  He has also composed concert works commissioned by the Indianapolis Symphony and a consortium of other orchestras.  Appointed 1971.

 

 

Email : jbeckel@depauw.edu
Office : Green Center for the Performing Arts 0161
Phone : (765) 658 - 4380
Website : www.jimbeckelmusic.com