Jim Beckel
Mr. Beckel graduated from the Indiana University School of Music and has been the Principal Trombonist with the Indianapolis Symphony since 1969. He teaches trombone at both DePauw University and the University of Indianapolis. In addition to these responsibilities he has been an active composer and arranger. Mr. Beckel was born in Marion, Ohio in 1948.
Original works have been performed by professional orchestras such as Minneapolis, St. Louis, Atlanta, Houston, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Buffalo, Detroit, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Rochester, Charlotte, Fort Wayne, Rhode Island, Springfield, Evansville, Tampa, Arkansas, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Terre Haute, South Bend, Omaha, Knoxville, Delaware, West Virginia, Chautauqua, and New Mexico, etc.
Mr. Beckel has received many composition grants and recently was one of 50 composers chosen nationwide to be part of the Continental Harmony Project. "The Glass Bead Game: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra" was premiered by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra on November 10, 1997, and was nominated for a Pulitzer prize.