David Beatty, MM, MBA

Professor Emeritus, Department of Music

Alternative Phone: (626) 812-3020

Fax: (626) 969-7419

Office Location: Warren Music Center, Room 229

David Beatty, MM, MBA, has been a professional musician in Los Angeles since 1978. As a studio trombonist, his performance credits include music for motion pictures, television, commercials & artist recordings. His playing can be heard on many records for companies such as Disney, Integrity’s Hosanna Music, Maranatha Music, and for artists such as Sandi Patti, Andrae Crouch, & Ralph Carmichael. He has performed with several symphony orchestras in Southern California, as well as for many musical theatrical productions. He is a founding member of the California Brass Ensemble. His jazz experience ranges from the Wildlife West Big Band of Bill Watrous & Dove Award-winning Ralph Carmichael Big Band to global tours with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. In addition to his performance credits, he is a music copyist, with hundreds of motion picture & television projects to his credit. His credits as a music educator include co-creating the Southern California Brass Ensemble Educational Program with The Orange County Philharmonic Society’s “Meet the Musicians” program & he has been invited to teach & perform at the Conservatory of Music in Shanghai, China. He currently serves on the administrative board for California Alliance for Jazz, faculty of the Idyllwild Arts Summer Jazz Academy & is in demand as a clinician & festival adjudicator. At APU he is the Chair of the Commercial Music Department & directs the award-winning Azusa Pacific University Jazz Ensemble.

Education

Executive MBA (Leadership Emphasis), Claremont Graduate University, 2015
MM, Commercial Music (Performance Emphasis), California State University, Los Angeles, 1999
BM, Performance, California State University, Northridge, 1978
AA, Citrus Community College

Academic Area

School of the Arts

Expertise

Commercial Music
Music Business
Trombone/Bass Trombone/Euphonium
Jazz Music

Courses Taught

MUS 120 - Music Fundamentals
MUS 121 - Music Theory I
MUS 296 - Introduction to Music Technology
MUS 322 - Score Preparation
MUS 324 - Songwriting
MUS 337 - Music Business I
MUS 338 - Music Business II
MUS 350 - History & Literature of Commercial Music
MUS 383 - Jazz Ensemble
MUS 474 - Music Career Development