Introduction
Dr. Douglas Black, Jr is the Tuba and Euphonium Faculty at Winthrop University, the University of North Carolina Charlotte, and the University of South Carolina where he teaches applied tuba and euphonium, directs the Winthrop University Tuba-Euphonium Choir, coaches brass chamber music, and teaches music education courses. Doug is also an active freelance musician and teacher in North and South Carolina.
Doug has performed concertos with the Winthrop University Wind Symphony, Peoria Municipal Band, and given recitals in North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Alabama, and Canada. Doug is an active orchestral tubist, he is the acting principal tuba in the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, principal tuba of the Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with the Durham Symphony Orchestra, Augusta Symphony, South Carolina Philharmonic, Aiken Symphony Orchestra, and the Charlotte Civic Orchestra. Doug has also performed with the Triangle Brass Band and was the tubist with Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass. Douglas has performed and presented at numerous regional and international conferences.
Doug received a Bachelor’s degree in Music with emphasis in Music Education with an Undergraduate Performance Certificate from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, a Master of Music degree in Tuba Performance from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, and Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Doug was previously a band teacher in Nottoway County, Virginia Public Schools and a music instructor at Halifax Community College in North Carolina. He currently resides in Rock Hill, South Carolina, with his wife, Megan, and daughter, Lizzie.
Doug is a Buffet Crampon performing artist/clinician and plays exclusively on B&S tubas.
Education
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University of South Carolina
- 2010 Bachelor of Music with emphasis in Music Education
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Illinois State Universtiy
- 2013 Master of Music
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University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- 2016 Doctor of Musical Arts
Experience
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Winthrop University
- Fall 2014 - present Tuba/Euphonium Faculty
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University of North Carolina Charlotte
- Fall 2018 - present Tuba/Euphonium Faculty
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University of South Carolina
- Fall 2015 - present Tuba/Euphonium Faculty
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Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra
- Fall 2018 - present Principal Tuba
