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Brass Faculty
Dr. Zane Douglass
Director of Bands
Assistant Professor of Low Brass
134 Howard Hall
406-994-5759
Dr. Zane Douglass is Director Bands and Low Brass Studies at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. He is Conductor and Music Director for the Montana State Wind Symphony, and directs the “Spirit of the West” Marching and Pep Band. He teaches courses in Music Education, Brass Pedagogy, and Student Teaching, along with directing the MSU Basketball Pep Band. Dr. Douglass has diverse professional experience as a conductor and music educator, working with symphony orchestras, wind orchestras, choirs, brass ensembles, chamber ensembles and percussion ensembles. Active as a conductor and clinician, Dr. Douglass has given clinics and performances throughout the country, has served as guest conductor for the Lake Charles (Louisiana) Symphony Orchestra, and currently performs with the Bozeman Symphony. His 2007 performance of Keith Gates’ An American Requiem with the Voices of London has aired numerous times (In ‘High Definition’) on Louisiana Public Television. He has guest conducted at the Louisiana Music Educators State Conference, and is schedule to conduct at the Western/North Western College Band Directors National Association bi-annual conference in Reno, Nevada in March, 2008. Dr. Douglass has attended numerous clinics and seminars hosted by various conductors throughout the country, including a session with former conductor and concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, Michael Gilbert. Dr. Douglass is committed to enhancing the image of the wind band as a means of artistic expression through creative programming, discovering and commissioning new works of artistic merit, and unique musical interpretation.
Dr. Douglass earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a Masters of Music in conducting from Central Washington University, and a Bachelor of Music Education from Montana State University-Bozeman. During his time at UNLV, Dr. Douglass served as music arranger, visual staff, and drill writer for the "Star of Nevada" Marching Band, served as guest conductor of the UNLV Wind Orchestra, Symphonic Band, and Community Band; and was Principal Trombone in the UNLV Wind Orchestra. During his time at Central Washington University, Dr. Douglass taught a graduate course in Instrumental Pedagogy, undergraduate courses in Music Education, Music Appreciation, Trombone Pedagogy, Trombone Choir, and formed the Beginning Lab Band for Music Education majors. Prior to his appointment to Montana State, Dr. Douglass was Director of Bands at McNeese State University, director of the Snohomish High School Band Program in Snohomish, Washington, instructor of music at Central Washington University, and band teacher in both the Bozeman and Park City, Montana School Districts. Dr. Douglass has received numerous awards throughout his career, including: Who’s Who (2006); International Association of Jazz Educators Outstanding Service Award (2005); Graduate Teaching Assistantships (University of Nevada, Las Vegas: 2002-2004; Central Washington University 1996-1998); Pi Kappa Lambda honorary music fraternity (1998).
Dr. Douglass has experience teaching and administering band programs at every level, from beginning band in rural Montana, to marching band performances for Bowl Games and University performances at regional and national conferences. As an active writer, Dr. Douglass has transcribed and arranged works for wind orchestras and chamber groups, many of which have received international performances, highlighted on the national tours of St. Olaf and Gustavus Adolphus Universities. and recorded on the Klavier label.
As a performer, Dr. Douglass has played with a variety of ensembles in didactic and professional settings. He has performed with the Bozeman and Lake Charles Symphony, the Gulf Coast Brass Band, ’10,000 Maniacs’, The Northshore Jazz Orchestra, and many others. He has shared the stage with Eric Marienthal, The Yellowjackets, Col. John Bourgeois, Lew Soloff, The Voices Of London, Ben Vereen, Bobby Sanabria, Cajun Music Legends Terence Simien and Jo-El Sonnier, and Marcia Ball. Dr. Douglass has performed around the United States, and has performed in England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, British Colombia, Alberta, and the People's Republic of China, and has conducted and presented at local, state, and regional conferences throughout the U.S..
The Spirit of the West Marching Band
Celebrating a Century of Bands
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