Ben Elgan

Ben Elgan (DMA, University of Florida) has taught courses in Jazz Fundamentals, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz History, Automation in Production Engineering, and he has instructed more than a thousand students for higher education.

As a performer, he has played professionally across the musical spectrum, from solo work to commercial music and classical performance. As a researcher and Les Paul Foundation Grant recipient, he has presented his ideas on brass instrument design and its effects on perceived sound at institutions of higher learning as well as furthered STEAM initiatives in K-12 schools.

He has premiered his original work at international conferences and continues to output original arrangements and compositions to expand the body of available repertoire for classical and commercial musicians alike.

A crossover trumpeter, his professional performance credits include the performances with the Ocala Symphony and the Gainesville Orchestra as well as in commercial groups such as Less Than Jake, McNasty Brass Band, Sooza Brass Band, Sister Hazel, the Andrew Theilen Big Band, and Fleur de Beat. He has also performed in conferences such as the Southeastern Conference Symposium, the International Trumpet Guild Conference, the National Trumpet Competition, and the Florida Music Educator’s Association conference.

Dr. Ben Elgan is the Director of Trumpet Sales at Schmitt Music and adjunct trumpet faculty at Winona State University.