In addition to being a percussionist with the Winston-Salem and Greensboro Symphony Orchestras, Brass Band of Battle Creek and the Philidor Percussion Group, John R. Beck is a member of the artist/faculty at the North Carolina School of the Arts.

John has also performed with the National and Baltimore Symphonies and has toured the United States as a xylophone soloist with the U.S. Marine Band, Jack Daniel’s Silver Cornet Band and the New Sousa Band.

As a teacher, Beck has served on the faculties of Florida State University, the Universities of Utah, Colorado and Nevada, Shenandoah Conservatory and George Washington University.

An active member of the Percussive Arts Society, he serves on the Board of Directors, Education Committee, is a past president of the North Carolina Chapter and has presented clinics at several PASICs. Beck has also authored articles for The Instrumentalist, North Carolina Music Educator and Percussive Notes.

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