Barry Long

Assistant Professor of Music
Samuel Williams Professor of Music
Director of Jazz Band

212 Sigfried Weis Music Building
570-577-1312
barry.long@bucknell.edu

Currently an Assistant Professor of Music at Bucknell University, Barry Long was the first to receive a doctoral degree in Jazz Studies from the Eastman School of Music in May of 2007.As a trumpeter and flugelhornist, he has studied and performed with such artists as Kenny Wheeler, Bob Brookmeyer, John Clayton, Eliane Elias, Benny Carter, Jim McNeely, and Dave Stahl; his compositional credits include honors from the Jazz Composers Alliance and commissions for Clark Terry and The Kandinsky Trio.Long’s research interests include articles for the Jazz Educators Journal, lesson plans for VH1, and presentations at the national conferences of IAJE, MENC, CMS, EMP, and PCA.He was recently named the recipient of the 2007 Dave Brubeck Collections Research Grant and is currently the jazz author for an upcoming Music Appreciation text for Prentice Hall.