Welcome: Jesse McBee

Harris Academy of the Arts proudly welcomes new instructor, Jesse McBee! Jesse will be teaching trumpet, baritone, euphonium, trombone, and tuba.

Jesse McBee is a jazz trumpet player currently based in Lincoln, NE. He graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies, and the University of Louisville with a Master of Music in Jazz Performance. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Performance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he also serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Hixson-Lied Fellow.

Most recently, Jesse has had the opportunity to serve as a sabbatical replacement in the Jazz Division at West Virginia University, as well as working as a Master Teacher for the West Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts. He has had the opportunity to perform with the University of Louisville Jazz Ensemble I as a featured soloist with Jamey Aebersold at the 2012 JEN Conference in Louisville, KY, as well as performing John Zorn’s “Cobra” with the Ophidean Ensemble at the International Society for Improvised Music Conference at the University of Michigan in 2010.

In his spare time, Jesse is an enthusiastic, if not skilled runner and is looking forward to completing his first half marathon in Lincoln in May.