Cherry Beauregard, professor of tuba at the Eastman School, received his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University, and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Eastman. After completing his undergraduate degree, Dr. Beauregard joined the Bavarian State Opera Orchestra. In 1962, he returned to Rochester to begin his graduate degree studies at Eastman, and immediately won the principal tuba position in the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, a post he held until 1997. Born in 1933, he began teaching at Eastman in 1972 as associate professor of tuba. He was a member of the Eastman Brass from 1964 to 1990, and was a soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Corning Philharmonic, the University of Rochester Symphony Orchestra, the Eastman Percussion Ensemble, and the Eastman Horn Choir. He retired in 1996.
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