About Dr. Arthur P.
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Motion Picture Credits (Sound tracks)
May, 1978 - PresentUniversal, Disney, Goldwyn-Meyers, Warner Bros. etc.
Arthur's motion picture credits include the soundtracks of over 300 major films, including a project with Grammy Award winning rap artist Kanye West for the soundtrack of Mission Impossible III. He can be heard on the soundtracks of such movies as “John Carter”, “Tin Tin”, “Glory Road”, “Just Like Heaven”, “Rush Hour”, “Planet of the Apes”, and animated hits like “Monsters, Inc.”, “Robots”, and “Cars”, as well as “Spider man”, “Big Fat Liar”, “Enemy of the State”, “Armageddon”, “Patch Adams”, and “Romeo Must Die,” to name a few. Arthur has also been first call trumpeter at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater, where he has played for Broadway hits like Mel Brooks’ “The Producers”, Disney’s “The Lion King”, “Wicked”, and “Hairspray”.
Teacher, Professor and Clinician
Dec, 1977 - PresentPublic schools and Universities
Dr. Pugh has previously taught public and private school in Connecticut, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. He’s been Dean of the Music dept. & Professor of Trumpet at Morris Brown College, on the graduate faculty of San Jose State (now San Jose University), served as its director of education outreach, has served as the Executive director of the University of the Performing Arts and currently the owner of "The Trumpeters Studio".
Education
Bachelor of Music Ed. & Special Ed.
Aug, 1972 - Jun, 1976University of Hartford (Hartt School of Music)
PhD. Ethnomusicology
Sep, 1982 - Oct, 1986Harvard University
Masters of Music
Aug, 1976 - Jul, 1977West Virginia University
Certifications
Connecticut Teaching Certificate Music Ed. & Special Ed. (P-12)
Feb, 1976Connecticut State Department of Education
Georgia Professional Certificate in Music (P-12)
Mar, 2014Georgia Professional Standards Commission
Awards
Various Albums from 1977 to 2014
Aug, 2014Albums RIAA.
Affiliations
American Federation of Musicians
Aug, 1968A labor union representing professional musicians in the United States and Canada. Founding in 1896 as the successor to the "National League of Musicians," the AFM is the largest organization in the world representing the interests of professional musicians.
Society for Ethnomusicology
Mar, 1985SEM is a U.S.-based organization with an international membership of approximately 1,750 individuals dedicated to the study of all forms of music from diverse humanistic and social scientific perspectives. We examine music as central to human experience throughout space and time, and explore its profound relationship to cognition, emotion, language, dance, visual arts, spiritual belief, social organization, collective identity, politics, conflict and peace, economics, the physical body, and mental health. Through SEM programs and the work of our individual members, we seek to advance academic and public understanding and appreciation of music as a cultural phenomenon of unlimited variety and as a resource that is fundamental to the well being of individuals and communities.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America
Jun, 1984Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America (also known as Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi Mu Alpha, or simply Sinfonia) is an American collegiate social[1] fraternity for men with a special interest in music. The fraternity is open to men "who, through a love for music, can assist in the fulfillment of [its] Object and ideals either by adopting music as a profession, or by working to advance the cause of music in America."
American Musicological Society
Feb, 1984The American Musicological Society is a membership-based musicological organization founded in 1934 to advance scholarly research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship; it grew out of a small contingent of the Music Teachers National Association and, more directly, the New York Musicological Society (1930-1934).
National Association for Music Education
Jan, 1981Founded in 1907, NAfME is among the world’s largest arts education organizations. NAfME advocates at the local, state, and national levels; provides resources for teachers, parents, and administrators; hosts professional development events; and offers a variety of opportunities for students and teachers.
International Trumpet Guild
Mar, 1980The International Trumpet Guild is a non-profit organization founded in 1975 to promote communications among trumpet players around the world and to improve the artistic level of performance, teaching, and literature associated with the trumpet.
Broadcast Music Inc.
Jun, 1977One of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed. In FY 2013, BMI collected more than $944 million in licensing fees and distributed $814 million in royalties.
Languages
Spanish
Limited Proficiency
French
Limited Proficiency
English
Professional Proficiency
German
Limited Proficiency
Italian
Limited Proficiency
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