User:P8thegr8/James Beale (composer)

James MacArthur Beale (January 20, 1924-November 4, 2010) was a composer and Professor of Music, primarily at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Beale graduated from Harvard College in 1945 and in 1947 received a Master of Music from Yale University. During World War II, he served in the American Field Service in Italy and North Africa.

He taught Music courses at the University of Washington from 1948 to 1994. He was a Guggenheim Fellow during 1958-9. He was Composer in Residence at Carnegie Mellon University in 1969-70.

He was a member of the American Composers Alliance of New York City.

He died of natural causes on November 4, 2010.