Doug Bush joined ARTS Incorporated in 2025.

At Arts Incorporated, Doug works as coordinator for the Nebraska Brass. A career music educator, Doug received his B.M.E. from the University of Kentucky (1981), where he studied visual design with Gordon Henderson and trumpet with Vincent DiMartino, and received his M.M. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2002). Prior to his appointment as assistant director at Nebraska, Doug served as a lecturer in music education. Before joining the faculty at Nebraska, Doug spent 20 years as a high school band director in Kentucky and Ohio. His concert and marching bands received consistent superior ratings, and performed in Cincinnati, Morgantown, Atlanta, Orlando, Nashville, Indianapolis, Washington D.C. and Toronto.



Doug has studied wind conducting with Carolyn Barber, William H. Clarke, Paula Crider, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, James Croft, Larry Rachlef, John Whitwell, Rodney Winther, and Arthur Weisberg. His affiliations include the College Band Directors National Association, Pi Kappa Lambda National Honor Music Society, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi Beta Mu, Nebraska Bandmasters, Nebraska Music Educator's Association, the National Association for Music Education, and Central States Judges Association. He is an active clinician, arranger, visual designer and adjudicator throughout the mid-west.

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