John DeRoule Music and Personal Papers

Overview

Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Subject Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Music

Personal Papers



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Collection Overview

Title: John DeRoule Music and Personal Papers, 1930-2011Add to your cart.

ID: 26/20/203

Primary Creator: DeRoule, John (1930-2011)

Extent: 3.5 cubic feet

Arrangement: This collection is organized in two series: Series 1, Music; and Series 2, Personal Papers. Series 1 has two subseries: Subseries 1, Arrangements; and Subseries 2, Compositions; and is arranged alphabetically by title.

Date Acquired: 12/07/2015

Subjects: Compositions-Music, Jazz, Military Music

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of original music compositions and jazz arrangements written for the US Air Force bands as well as the Wilbur Wright College jazz band. In addition there is correspondence and photographs documenting DeRoule's career as a trumpeter, composer/arranger, and music educator between 1951 and 2011.

Biographical Note

John DeRoule was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. His parents were John and Mary DeRoule, and his brothers were George and Frank DeRoule.  In 1951 John DeRoule was accepted as a trumpet player in the 542 Air Force Band, and in 1953 he enrolled in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a music student and earned both his Bachelor and Master degrees in music.  He earned his Doctorate of Music Education and Composition from Northwestern University while he was an Associate Professor of Music at Wilbur Wright College.  During his tenure with the US Air Force Band and later the Air National Guard Band of Illinois, he served as one of only five jazz arrangers for the Air Force jazz ensembles.  He also played first trumpet in both the Stan Kenton and Tommy Dorsey Bands prior to becoming a faculty member at Wright College.  While on the music faculty of Chicago's Wright College, DeRoule established the Jazz Education in the City Colleges of Chicago program during the 1960s to improve jazz education curriculums across the country.  He continued teaching both jazz composition and arrangement at Wright College for forty years before retiring.

Subject/Index Terms

Compositions-Music
Jazz
Military Music

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Frances DeRoule

Acquisition Method: Gift


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Series 2: Personal PapersAdd to your cart.
Folder 1: Air Force materials, undatedAdd to your cart.
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Folder 3: Correspondence, 1966-2016Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Photograph reproductions, undatedAdd to your cart.

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