Ted Pease has been a Berklee College of Music faculty member since 1964, and currently holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Jazz Composition. He has authored many books on music arranging that have been used at Berklee for more than twenty-five years. Pease had eight original compositions featured on the CD “Big Band Blues Celebration,” which was released in December of 1993. He has received two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts for jazz composition (1975 and 1986). In 1997 he was recognized as an “exceptional artist” in the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Artist Grants Program. He has also authored 22 articles on jazz composition and arranging for Jazz Player Magazine. Pease has over 40 years of professional drumming experience. He has played with such artists as Herb Pomeroy, Ray Santisi, John LaPorta, Charlie Mariano, Toshiko Akioshi, Red Norvo, Lee Konitz, Greg Hopkins, Tony Lada and Dick Johnson. Pease is also an experienced clinician and adjudicator with thirty years experience in jazz education.