Doug Snapp serves as Director of Jazz Studies and Trumpet Professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato. In addition, he is the Executive Director of the JazzMN arts organization, and Artistic Director of the JazzMN Big Band, a professional jazz orchestra based in Minneapolis (www.jazzmn.org). To date, Snapp and the JazzMN Big Band have been featured with artists such as Arturo Sandoval, Phil Woods, Dave Weckl, James Moody, and Paquito D’Rivera. Snapp also holds the principle trumpet chair in the Mankato Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Snapp received his doctorate from the University of Northern Colorado where he contributed as both performer and director to Downbeat Awards in the big band, vocal jazz, and combo categories. While pursuing his Bachelors and Masters degrees at the University of North Texas, Snapp performed in the prestigious One o’ Clock Lab Band and UNT Jazz Singers. He currently directs the jazz bands, jazz combos, and vocal jazz ensembles in addition to teaching trumpet, jazz theory/improvisation, jazz pedagogy, and brass methods at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
