Joseph Benjamin Earp

Joseph Benjamin Earp is the Director of Instrumental Music at Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, North Carolina. He received his undergraduate degree in Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Master of Music in Music Education from Anderson University (Anderson, South Carolina), and Doctor of Music Education degree from Liberty University (Lynchburg, Virginia).
His professional teaching career began in 2006 as Director of Bands at Seneca High School in South Carolina. After two years, he then taught at Robbinsville Middle and High Schools for a year before becoming the founding Director of Bands at Cox Mill High School in Concord, North Carolina. After eight years of numerous achievements at Cox Mill High School, he moved into his role at Limestone University (Gaffney, South Carolina) as Director of Athletic Bands, elevating many elements of Limestone’s athletic band program.
In addition to teaching, Dr. Earp is an active published composer and clinician with his music being performed internationally. His major compositional accomplishments include being winner of the 2010 Claude T. Smith Composition Contest in Missouri, winner of the 2018 Thornton Community Band Composition Contest in Colorado, and multiple J.W. Pepper Editors’ Choice awards. He currently resides in Concord, North Carolina with his wife Mary Beth and sons Jackson and Jasper.
Publications by Joseph Benjamin Earp
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Chorale and Allegro
C. T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 4
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Danza Sonora
C. T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 3
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Symphonic Variations On ‘In Dulci Jubilo’
C. T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 4
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Tarantella
C. T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 4.5
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Concert Variations
C.T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 3
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God Of Our Fathers
C. T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 4
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Avondale Overture
C. T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 2
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Carol Of The Boombuckets
arr. Earp
Grade: 1.5
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Castlebrooke Overture
C. T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 2
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Declaration Overture
C. T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 3
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Dramatic Prelude
C. T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 3.5
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Emperata Overture
C. T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 4
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Ghillie Dhu
Earp
Grade: 3.5
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Sonus Ventorum
C. T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 3
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Stone Mountain Overture
C. T. Smith/arr. Earp
Grade: 2
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Where The Wild Things Dance
Earp
Grade: 3.5
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Hatsuhi Sunrise
Earp
Grade: 2.5
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Where The Wild Things Dance
Earp
Grade: 3.5
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Ever The Rambling Winds
Earp
Grade: 4
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