<P> Beal was born in Hayward, California, and began trumpet studies in the third grade after attending a school music assembly at Castro Valley's Marshall Elementary School with his father . Upon hearing the trumpet played, he chose it as his instrument . Beal's grandmother, Irene Beal, was an accomplished pianist, professional silent - movie accompanist, and fan of trumpeter Miles Davis . She gave Jeff a recording of Miles' collaboration with Gil Evans, Sketches of Spain . Beal wrote his first long - form composition for the Oakland Youth Symphony Orchestra while a student at Castro Valley High School . OYSO conductor Kent Nagano had Jeff combine his love of jazz improvisation with an orchestral accompaniment . This merging of improvisation with classical composition has remained a hallmark of Beal's music . Beal went on to study composition and trumpet at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and graduated in 1985 with a Bachelor of Music degree . </P> <P> Beal married fellow Eastman graduate, soprano Joan (Sapiro) Beal, and the pair moved from Rochester to New York City . It was there Beal composed and recorded his debut album, Liberation, for Island Records . Beal's jazz band went on to perform at The Blue Note and the Montreaux Jazz Festival . At the request of Chick Corea, Beal composed and recorded a concerto for the virtuosic jazz bassist, John Patitucci, for Corea's Stretch Records label . Beal's signature work, Alternate Route, was composed for improvised trumpet and orchestra . Written fifteen years after his first long form composition, this piece was again premiered by Kent Nagano and the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, with Beal as trumpet soloist . He has also composed improvisatory concerti for Dave Samuels, Larry Coombs, and Turtle Island String Quartet . </P> <P> In the mid-1990s, Beal relocated to Los Angeles . His first critical notice came in 2001, for his minimalist Americana score to Ed Harris' directorial debut, Pollock . He has since been nominated for seventeen Emmy Awards, and has won four, one in 2007 for dramatic underscore to the TNT miniseries Nightmares & Dreamscapes Battleground episode, one in 2003 for his main theme to the USA Network detective series Monk, and the other for a documentary aired during the 2002 Winter Olympics entitled Peggy & Dorothy . Other Emmy nominations include HBO's evocative Depression era series, Carnivàle and epic drama Rome, as well as four nominations and one win for Netflix's House of Cards . </P> <P> Beal is noted for composing most of his music at his home, without assistants or orchestrators, playing most of the instruments himself . For the music from House of Cards, he added strings through recording a 17 - piece string ensemble, which he invited to record in the living room of his home . </P>

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