Dr. Marie Jureit-Beamish, Professor Emerita of Music at Principia College, serves on the boards of the Arts Council of Martin County, the Atlantic Classical Orchestra, the Asher Student Foundation, and The Symphonia. She has had an illustrious and versatile career as a performing musician and professor of music at Principia College (Elsah, Illinois) for over forty years (as the Charles Stewart Harding Mott Distinguished Professor of Music). She studied and performed flute and piano with some of the most significant musicians of the 20^th century including Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Pierre Boulez, Darius Milhaud, Loren Maazel, Leonard Bernstein, and Roger Sessions. Earning her doctorate from Yale School of Music, Dr. Jureit-Beamish served as Chair of the Frances Blaisdell Scholarship competition established by the National Flute Association in 2010 to honor one of the most important mentors in her life.

She has been recognized for her career-long leadership in the arts by numerous local and national organizations. She was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by MartinArts.org, the Community Service Award by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the 2017 Sage Award for outstanding contribution to the arts in Martin County. She was the 2020 winner of the “Women of Distinction Award” sponsored by the Soroptimist International of Stuart. Dr. Jureit-Beamish was also honored at the National Flute Association Convention in Chicago with the “Golden Anniversary Award” for her lifetime commitment to the arts.

Dr. Jureit-Beamish is founding director of both the “Jureit Musicales” and “Sunset Concerts @ the Gallery,” held at the Arts Council of Martin County Cultural Center. The hundreds of concerts she has presented have enriched the cultural life of the Treasure Coast of Florida by featuring local, regional, and international artists. An active leader of performing arts trips throughout her career, she remains involved in leading cultural arts tours nationally and internationally for both Principia Lifelong Learning and the Arts Council of Martin County. In addition to performing, she continues to teach and inspire many award-winning young musicians— “making our world a better place for all—one note at a time.”