Dr. Doug Black is the Coordinator of Music and Assistant Professor of Low Brass and Music Education at Alabama A&M University, Tuba Faculty at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and E flat tubist with the Southern Stars Symphonic Brass Band. He teaches applied tuba, trombone, and euphonium, brass ensembles, music appreciation, and music education courses. Doug has previously served on the music faculty at Nottoway County Public Schools, Halifax Community College, Winthrop University, and the University of South Carolina.
 
Doug has performed concertos with the Southern Stars Symphonic Brass Band, University of Alabama in Huntsville Wind Ensemble, Winthrop University Wind Symphony, Carolinas Wind Orchestra, and Peoria Municipal Band and given recitals in the Midwest United States, Southeast United States, and Canada. Doug was the principal tuba of the Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra, Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Union Symphony Orchestra, was the principal tuba and cimbasso of Opera Carolina, and has performed with the Durham Symphony Orchestra, Augusta Symphony, South Carolina Philharmonic, Aiken Symphony Orchestra, and the Tuscaloosa Symphony. Doug has also performed with the North Carolina Brass Band, Brass Band of Huntsville, Southern Stars Symphonic Brass Band, Triangle Brass Band, and was the tubist with Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass. Douglas has performed and presented at numerous regional and international conferences.

Doug is an Eastman Tuba Artist.​