Dr. Cottrell is adjunct professor of Tuba at ACU. He is an active performer, teacher and award winning composer. He currently plays euphonium, trombone, and tuba with the Dallas based Legend Brass Quintet; trombone and tuba with Razzmajazz Dixie Land Band; and trombone with Dash Riprock and the Dragons and Johnny D and the Doo-Wops (2 of the Dallas area’s most popular oldies bands). He is greatly in demand for private lessons, master classes, and band camps for various Texas public schools.

Jeff's first love is composing and arranging; he has many published works to his credit and in 2006 was awarded The International Tuba-Euphonium Association’s Harvey Phillips Award for Composition Excellence for euphonium featured in jazz/rock/fusion. He earned his Doctorate at the University of North Texas under the instruction of internationally acclaimed Euphoniumist Dr. Brian Bowman.