He moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was a violin instructor at the McCune School of Music and an orchestra conductor at the American Theater.

[2] Beales converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while living in Bradford and emigrated to the United States, where he was selected to manage the Federal Music Project in Utah during the Great Depression in 1935.

[3] The orchestra performed for schools,[5] at the capitol building,[6] in the LDS assembly hall,[4] and at Memory Grove.

[7] When federal funds no longer supported the orchestra after the Great Depression, Beales and other people in the community organized the Utah State Symphony Orchestra Association through the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts so that the group could continue performing.

[8] He spent time as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States as a young man and in Scotland later in life.

[2] Beales retired in 1987 after playing in concerts and on radio programs for many years, as well as teaching violin throughout his career.