Heather Buchman

Heather Buchman is an American conductor and trombonist. She is Professor of Music a
Hamilton College
in Clinton, NY, where she serves as director of th
Hamilton College Orchestra
and Chamber Music Program and Chair of th
Department of Music
She has served as Education and Outreach Conductor fo
Symphoria
formerly the Syracuse Symphony. She has developed numerous innovative programs for Symphoria'
Spark Series
as well as for the orchestral and chamber programs at Hamilton College. She appears frequently as conductor and trombonist with th
Society for New Music
and other organizations.

Biography

Buchman was born in Canton, Ohio in 1965. She graduated from th
Interlochen Arts Academy
in 1983. In 1984 she was a winner of the New York Philharmonic Young Artists Concerto Competition. She received a bachelor's degree and performer's certificate in trombone from the Eastman School of Music in 1987. In 1988 she became Principal Trombone in the San Diego Symphony, and in 1989 was a prizewinner at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, West Germany.

Buchman completed an M.M in orchestral conducting in 1999 at the University of Michigan. She also studied conducting at the Juilliard School from 1999 to 2001. Buchman's principal conducting teachers wer
Otto Werner Mueller
Kenneth Kiesler, Leonid Korchmar, an
Oleg Proskurnya
She studied trombone wit
John Marcellus
Mark Lawrence, an
Edward Zadrozny

Work

Buchman was principal trombonist in the San Diego Symphony from 1988 to 1997. Her appointment received significant press for being one of the first female principal brass positions in a major orchestra.
In 1993, she won an Orchestra Recognition Award. Her playing has been called "stunning in performance" by trombonist, Cathy Leach. Rob Bridge, the president of the Society for New Music (SNM) has called Buchman a "vibrant, acclaimed, virtuoso trombonist, and professor."

Buchman’s work in regional arts advocacy has been recognized by organizations, including the Society for New Music in 2013 an
Civic Morning Musicals
€™ Ruth Edson Award in 2014. She serves on the board o
CNY Arts
a regional organization for promoting and supporting arts and culture in Central New York, and helped lead th
CNY Engage
regional study of arts and culture in 2013-14.

In fall 2011, after the Chapter 7 bankruptcy of the Syracuse Symphony, Buchman organized
Summit on the Symphony
to bring colleges and universities and arts organizations together from across Central New York to discuss the importance of having a professional orchestra in the region. The advocacy of this coalition, known as the Summit Group, was instrumental in the formation in December 2012 of Symphoria, the successor orchestra to the Syracuse Symphony.

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Women conductors (music)
American trombonists
Women trombonists
Living people
Hamilton College (New York) faculty
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni
Eastman School of Music alumni
21st-century American conductors (music)
21st-century trombonists
1965 births