HEATHER COLTMAN
Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Birthdate and place November 16, 1958
Lusaka, Zambia
Citizenship United States
Address and phone 1700 S.W. 13th St.
Boca Raton, FL 33486
(561) 392-6901 home
(561) 297-3821 work
email: coltman@fau.edu
Family Three sons: Christopher (b. 1988), Jeffrey (b. 1996),
Timothy (b. 1999)
EDUCATION
Doctor of Musical Arts (1990)
University of Texas at Austin
Major Instructor: Lita Guerra
Treatise Supervisor: Michael C. Tusa
Treatise Title: Variation Sets for Solo Piano of the Early Nineteenth Century
Master of Music (1983)
Mannes College of Music, New York, New York
Major Instructor: David Bar-Illan
Bachelor of Music (1980)
College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio
Major Instructor: David Bar-Illan
Additional study at Ecoles d'Artes Americaines (1977)
Fontainebleau, France
Major Instructor: Nadia Boulanger
Private piano coaching with Claude Frank, Maria João Pires, Steven De Groote, Seymour Lipkin and Kendall Taylor
Master Classes and Seminars with Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Harold Schonberg, Bela Siki, Abbey Simon, Malcolm Frager and Gaby Casadesus
Chamber Music Coaching with Paul Olefsky, Felix Galimir, Julius Levine, Donald McGinnis, Dorothy Delay, The LaSalle Quartet, Zara Nelsova, Jens Ellerman, Lorenzo Malfatti, Richard Waller and Jean Barr
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
2002-present Chair, Department of Music, Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida
1994-present Founder and Director of TOPS (Teaching Outstanding PerformerS)
Piano Camps for children at Florida Atlantic University (Boca
Raton, FL)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2003-present Professor of Music, Director of Keyboard Studies, Artistic Director of Schmidt College Chamber Music Series, and Director of TOPS Piano Camps at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL
1998-present Associate Professor of Music, Director of Keyboard Studies, Artistic Director of Schmidt College Chamber Music Series, and Director of TOPS Piano Camps at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL
1993-1998 Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Keyboard Studies, Artistic Director of Schmidt College Chamber Music Series, and Director of TOPS Piano Camps at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL
1996-present Faculty of FAU Lifelong Learning Society, Boca Raton, Florida
1995 Adjunct Professor, Broward Community College, Pompano Beach, FL
1992-1993 Lecturer in Piano at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte,
Charlotte, North Carolina
1990-1992 Staff pianist at Ithaca College School of Music, Ithaca, New York
1989-1992 Faculty member of Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, New York
1988-1990 Faculty member of Birmingham-Southern Conservatory, Birmingham, Alabama
1987-1988 Faculty member of Samford University Music Preparatory Department, Birmingham, Alabama
1983-1987 Faculty member of Austin Chamber Music Center, Austin, Texas
1983-1987 Maintained private music studio in Austin, Texas teaching piano, music theory, music history, music appreciation
1976-1982 Private piano teacher in Austin, Texas, Cincinnati, Ohio and New York, New York
1976-1993 Staff accompanist at University of Texas, Mannes College of Music and Meadowmount School of Music; accompanist for recitals and competitions throughout the United States
MAJOR PERFORMANCES
Compact Disc Recordings
“Never Final, Never Gone” - solo piano work by Jeremy Beck for Innova (2008)
“Clocks: Piano Quintets of the America” with Cuarteto Latinoamericano featuring works of Amy Beach and Miguel del Aguila for Hoot/Wisdom Recordings (2007)
“Fives for Five” with Florida Woodwind Quintet featuring works of Arthur Weisberg for Hoot/Wisdom Recordings (2007)
“pause and feel and hark” – chamber music by Jeremy Beck for Innova (2006)
“Dream Chasers: North American Nightscapes” – solo piano music of American and Canadian composers for Hoot/Wisdom Records (2005)
"Obsecion" with Trio Amadé for Klavier Records (2004)
"New Music Now!" - includes performance of "Four Piano Pieces for Piano Solo (1995)" by Jeremy Beck for Heng Hao Records
“Tribute to Liberace” – includes solo piano music of Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and Mendelssohn for Lyra Productions
“Tribute to Casals” – with Emilio Colón, cello for Lyra Productions
"Clair de Lune - a Tribute to James Galway" - with Milton Davila, flute for Lyra Productions
Compact Disc Recordings (in production)
“Volveran” – Music for voice and piano by Valdo Sciammarella with Diane McNaron, soprano for Hoot/Wisdom Recordings
Music for violin and piano with Gareth Johnson, violin for Hoot/Wisdom Recordings
Solo piano recordings of "Two Divertimenti" by Spencer Norton for Pierian Records
Concerto Performances
Piano Concerto in F Minor, Frederic Chopin
Boca Raton Philharmonic Sinfonia, Mizner Centre for the Arts (Boca Raton, FL) 2007
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Edvard Grieg
Boca Raton Philharmonic Sinfonia, Mizner Centre for the Arts (Boca Raton, FL) 2004
Rhapsody in Blue & Grande Tarantelle, George Gershwin & Louis Morreau Gottschalk
Florida Wind Symphony (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) 2001, (Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens, FL) 2002, (Boca Raton, FL) 1997
“Triple Concerto,” for Piano Trio, Ludwig van Beethoven Trio Amadé, FAU Philharmonic Orchestra (Boca Raton, FL) 2001 Rhapsody in Blue and Variations on “I Got Rhythm,” George Gershwin
Boca Pops Orchestra (Boca Raton, FL) 1999
Concerto in B-flat major, Op. 19, Ludwig van Beethoven
Pro Arte Chamber Ensemble (Delray Beach, FL) 1999
Concerto in E-flat major, K. 271, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
FAU Philharmonia (Boca Raton, FL) 1998
Concerto in G minor, Felix Mendelssohn
FAU Symphony Orchestra (Boca Raton, FL) 1998
Concerto in A major, K. 488, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Pro Arte Chamber Ensemble (Boca Raton, FL) 1996
Concerto in C minor, #2, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Charlotte Youth Symphony (Charlotte, North Carolina) 1992
Concerto in G major, K. 453, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Newfield Chamber Players (Ithaca and Corning, New York) 1991
Concerto in G major, #4, Ludwig van Beethoven
Charlotte Youth Symphony (Charlotte and Gastonia, North Carolina) 1990
Concerto in F minor, #2, Frederic Chopin
Weinstadt Kammerorchester (Weinstadt, Germany) 1990
Concerto in C major for violin, cello and piano ("Triple" Concerto), Ludwig van Beethoven
South Arkansas Symphony (El Dorado and Magnolia, Arkansas) 1990
Concerto in C minor, #2, Sergei Rachmaninoff
University of Texas Symphony (Austin, Texas ) 1986
Concerto in G minor, Felix Mendelssohn
Austin Symphony (Austin, Texas) 1985 and 1976
Concerto in G major, K. 453, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austin Chamber Music Center Chamber Orchestra (San Marcos, Texas) 1983
Concerto in E minor, #1, Frederic Chopin
Mannes College of Music Symphony (New York, New York) 1982
Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin
Dance Theatre Orchestra of Erie (Erie, Pennsylvania) 1981
Cappriccio for the Left Hand, Leo Janacek
Mannes College of Music Wind Ensemble (New York, New York) 1981
Concerto in A minor, Robert Schumann
College-Conservatory of Music Philharmonia Orchestra (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1980
Major Solo and Chamber Music Performances
2007
18 chamber and solo recitals at FAU and within community
2006
15 chamber and solo recitals at FAU and within community
Performance with Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Amigos de la Musica de Cuernavaca, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Performance with Diane McNaron, soprano, Birmingham, AL
Performances with Wendy Reynolds, soprano, Austin, TX
2005
12 chamber and solo recitals at FAU and within community
Premier performance of Arthur Weisberg Sextet for Winds and Piano, Austin, TX
2004
10 chamber recitals at FAU and within community
Three lecture recitals within community
2003
Two concerto performances with FAU Wind Ensemble
One concerto performance with Century Village Community Orchestra
Two recitals with actress Mary Margaret Buss for Lifelong Learning Society
Two recitals with dancer Ann Coltman for Lifelong Learning Society
Three performances with Gala Piano Concert artists
Two recitals with Gold Coast Chamber Music Festival
Nine recitals on FAU Chamber Music Series
Two lecture recitals in Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Five chamber recitals within south Florida communities
2002
Five concerts, Schmidt College Chamber Music Series, FAU, Boca Raton and Jupiter, FL
Four concerts, Gala Piano Extravaganza, FAU, Boca Raton and Jupiter, FL
Two concerts with Trio Amade, Huntington Pointe and Huntington Lakes, Delray Beach, FL
One concert with The Haydn Society, Sunrise Civic Theater, Sunrise, FL
One concert, "Music for the Mind," Gillman Theater, West Palm Beach, FL
2001
Five concerts with Emilio Colon, cello and Irena Kofman, Zurich, Switzerland
& Bamberg and Schloss Schwarzenberg, Germany
One concert with Trio Amade, Indiana University School of Music Chamber Music Series, Bloomington, IN
Three concerts, "Celebration of the Arts," with Miami City Ballet, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
Four concerts with Avatar Brass Quintet, Ft. Myers, Pompano Beach, Hollywood, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Five concerts, Schmidt Chamber Music Series, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
2000
One concert with Emilio Colon, cello, Sala Casals, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Two concerts with Emilio Colon, cello, Michiana Cello Society and Interlochen Academy, Grand Rapids and Interlochen, MI
One concert with Emilio Colon, cello, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Four concerts with Emilio Colon, cello, Austin Chamber Music Center Intimate Concert Series, Austin, TX
Four concerts, Schmidt College Chamber Music Series, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
1999
Six concerts, Austin Chamber Music Center Intimate Concert Series, Austin, TX
Six concerts, Schmidt College Chamber Music Series, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
One concert with Trio Amade, "Music in the Round," Jewish Community Center, Boca Raton, FL
One concert with Arthur Weisberg, bassoon, Harid Conservatory Faculty Recital Series, Harid Conservatory, Boca Raton, FL
1998
Two concerts, Johannesburg College of Education, Johannesburg, South Africa
One concert with Elizabeth Morell, soprano, Glencairn Concert Series, Bryn Athyn, PA
Five concerts, Austin Chamber Music Center Intimate Concert Series and Festival, Austin, TX
Four concerts, Schmidt College Chamber Music Series, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
One concert, Peace Research Foundation Founders Concert, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Two concerts, Music at St. Paul's Concert Series, Delray Beach, FL
1997
One concert, Piano Forum of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
One concert, "American Music for the 21st Century," Palm Beach County Music Teachers Association,West Palm Beach, FL
One concert, Harid Conservatory Faculty Recital Series, Harid Conservatory, Boca Raton, FL
One concert, Palm Isles Concert Series, Boynton Beach, FL
Two concerts, Music at St. Paul's Concert Series, Delray Beach, FL
1996
One concert and lecture, Florida State Music Teachers Association State Convention (Deerfield Beach, FL)
Two concerts, Ensemble 21, Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, FL
Three concerts, Schmidt College Chamber Music Series, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
Two concerts, Harid Conservatory Faculty Recital Series, Harid Conservatory, Boca Raton, FL
1995
One concert, Finger Lakes Land Trust Benefit, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
One concert, University of Arkansas Concert Series, Fayetteville, AR
One concert, San Pablo Catholic Church, Marathon, FL
One concert, Wildacres Chamber Music Symposium, Wildacres, NC
One concert, Paramount Center for the Arts, Bristol, TN
Two concerts, Ensemble 21, Palm Beach Community College and Florida
International University, Lake Worth and Miami, FL
1994
One concert, Valbella, Switzerland
One concert, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
One concert, Finger Lakes Land Trust Benefit, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
One concert, Blue Ridge Community College, Hendersonville, NC
Three concerts, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
One concert, Florida State Music Teachers Association State Convention, Orlando, FL
One concert, Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
1993
Two recitals, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Additional Performances
Over 400 additional solo and chamber music recitals and radio broadcasts throughout the United States and in Canada, Switzerland, Germany, England, France, Spain, Greece and South Africa between 1977-2001
PERFORMANCE HONORS AND AWARDS
Researcher of the Year Florida Atlantic University, Professorial Level, 2004
Semi-Finalist 1991 Glory of Mozart Festival International Piano
Competition (Joliette, Canada)
Outstanding Accompanist Award 1987 Emanuel Feuermann Memorial International
Cello Competition (Austin, TX)
Quarter-Finalist 1987 Clara Haskil International Piano Competition
(Vevey, Switzerland)
Second Prize 1987 Missouri Southern International Piano
Competition (Joplin, MO)
Outstanding Accompanist Award 1987 Corpus Christi Young Artists Competition
(Corpus Christi, TX)
First Prize 1985 Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition, Schubert division (Palm Desert,CA)
Fourth Place 1985 Geza Anda International Piano Competition
(Zürich, Switzerland)
Fourth Prize 1985 Nena Plant Widemann Piano Competition
(Shreveport, LA)
First Prize 1984 Young Artists Solo Competition (Kingsville, TX)
Semi-Finalist 1983 Young Artists Competition (Bryan, NC)
Finalist 1982 Liederkranz Scholarship Auditions
(New York, NY)
Second Prize 1981 Sigma Alpha Iota Scholarship Competition
(Washington D.C.)
Finalist 1980 San Angelo Symphony Concerto Competition
(San Angelo, TX)
Second Prize 1980 Boyd Piano Competition (Augusta, Georgia)
First Prize 1979 College-Conservatory of Music Concerto
Competition (Cincinnati, OH)
First Prize 1978 Cliburn Scholarship Competition (Cincinnati, OH)
First Runner-up 1977 and 1978 National Piano Guild Recording
Competition (College division)
First Prize 1976 Austin Symphony Youth Award (Austin, TX)
ACADEMIC AWARDS
Travel Grant for Six Performances in Germany and Switzerland 2001
Sabbatical Award (Florida Atlantic University) 2000
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award (Florida Atlantic University) 1998
Travel Grant for Residency at Austin Chamber Music Center, Austin, Texas (Florida Atlantic University) 1999
Travel Grant for Residency at Johannesburg College of Education, Johannesburg, South Africa (Florida Atlantic University) 1998
Travel Grant for Performance at Glencairn Concert Series, Bryn Athyn, PA (Florida Atlantic University) 1998
Travel Grant for Performances and Masterclasses at Austin Chamber Music Center, Austin, TX (1998)
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Artist Award (Florida Atlantic University) 1996
International Travel Grant from Office of Graduate Studies and Research (Florida Atlantic University) 1995
Research Summer Supplement Award from Office of Graduate Studies and Research (Florida Atlantic University) 1995
Professional Support Grant from The Schmidt College of Arts and Humanities (Florida Atlantic University) 1994
Professional Development Award (University of Texas) 1987
Tuition Scholarship (Mannes College of Music) 1981
Outstanding Achievement Award (College-Conservatory of Music) 1980
Dean's Honor Roll (College-Conservatory of Music) 1978-1980
Dean's Honor Roll (University of Texas) 1976-1978
ADDITIONAL MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
Artistic Coordinator on Board of Directors of Peace Research Foundation (Fort Lauderdale, FL) 1997-2000
Consultant to Board of Music Guild of Boca Raton (Boca Raton, FL) 1993-2002
Private piano teacher of students of all levels, 1975-present
Member of Board of Directors of Community School of Music and Arts (Ithaca, New York) 1990-1993
Music critic and feature writer for Ithaca Journal (Ithaca, New York) 1990-1993
Founder and Director of Schubertiad Chamber Music Series (Birmingham, Alabama) 1988-1989
Adjudicator for scholarship competitions and festivals (Florida, Texas, Arkansas and Alabama) 1988-present
Member of Board of Directors of Austin Chamber Music Center (Austin, Texas) 1983-1987
Director of Austin Chamber Music Center Mozart Festival (Austin, Texas) 1987
Coordinator of Duet Festival through Austin District Music Teachers Association (Austin, Texas) 1985-1987
Extensive violin study with numerous solo, chamber music and orchestral performances
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Volunteer for SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) in New York, NY 1981-82
Volunteer counselor for Rape Response in Birmingham, AL 1987-88
Volunteer for Wildlife Rescue Service in Birmingham, AL 1986-88
Volunteer counselor for Ithaca Rape Crisis in Ithaca, NY 1990-92
Volunteer for Finger Lakes Land Trust in Ithaca, NY 1990-present
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