HEATHER COLTMAN. Curriculum Vitae

HEATHER COLTMAN Curriculum Vitae PERSONAL DATA Birthdate and place November 16, 1958 Lusaka, Zambia Citizenship Address and phone United States 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 1994-present Chair, Department of Music, Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida Founder and Director of TOPS (Teaching Outstanding PerformerS) Piano Camps for children at Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, FL) TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2003-present 1998-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 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 First Prize First Runner-up First Prize 1979 College-Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition (Cincinnati, OH) 1978 Cliburn Scholarship Competition (Cincinnati, OH) 1977 and 1978 National Piano Guild Recording Competition (College division) 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