Barbara Heilmair | Guest Artist
A devoted educator, Dr. Barbara Heilmair engages communities as a clarinet professor, performer, and teaching artist. She serves as Professor of Clarinet & Music History at the Portland State University School of Music as well as Associate Dean for the College of the Arts.
Her trio, s’Zwitscherl (with Rolf Weber and Kazue Tsuzuki) consists of musicians from three different nations, playing music for two clarinets and piano; their recent CD release, s’Zwitscherl – Music for Two Clarinets and Piano, features newly arranged music. An avid orchestral and chamber musician, Heilmair is Bass Clarinetist for the Vancouver Symphony and has played with other Northwest ensembles such as the Oregon Ballet Theater, Portland Opera, Opera Theater Oregon, Bridgeport Orchestra, and Cascadia Composers. Festival appearances include Chamber Music Northwest, Oregon Music Festival, Astoria Music Festival, and Portland Summer Fest.
A native of Munich, Germany, Dr. Heilmair regularly enjoys interdisciplinary collaboration with the German Immersion Program in Portland (“Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik”). She holds degrees in Clarinet Performance and in Instrumental Pedagogy from the University of Music and Performing Arts “Mozarteum” in Salzburg, along with M.M. and D.M.A. degrees from UCLA.
Learn more about Barbara and her work at the links below:
Barbara appears on these Resonance programs: