Michael Buckwalter

Name:	Michael Buckwalter
Location:	Chicago United States 60625
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Michael Buckwalter

Michael Buckwalter began playing the Horn at the age of twelve in Vallejo, CA. His musical education includes studies at The San Francisco Conservatory and Northwestern University, as well as private studies with Dale Clevenger, Norman Schweikert, David Krehbiel, and John Cerminaro.

Mr. Buckwalter has served as Third and Associate Principal Horn of the Nashville Symphony, co-Principal of the RAI Torino Symphony (Turin, Italy), and Solo Alto Horn of the Jack Daniel’s Silver Cornet Band. He is currently an active freelance player in the Chicago area, where he is Solo Horn and founding member of Ars Viva!Symphony, and Principal of the Lake Forest Symphony, the Key West Symphony and the Woodstock Mozart Festival. He is also a member of the Northwest Indiana Symphony, The Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, has played horn and Wagner tuba with the Indianapolis Symphony, and plays with various theaters, industrial shows, symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, ballet (including Joffrey) and opera companies throughout the area, as well as specialty ensembles including The Chicagoland Pops and Too Hot To Handel.

Mr. Buckwalter teaches privately, at the Music Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago.

Additional Specialisms:

Orchestral Playing, Session Work, Solo Performance, Jazz