Matthew Buckmaster

Dr. Matthew Buckmaster is the Executive Director of the Core Curriculum and Associate Professor of Music and Education at Elon University, where he teaches coursework within the Core Curriculum, interdisciplinary studies, and global education/study away.  He has also taught courses in music education, applied trombone and low brass, directed the jazz ensemble, and has served as Assistant Dean of Global Education, Coordinator of the Independent Major, and Chair of the Music Department.  Prior to his appointment at Elon, Dr. Buckmaster served as Assistant Director of Athletic Bands at the University of South Florida in Tampa, and has also been on faculty at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. Dr. Buckmaster has taught band and music in both public and private high, middle, and elementary schools.

A Conn-Selmer performing artist, Dr. Buckmaster has extensive performing experience in a diverse array of musical genres, and can be heard on ten recordings to date. He has performed with the Sarasota Opera Orchestra, the Opera Tampa Orchestra, the Imperial Symphony Orchestra, and the Classical Music Festival Orchestra in Eisenstadt, Austria. He performed at Walt Disney World for eight years, and was a regular performer at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay as well. He has also appeared with such groups as the Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Orchestras, the Three Irish Tenors, Sam Rivers, the Sammy Kaye Orchestra, and the Epcot Candlelight Orchestra.

Dr. Buckmaster is a published arranger through Kagarice Brass Editions and Wehr's Music House, and his book, Successful Teaching Strategies of American College Trombone Professors, is available from VDM Verlag on Amazon.com. He also served as News Editor for the ITA Journal for two years.

Dr. Buckmaster holds the Ph.D. in Music Education and the M.M. in Trombone Performance from the University of South Florida, and the B.M. in Music Performance from Florida Southern College. Dr. Buckmaster currently resides in Graham, North Carolina with his family.