Meet Heather…
Born and raised in Poultney, Vermont, Heather Münch began playing the violin at the age of five, studying with Rhoda Diehl in Castleton, Vermont. Heather has performed in a variety of settings, including orchestral music in Carnegie Hall, and on tour across North America, Europe, and Asia. She has held concertmaster positions for the Purchase Symphony Orchestra, Champlain Philharmonic, and the University of Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Heather has performed in masterclasses by members of the Kronos Quartet, Emerson String Quartet, Trio Solisti, and Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. She has also been heard performing alongside Trey Anastasio, Daniel Bernard Roumain, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Currently, Heather can be found performing locally with Taconic Music, the Berkshire Symphony, and on occasion with the Albany Symphony Orchestra and Vermont Symphony Orchestra.
Education and access to music are Heather’s key focuses as a musician. Her teaching experience includes being on faculty for Face the Music, the country’s only youth ensemble dedicated to studying and performing compositions by living composers; Heather’s favorite teaching experience was with the Charlotte Symphony’s El Sistema-based program, Project Harmony. Heather currently teaches general music at Red Fox Community School in Manchester, Vermont, and is a faculty member at Taconic Music’s, Strings For Kids program. Heather has taken roles in Arts Administration for non-profit performing arts organizations for nearly 7 years and utilizes these roles to create access for students to explore, experience, and enjoy music.
Heather received a BM from Castleton University, with a concentration in Violin Performance where she studied with Joana Genova, and a MM from Purchase Conservatory, where she studied on scholarship with Deborah Buck.