Professional Studio Southeast Portland, Oregon

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Biography

Collin G. Heade is celebrating his 15th season as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Westside Community & Youth Orchestra in Hillsboro, Oregon (wcyo.org) and his 14th season as Conductor of the Junior Symphony of Vancouver, WA.

As a conductor, he has participated in workshops with the Virginia, Baltimore, and Norwalk Symphony Orchestras.

Collin also leads the WCYO Summer Strings Workshop, a unique and engaging program in the Hillsboro area. As Artistic Director, he conducts the ensemble from his cello chair, fostering a collaborative rehearsal experience "in the round." The workshop is free for abled string musicians, and last summer, they introduced their first Brown Bag Luncheon Concert, allowing the audience to enjoy the performance from outside the ensemble’s circular formation.

                        An avid composer, Collin's works can be explored on his website,

                         PortlandCello.com. Recently, he has been deeply engaged in

                    composing an extended solo piano piece, a narrative suite of 25

                    short movements. Titled The Vision That Led to an Adventure, the

                    work begins with an expansive vision and unfolds through a series

                        of musical vignettes, each set in a different key signature. The piece

                    is humbly dedicated to Harold Gray, pianist of the Florestan Trio

                         and founder of Portland Piano International, whose extraordinary

                         contributions to the musical community continue to thrive. More

                    details and recordings can now be found under the New

                    Compositions section of his website.

                    As a cellist, Collin has performed as Principal with the Oregon

                         Chamber Players and the Oregon Arts Orchestra, touring Europe

                    four times—the most recent and final tour taking him to Ireland,

                    the land of his father’s birth. He has devoted his professional career

                         to cello instruction and now teaches exclusively online from his

                    home studio in Southeast Portland.

                        Collin’s principal teachers include Tomáš Svoboda (Composition),

                         John Trudeau (Orchestral Conducting), and David J. Wilson

                         (Choral Conducting). He had the distinction of being Hamilton 

                         Cheifetz’s first cello student in Portland and also studied with cellist

                         Dorien de Léon.

                   At home, Collin enjoys a rich life with his spouse, Cameretta, and

                   their two grandchildren, who bring constant reminders of the joys

                   of childhood. His daughter, Julie, is a Senior Manager of

Reputation Programs in Corporate Affairs at Banfield Pet Hospital headquarters

in Vancouver, WA. She recently published her first book, Exponential: The

Climate Crisis & You, available on Amazon.

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Professional Studio Southeast Portland, Oregon

(503) 775-2894 collinheade@aol.com