Spencer Hartman
Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice of Flute
School of Music
Email: spencer.hartman@ttu.edu
Dr. Spencer Hartman is an active pedagogue and performer in the West Texas and Eastern
New Mexico communities. Dr. Hartman is currently serving as Visiting Assistant Professor
of Practice of Flute at Texas Tech University. Additionally, Spencer performs as Principal
Flute with of the Roswell Symphony Orchestra and the Southwest Symphony and Flute
III/Piccolo with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra.
Spencer Hartman earned the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Flute Performance at Texas
Tech University where he served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the flute studio
of Dr. Lisa Garner Santa. While attending TTU, Spencer performed regularly with the
Lubbock Symphony Educational Outreach Woodwind Quintet and the Texas Tech Graduate
Woodwind Quintet. Hartman has earned the Master of Music degree in Flute Performance
and Pedagogy from Memorial University of Newfoundland under the tutelage of Dr. Michelle
Cheramy and the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Music Performance from Indiana University
of Pennsylvania where he studied with Dr. Therese Wacker. In addition, he has received
influential mentorship from Carol Wincenc and Gretchen Pusch. Spencer has performed
in masterclasses for William Bennett, Leone Buyse, Jasmine Choi, Paul Edmund Davies,
Marianne Gedigian, Susan Hoeppner, Christina Jennings, Katherine Kemler, Marya Martin,
Alexa Still, and Ransom Wilson.
Dr. Hartman has presented lectures at the Oklahoma Flute Fair, The San Diego Flute
Guild Spring Festival, The National Association for College Wind and Percussion Instructors
National Conference, the Flute New Music Consortium, the Mid-Atlantic Flute Festival,
the Mid-South Flute Festival, and the Texas Flute Society Festival. Dr. Hartman has
given masterclasses at Texas Woman's University, the University of New Mexico, and
for the Southeast New Mexico Music Educators Association. Spencer has been a semi-finalist
in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition.
Spencer is a Licensed Body Mapping Educator and studied Body Mapping with Jennifer
Johnson, ABME Sponsoring Teacher and author of “What Every Violinist Needs to Know
About the Body.” Spencer was featured talking about Body Mapping on the Flute 360
Podcast. Additionally, he is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher. Drawing from
Body Mapping and Yoga regularly throughout his teaching and daily life, Dr. Hartman
is deeply committed to building kinesthetic awareness in himself and his students
while combating performace related repetitive strain injury.
Dr. Hartman proudly serves the profession in a multitude of ways. Spencer serves on
the Diversity and Belonging Committee and the Association for Body Mapping Education
Board. He has also served on the 2022 and the 2023 Conference Committee for the ABME.
For the National Flute Association, Spencer serves on the Performance Health Committee.
In the past, he has served on the Executive Board for the Texas Flute Society and
a 2023 Texas Flute Society Conference Co-Chair. Dr. Hartman has adjudicated for the
Texas Music Educators Association and the New Mexico Music Educators Association All-State
Festival.
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