Scott Hartman

Orlando, Florida native Scott Hartman joined the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra as Principal Bass Trombone in September 2014. In demand throughout the country, Scott has performed in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Arizona MusicFest Orchestra, Charleston Symphony, West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and Richmond Symphony, as well as contemporary music group Ensemble Dal Niente. He is the bass trombone faculty at Brevard Music Center and the low brass instructor at Davidson College. 

Prior to joining the CSO, Scott was the Bass Trombonist of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. He studied with Charles Vernon and Mark Fisher at DePaul University and he is an alumnus of the Tanglewood Music Center, Music Academy of the West, National Repertory Orchestra, Brevard Music Center, and Bar Harbor Brass. Hartman won both International Trombone Association Bass Trombone Competitions - the Edward Kleinhammer Orchestral Bass Trombone Competition and the Donald Yaxley Solo Bass Trombone Competition. He is also a medal winner at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition as a member of the brass quintet Lincoln Chamber Brass. Scott was guest faculty at Eastern Music Festival and has presented recitals and masterclasses throughout the country. He has performed with such artists as Yo-Yo Ma and Jeezy and can be heard on the soundtrack for the Robert Forster movie The Wolf of Snow Hollow.