has performed in professional orchestras and bands for over 30 years, such as the Cleveland Pops, the Cincinnati Pops, the Dayton Philharmonic, the Dayton Bach Society, Whitewater Opera, the Dayton Philharmonic Concert Band, the Springfield Concert Band, and the Springfield Symphony. He has also played with chamber groups such as the Springfield Symphony Woodwind Quintet, the Wright State University Faculty Woodwind Quintet and Trio, and Festive Musique. Mr. Hesseman has performed with numerous jazz, country, and pop artists, including Doc Severinsen, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Lytle, Anacani, Crystal Gayle, Steve Allen, Glen Campbell, “The Miracles,” and the USO Show Troupe. A distinguished retired military band veteran, Mr. Hesseman performed thousands of concerts to millions of audience members throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe with various wind ensembles. He has presented numerous world premieres and recorded 13 compositions on seven CD recordings. He was honored for his musical achievements as a two-time recipient of the George S. Howard Citation of Musical Excellence for Military Concert Bands by the John Philip Sousa Foundation as a member of the United States Air Force Band of Flight Concert Band.
Mr. Hesseman’s record as a music educator includes fourteen consecutive years having all of his young bassoonists win superior ratings at OMEA Solo and Ensemble Adjudicated Events. In 2001, two of his college bassoonists were honored by being selected for the Ohio Private College Instrumental Conductors Honor Band, which performed at the Ohio Music Educators Conference. Mr. Hesseman has served as a Kaleidoscope Orchestra Camp faculty member and coached at the Springfield Youth Symphony Retreats. He is a graduate of the U.S. Armed Forces School of Music in Norfolk, Virginia, and while a student at Wright State University, he was a music scholarship recipient and a concerto competition winner. In 2006, he was honored as one of Wright State University’s outstanding music alumni. His primary bassoon instructors/mentors include Mike Suman, Mike Scarini, Bert Corderman, Gunter Piesk, Bobby C. Hawkins, Theodore Atsalis, Richard Carnright, William Jobert, and Christopher Weait. A former general music teacher at St. Theresa Local School in Springfield, Ohio, he currently serves as a music instructor in the Centerville, Ohio, School District.
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