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Barbara Buehlman, Former Assistant Conductor and Business Manager  Barbara
Buehlman was the former business manager and assistant conductor
of Northshore Concert Band. One of Paynter’s former students who became
one of the original three female members of the ensemble, she served as
principal hornist
for more than three decades. Buehlman’s membership proved to be an
important factor in the group’s growth and development. By May 1962,
Buehlman was serving the band in an official capacity as
business manager. Buehlman’s role in the management of the ensemble
and assisting with the conducting duties continued until her death in 1997.Barbara Buehlman received Northwestern University’s Bachelor of Music Education degree in 1959 and Masters degree in 1960. Upon graduation from Northwestern, she began teaching in the Round Lake, Illinois schools. Under her direction, Round Lake School Bands received national recognition with first division ratings in District, State and National competitions, and through numerous performances at conventions and clinics. She served the Round Lake School District as Director of Bands and Coordinator of Fine Arts until June 1983 when she left to assume full-time responsibilities as Executive Administrator of the Midwest Clinic. In addition to her duties with the Midwest, Barbara was also Secretary-Treasurer of the Illinois Grade School Music Association and Business Manager and Assistant Conductor of the Northshore Concert Band. Her band arrangements and method books are widely acclaimed, and she served as guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the United States and Canada. She was featured in The School Musician’s “They Are Making America Musical,” was a recipient of Tau Beta Sigma’s Outstanding Service to Music Award, the Phi Beta Mu National Outstanding Contributor to Bands Award, the Citation of Excellence Award from the National Band Association, the Sudler Medal of the Order from the John Philip Sousa Foundation, and the Cloyd Meyers Memorial Award from the Illinois Grade School Music Association. In 1995, she received Northwestern University’s Alumni Merit Award for the School of Music and the Midwest Clinic Medal of Honor. In 1996, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from VanderCook College of Music, was named the first recipient of the Quinlan and Fabish John P. Paynter Lifetime Achievement Award, and received the Association of Convention Operations Management's Meeting Professional of the Year award. |
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