Dr. James R. Buckner
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
Highlights from over 2,600 performances
FEATURED SOLO APPEARANCES
Guest Recitals
Moscow International Trumpet
Festival, 1995
Sunday Music Series (Quincy, IL),
1995, 1998
Arkansas State Music Teachers
Association, 1994
1982 World's Fair (Knoxville, TN)
1980 Trumpet Conference (St. Louis,
MO)
Solo Recitals
Henderson State University
Illinois State University
Quincy University
Western Carolina University
Northeast Missouri State University
Guest Soloist
The Dallas Brass, 1990, 1991, 1992,
1996, 2004
Solo Award
Outstanding Soloist, Championship
Division, Fifth Annual North American Brass Band Championships, Columbus, Ohio,
1987
Soloist with Orchestras
Neurda: Concerto, South
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, 2005
Purcell: Sonata I, South
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, 2001
Torelli: Concerto, Friends of
Chamber Music Orchestra, 1996
Vivaldi: Concerto in C for Two
Trumpets, Hot Springs-Arkadelphia Chamber Orchestra, 1996
South
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, 1996
Shostakovitch: Concerto for
Piano, Trumpet, and Orchestra, Illinois Wesleyan University Chamber
Orchestra, 1990
Arutunian: Concerto for Trumpet
and Orchestra, Quincy Symphony Orchestra, 1989
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2,
Quincy Symphony Orchestra, 1985
Brevard
Chamber Orchestra, 1982
Northeast
Missouri State University Festival Orchestra, 1979
Persichetti: The Hollow Men,
Iowa State University Symphony Orchestra, 1974
Soloist with Community Ensembles
Natural State Brass Band, 2006
Little Rock (AR) Wind Symphony,
1995, 1999, 2000
Hot Springs (AR) Community Concert
Band, 1991
Mississippi River Brass Band (Quincy,
IL), 1985, 1987‑89
Quincy (IL) Community Concert Band,
1984
Smoky Mountain British Brass Band
(Waynesville, NC), 1981‑83
Charles City (IA) Community Band,
1975‑76, 2003
Soloist on University Band Tours
Henderson State University Symphonic
Band, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001,
2006 (twice)
Western Carolina University Wind
Ensemble, 1981‑83
Western Carolina University Jazz
Ensemble, 1981‑84
Northeast Missouri State University
Wind Ensemble, 1978
Soloist with University Ensembles
Henderson State University Brass Choir, 2006 (Arkansas Music Educators
Association)
Henderson State University Brass
Band, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2006
Henderson State University Symphonic
Band, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2006
Quincy University Wind Ensemble, 1985
North Carolina State University
British Brass Band, 1983
Western Carolina University Wind
Ensemble, 1981‑83
Western Carolina University Jazz
Ensemble, 1981‑84
Soloist with High School Ensembles
Greenwood (AR) Senior High School
Band, 1997
Mansfield (AR) Senior High School
Band, 1994
Lake Hamilton (AR) Senior High School
Band, 1992
Sheridan (AR) Senior High School
Band, 1992
Benton (AR) Senior High School Band,
1991
Henderson State University Senior
High School Band Camp, 1990
Sherrard (IL) Senior High School
Band, 1990
Quincy (IL) Senior High School Band,
1985
Western Carolina University Honors
Band, 1983
Brevard (NC) High School Jazz
Ensemble, 1981
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES
Orchestras
South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra,
principal, 1990‑present
Quincy (IL) Symphony Orchestra,
principal, 1978‑80, 1984‑85; second/assistant principal, 1977‑78
Cullowhee (NC) Music Festival
Orchestra, principal, 1984
Brevard (NC) Chamber Orchestra,
principal, 1981‑84
Asheville (NC) Chamber Orchestra,
principal/second, 1981‑84
Asheville (NC) Symphony Orchestra,
second, 1981‑84
Western (North) Carolina Symphony
Orchestra, principal, 1980‑81
Northeast Missouri State University
Festival Orchestra, principal, 1979‑80
Waterloo‑Cedar Falls (IA) Symphony
Orchestra, third/assistant principal, 1976‑77
Extra Player with Orchestras
Pine Bluff (AR) Symphony Orchestra,
extra player (including principal), 1992-present
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, extra
player (including principal), 1991‑present
Grand Rapids (MI) Symphony Orchestra,
extra player, 1975
Des Moines (IA) Symphony Orchestra,
extra player, 1974‑75
Brass Quintets
Arkansas Brass, first, 1990‑present
(including performances for the 2000 Midwest Horn Workshop, Arkansas Public
Radio, the
1999 National
State Teacher of the Year Awards, the 1996 Arkansas Bandmasters Association
Convention, and the 1994
American
School Band Directors Association National Convention)
Just Brass, first, 1989‑90
Quincy Brass Ensemble, first, 1988‑89
Touch of Brass, first/second, 1984‑89
Smoky Mountain Chamber Brass, first,
1982‑84
Asheville Symphony Orchestra Brass
Quintet, second, 1982‑84
Quincy Symphony Orchestra Brass
Quintet, second, 1978
Faculty Brass Quintet, Northeast
Missouri State University, first, 1977‑79
Brass Ensembles
Trumpet Ensembles, Moscow
International Trumpet Festival, 1995
Mississippi River Brass Band, E‑flat
soprano cornet, 1985‑89
Smoky Mountain British Brass Band,
E‑flat soprano cornet, 1981‑84
Faculty Brass Quartet, Western
Carolina University, first, 1980‑81
Chamber Ensembles
Stravinsky: Octet, 1999
Poulenc: Le bal masqué, 1996
Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat,
1994
Midwest Trumpet and Organ Consort,
1979‑1980
Jazz Ensembles
Tom Tirrato Big Band, lead, 2003-2004
Charles Stewart Big Band, lead,
1991‑92
Jazmin Big Band, co‑lead, 1986‑88
Jim DelaBar Big Band, lead/second,
1984‑89
Don Glasser Orchestra, second,
1979‑80
Dave Linsay Sextet, 1978‑79
Musicals
Anything Goes (Arkansas
Repertory Theater with Arkansas Symphony Orchestra), 2001
Peter Pan (with Cathy Rigby),
national touring production, Little Rock, 1999
Titanic, national touring
production, Little Rock, 1999
