Brian Hecht
Email: bassbonebrian@gmail.com
Brian Hecht, a native of Dallas, Texas, joined the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as Bass Trombone in September 2013. Prior to joining the Atlanta Symphony, Mr. Hecht held the position of bass trombone with the United States Navy Band in Washington, DC.
Brian has enriched his career by performing with other major orchestras such as the
New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia
Orchestra (under the baton of Simon Rattle), San Francisco Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, Washington National Opera,
Lyric Opera of Baltimore, and the Kennedy Center Ballet.
He has been a featured soloist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, U.S. Navy Band,
U.S. "Pershing's Own" Army Band, Kennesaw State University Wind Ensemble, University
of Texas Trombone Choir, University of Georgia Trombone Choir, University of Central
Arkansas Trombone Choir, Texas State University Trombone Choir, Penn State Trombone
Choir and the Georgia Brass Band. He can be heard on several of the U.S. Navy Band's
CD’s and DVD’s as well as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's CD's "Vaughan Williams:
Dona Nobis Pacem” and "Christopher Theofanidis' Creation/Creator".
He has been the recipient of numerous performance awards including first prize at
the Zellmer-Minnesota Orchestra Trombone Competition, Edwards Big 12 Bass Trombone
Solo Competition, and the ATW’s National Trombone Quartet Competition. In addition,
he was a finalist in three major international competitions including the ITA’s Edward
Kleinhammer Competition, the Donald Yaxley Competition, and the International Trombone
Quartet Competition all in 2009.
Brian received his Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, where he
studied with Michael Mulcahy, Charles Vernon, and Peter Ellefson. He earned his Bachelor
of Music degree from The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied with Dr.
Nathaniel Brickens. Other influential teachers include Jon Bohls of the Dallas Metroplex
area and Charles Villarrubia at UT-Austin.
Brian has been on faculty at the Southeast Trombone Symposium in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Most recently he was a Featured Artist at the Jinbao International Music Festival
in Tianjin, China.
He plays S. E. Shires Bass Trombones exclusively.
