Pianist and composer, Brian Buch, received his Bachelor of Music in Composition from Indiana University and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in composition from Boston University. His primary teachers have been Alla Cohen, Sam Headrick, Richard Cornell, and Sven-David Sandstrom. Buch is an assistant professor of composition at the Berklee College of Music. As a composer, Brian writes for all genres of classical and jazz music. As a pianist, Brian frequently performs classical and jazz throughout the United States. Many of Brian’s compositions have received national and international recognition (including the MTNA, Robert Helps, Lepo Sumera in Tallinn, Estonia, Moscow Conservatory, and Queen Elisabeth Composition Competitions in Brussels). His music has been performed throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, Bosnia, and Serbia, broadcast on NPR, Russian Television Network, WGBH, WHRB Harvard, and other major radio stations throughout the US. His music has been released on record labels Centaur, Marquis Classics, MSR Classics, and Ablaze Records. Buch has released three CDs of original music – Shifting Spheres, From the River Flow the Stars, Poems to Sing at Night, and Stone of Traveling Winds