Heidi Castleman has been a member of the faculty at Juilliard since 1995 and of the Pre-College Division since 2005. She has also taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music, New England Conservatory, Rice University, and Philadelphia Musical Academy. Castleman has also taught and performed at the Aspen, Sarasota, Banff, and Blossom music festivals, the Perlman Music Program, the Heifetz Institute, and at the Sejong International Music Festival.
A founding trustee of Chamber Music America (and its president from 1983 to 1987), she also served on the boards of the American String Teachers Association, Aspen Music Festival, and the Perlman Music Program. Castleman has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including two teacher of the year awards from the American String Teacher Association, the American Viola Society’s Maurice W. Riley Viola Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Viola, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Montreal. She holds a BA from Wellesley College and a MA from the University of Pennsylvania, and studied with Dorothy DeLay and Paul Doktor.