Edward F. Protzman is the Director of Bands and an assistant professor of music education at Portland State University in Portland, OR. Before his appointment at Portland State, he had a successful career as a high school band director serving as the Director of Bands at William Mason High School in Mason, Ohio, Blue Valley Southwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, and Central Bucks West High School in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Ensembles under Protzman's direction have performed at the Music for All National Concert Band Festival, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association's State In-Service Conference, the Kansas Music Educators Association's State In-Service Conference, and the Ohio Music Education Association's State Professional Development Conference. Under his direction, the William Mason High School Wind Symphony performed a featured concert at the 2022 Midwest Band and Orchestra International Conference in Chicago, Illinois. In 2021 and 2022, the William Mason Wind Symphony was recognized as a winner in the National Wind Band Honors Program sponsored by the Foundation for Music Education. His ensembles have performed across the United States and abroad, including performances at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri, Avery Fisher Hall in Manhattan, New York, The Verizon Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California, and the Beijing People's Liberation Army Opera House in Beijing, China.
Protzman guest conducts and presents educational clinics across the United States In 2021 he presented a clinic at the Midwest Band and Orchestra International Conference in Chicago, Illinois. In 2019 the George N. Parks Leadership in Music Education Award was presented to Protzman by the National Association for Music Education and Music for All.
Protzman's education includes a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Moravian College Bethlehem, PA, a Master's of Music in Wind Conducting Degree from West Chester University, West Chester, PA, and an Artist's Diploma in Wind Conducting from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. He is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the Oregon Music Educators Association, the Oregon Band Directors Association, the National Band Association, the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and the American School Band Directors Association.