Colorado State University / IHCA and IHS56 Program by ColoradoStateUniversity_UCA

INTERNATIONAL HORN COMPETITION OF AMERICA JULY 26-29, 2024

INTERNATIONAL HORN SYMPOSIUM JULY 29–AUGUST 2, 2024

SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THEATRE, AND DANCE

FORT COLLINS, COLORADO

My esteemed fellow horn colleagues!

I am so incredibly thrilled to welcome you to Fort Collins and Colorado State University for the International Horn Competition of America and the 56th International Horn Symposium: Horns on the Horizon! From the bottom of my heart, thank you for choosing to spend part of your summer with us! The planning and preparation for this event has been years in the making and we have worked incredibly long and hard hours to ensure that you have the best experience possible. Now it’s time to have some fun!

None of what we will experience this week could have been possible without the dedication of the outstanding team that has helped me all along the way. I am proud to call each of them friends and colleagues. You will see them around the University Center for the Arts throughout the week. Please be sure to thank them for all they have done and continue to do! Without each of them, IHS56 and IHCA would not be possible.

These several days will be some of the most awe-inspiring that we as artists get to partake in all year. I am elated beyond measure at the line-up of Featured Artists! These are some of the finest performers you will hear. Some I have listened to and modeled own playing after for decades. Some are newer to the scene and bring so much energy and creative ability that I get goosebumps in anticipation! The Contributing Artists and Presenters are outstanding! The competitions, both IHCA and IHS events, will give us a glimpse at the up-and-coming performers in our field who will help shape the directions we head in for decades to come! I wish it were possible to attend every event and I’m sure you feel the same! So please attend as much as you possibly can, explore new ideas in performances, repertoire, and academic research.

It is also worth noting that the list of exhibitors here at IHS56 is top-notch! They come from all over the world and are here for us! Please make sure to spend a lot of time exploring what they have to offer, visit with them, learn about their products, and thank them for making the trip to IHS56. Between travel and shipping expenses, it can be difficult to turn a profit sometimes for exhibitors at events like this. So their dedication to us and our craft cannot be understated.

With as much as that will undoubtedly leave you exhausted, please leave some energy in reserve to meet, visit with, and get to know as many of our colleagues as you can, whether it’s in the UCA or at any number of outstanding restaurants and breweries that make Fort Collins famous! And don’t forget to explore some of the natural beauty that Colorado has to offer!

JOHN MCGUIRE

Associate Professor of Horn Music Program Head

School of Music, Theatre, and Dance

Colorado State University

The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance at Colorado State University is thrilled to welcome the 56th International Horn Symposium and the International Horn Competition of America to our beautiful University Center for the Arts. This year’s symposium is organized by an outstanding committee of life-long dedicated horn players, teachers, performing artists, and experienced administrative professionals, headed by Dr. John McGuire, Associate Professor of Horn and recently named Music Program Head here at CSU.

Hosting a major international event such as IHS56 and IHCA is in line with CSU’s mission, that of a land-grant institution designed to be of service to the community, whether that be on the local, state, national, or in this case, the international level. The faculty in the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance has a long and distinguished history for its high level of performance, teaching, and service. Their abilities on stage, in the classroom, and in the lives of our students have shaped and continue to shape tomorrow’s musical world.

In this rapidly changing world, CSU strives to be at the forefront of innovation and creation within the field of music, be it performance, education, music therapy, and so much more. Every hour of every day sees our students, faculty, and staff give their all to create a better musical landscape where everyone is represented, everyone is included, and everyone is given the opportunity to realize their goals and dreams. This is especially true for the CSU Horn Studio under Dr. McGuire.

Thank you all for attending this event. Through all the wonderful performances, masterclasses, lectures, and presentations, you will no doubt leave Fort Collins thoroughly inspired!

Have a wonderful IHS56!

DAN GOBLE

Chair

School of Music, Theatre, and Dance

Colorado State University

Dear colleagues and friends,

It is with great pleasure that on behalf of the Advisory Council of the International Horn Society I welcome all of you to IHS56!!!

It is always an incredible experience to be at an International Horn Symposium and I can’t wait to see and talk to as much of you as possible throughout this week.

With the International Horn Competition of America happening just before the Symposium, this year we had a wonderful opportunity to enjoy even more our travel to the biggest annual Horn event in the world.

Many thanks to John McGuire, the host, all his wonderful team, all the IHS56 featured and contributing artists, our exhibitors, the Colorado State University, the International Horn Competition of America leadership and staff, all the participants and everyone else who made possible these wonderful events and collaboration.

I always like to highlight in this kind of message how inspired and renewed I feel after attending these kind of events. And that’s what I wish for each of you, a great week that inspire you and renew your energy and mind to make and enjoy art the best way you can.

Do not hesitate to talk to anyone from the Advisory Council and IHS staff and tells us your ideas, thoughts or suggestions about our Association. Together, as a Horn community, we can do wonderful things!

Have a great week and looking forward to seeing you around!

All the best,

RADEGUNDIS FEITOSA

President, International Horn Society

Dear Horn Colleagues:

It is an honor and privilege to welcome you to the collaboration of the 2024 International Horn Competition of America with the 56th International Horn Society Symposium at Colorado State University!

The biennial International Horn Competition of America (IHCA) is a unique and distinctive event. Its goals are to advance the solo horn, and to provide a positive and safe experience for all competitors. The IHCA encourages competitors from all nationalities and schools of playing. The competition includes:

• Constructive written feedback from all judges for every performance

• Opportunities for non-finalists to discuss their performances privately with the judges

• Clinics by adjudicators

• Complimentary attendance for competitors at all performances and rounds

This year’s Competition judges share several of the eminent and renowned Featured Artists from IHS Symposium. This gives attendees at the IHCA and IHS an opportunity to experience modeling, playing, teaching and adjudication from some of the top figures in the worldwide horn community. It is truly a unique and first-time opportunity to combine both events.

While all players are encouraged regardless of results, the IHCA has a tradition of enabling promising careers and honoring established hornists. Previous international winners and finalists from years past include current or former members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera, Cleveland Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Empire Brass Quintet, Dorian Wind Quintet, faculty at the Eastman School, among others.

As was demonstrated in the most recent competition (August 2022), an increasing commitment to balanced representation, reflective of the entire international horn community, will be continued relative to the selection of judges and repertoire, while maintaining the highest professional standards. All board members, judges and staff members participating in IHCA events will undergo legal background checks.

We look forward to seeing you at the International Horn Competition of America. Please feel free to ask us, and all IHCA personnel, how we can help you benefit from our event.

Sincerely,

STEVEN GROSS Executive Director

ELIZABETH FREIMUTH Co-Director

IHS56 HORNS ON THE HORIZON ORGANIZATION

Host

John McGuire

Marketing and Social Media Coordinator, Website Designer

Amanda Myers

Exhibitor/Sponsor Coordinator

Christine Pelletier

Volunteer Coordinators

Copper Ferreira

Nicholas Gledhill

Artistic Committee

Nancy Joy

John McGuire

Susan McCollough

Christine Pelletier

David Smalley

Competitions

Lanette Compton-Lopez

Program Layout and Design

Mike Solo

IHS COMPETITION & SCHOLARSHIP

WINNERS/FINALISTS

Barry Tuckwell Award

Max Robichau

IHS Premier Soloist Competition Finalist

Harrison Bruner

IHS COUNCIL, COORDINATORS, & REPRESENTATIVES

IHS Officers

Radegundis Feitosa, President

J. Bernardo Silva, Vice-President

Johanna Lundy, Treasurer

Richard Todd, Secretary

IHS Advisory Council

Radegundis Feitosa, President

J. Bernardo Silva, Vice-President

Johanna Lundy, Treasurer

Richard Todd, Secretary

Lisa Bontrager

Emma Brown

Randy Gardner

Peter Luff

Monica Martinez

Kenneth Pope

Jeff Scott

Jennifer Sholtis

Michelle Stebleton

Margaret Tung

Lucca Zambonini

IHS Student Advisory Council

Isabella Gonzalez Diaz

Inman Hebert

Keilah Park

Cyrinthia Richards

Emily Riker

IHS STAFF

Allison DeMeulle, Executive Director

Myrddin Rees Davies, Assistant to the Executive Director

Jefferson Montiel, Social Media Coordinator

James Boldin, Publications Editor

Marilyn Bone Kloss, Assistant Editor

Heidi Lucas, Print Materials Reviews Editor

Lydia Van Dreel, Recordings Reviews

Brenda Luchsinger, News Editor

James Naigus, The Creative Hornist and Technique Tips Editor

Drew Phillips, The Creative Hornist and Technique Tips Editor

Ellie Jenkins, Cor Values

Matthew Haislip, Media Reviews

Lauren Antonielli, Student Corner

Erika Loke, Military Matters

Michelle Stebleton, Teacher Talk

Drew Phillips, Horn Tunes

Dan Phillips, Website Manager

Marilyn Bone Kloss, Website Editor

Kyle Hayes, HornZone Editor

Paul Austin, Advertising Agent

Mike Harcrow, Horn and More eNewsletter Editor

Coordinators

Nancy Joy, International Symposium Coordinator

Gina Gille, IHS Online Music Library Editor/Coordinator

Benjamin Lieser, Scholarship Program Coordinator

Brent Shires, Regional Workshop Coordinator

Randall Faust, Composition Contest Coordinator

Lin Baird, Thesis Lending Library Coordinator

Randall Faust, Meir Rimon Commissioning Assistance Fund

IHS VOLUNTEERS

Copper Ferreira, coordinator

Nick Gledhill, coordinator

Jacob Andersen

Erin Wilson

Rachel Richardson

Leah Dunphey

Zoe Huff

Makayla Morgan

Kia Young

Danielle Kramer

Jasmine Perry-Grice

Éditions Plamondon

—Mars Gelfo, Founder

WELCOME TO FORT COLLINS, COLORADO

EMERGENCY AND SAFETY

Fort Collins is often ranked as one of the safest and most family-friendly cities in Colorado. You will be perfectly safe taking our public bus system, Transfort, throughout the city and walking or biking through Old Town Fort Collins day or night.

For any non-emergency issue occurring on campus at Colorado State, please contact the CSU Police department at (970) 491-6425.

For any life-threatening emergency, please call or text 911.

LOCATION ADDRESSES AND MAPS

All events will take place in the University Center for the Arts at Colorado State University located at 1400 Remington St., Fort Collins, CO 80523

A map of all the venues in the University Center for the Arts can be found at the QR code to the left. The venues colored in blue are the primary music venues.

A general map of Colorado State University’s campus, including dorms, can be found at the QR code below.

The social event on Wednesday, July 31 will take place at the Agave Room located at 143 W. Mountain Ave. (just above the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant) from 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

INFORMATION DESK

We will have volunteers available to answer all your questions throughout the week. The information desk is located in the lobby in front of Griffin Concert Hall. The hours of operation will be 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. daily.

CELL PHONE USE AND AUDIO/VISUAL RECORDING POLICIES

Out of respect for the performers, lecturers, competitors and other artists presenting their work, we ask that all event attendees silence their cell phones while in attendance at any event. All audio and video recordings of any events presented this week are expressly prohibited. Please refrain from using flash photography during an event. Pictures taken without the flash are welcome as not to distract performers and presenters. Please feel free to post your best photos to the IHS56 Facebook and Instagram pages (IHS 56 & IHCA)

UCA MAP

CSU MAP

INTERNET ACCESS

Colorado State University offers free WiFi to visitors via the csu-visitor network. Scan the QR code to the left and follow the instructions under the heading “csu-visitor Registration”. Access to this network will be provided for one week, so you do not need to request access daily.

FOOD

The University Center for the Arts is close to a large variety of meal options within walking distance of the facility for quick meals between events. The document provided in the QR code to the left outlines just a few restaurants located within 1 mile of the venue.

TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING INFORMATION

A variety of transportation options are available for visitors to Fort Collins, including public transportation and traditional ride-sharing services, and even motorized scooters. Should you have your own vehicle in Fort Collins, be sure to read the information below regarding parking near the University Center for the Arts.

PARKING

Parking without a permit or a daily pass in any of the lots (designated Lot 625 and Lot 620) next to the University Center for the Arts is not allowed, and you will be ticketed. Enforcement of these lots occurs between 7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Parking is free after 4:00 p.m. on any day and on the weekends. Two-hour parking is available around the building on the street. The city polices this area regularly, and vehicles will be ticketed if they stay beyond the 2-hour limit. A limited number of spaces, facing the building, have unlimited parking for the day, but one should plan on arriving at the building around 7:00 a.m. to secure one of these spaces. Be sure you’re reading the signage for parking carefully!

The South College Parking Garage is located right across the street from the UCA where you can park for $2/hour, if needed. Additionally, daily permits can be purchased online (see QR code to the left) or at the Parking Services office, located at the Lake Street Garage at 1508 Center Avenue.

BUS-TRANSFORT

The Fort Collins bus system, Transfort, is a completely free and reliable way to travel throughout the city. The hours of operation vary by route, but generally run Monday through Saturday, from roughly 6:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Service is temporary suspended on Sundays. The CSU Transit Center is located at the Lory Student Center in the middle of campus and can be used to access many of the main bus routes. The Max Line is the best route to take to get you into downtown Fort Collins. You can find more schedules and information below about the local bus system.

WELCOME TO FORT COLLINS, COLORADO

RIDE-SHARING

The traditional ride-sharing services of Uber and Lyft are present throughout Fort Collins. Be aware that during some hours of the day, these services take a bit longer to respond. There are not local taxis available for regular usage.

E-BIKE AND E-SCOOTER RENTALS

The city of Fort Collins has partnered with the company Spin to provide e-bikes and e-scooters throughout the city. Bikes are a popular transportation option for visitors and locals alike, and Fort Collins is one of the most bike-friendly cities in Colorado. Most major roads have bike lanes for riders and bike trails abound through the city. Instructions for how to access these e-bikes and e-scooters are located to the left.

E-BIKE/E-SCOOTER

THINGS TO DO IN FORT COLLINS

A day in Fort Collins can be filled with things to do and see. Where else can you spend the morning hiking around Horsetooth Reservoir, the afternoon touring a brewery, and the evening listening to live music in an open-air amphitheater?

With a thriving arts scene, burgeoning craft culture, an amazing mix of outdoor recreation opportunities, and more, Fort Collins has something for everyone.

CRAFT BEER AND BREWERIES

Fort Collins produces 70% of the craft beer produced in the state of Colorado. Currently, the city is home to the most microbreweries in the state, over 20 craft breweries as a matter of fact, and each one has its own distinctive style. This includes New Belgium Brewing which is one of the world’s largest operations. If you are looking to get a taste of awardwinning lagers, pilsners and ales year-round, we suggest partaking in some brewery tours where you will be able to indulge yourself with a variety of taster trays.

There are numerous Fort Collins breweries located within close proximity to historic downtown, including industry leaders New Belgium and gold medal-winning Odell Brewing Company, all within walking and bicycling distance, giving you the ease of exploring all in one trip.

If you want to see the inner workings of the brewing process you can sign up to take brewery tours directly at Odell Brewing Company, New Belgium Brewing Company and Anheuser-Busch Brewery. Or, purchase a ticket for a guided craft beer experience with Magic Bus Tours or Beer and Bike Tours.

OLD TOWN, FORT COLLINS

WELCOME TO FORT COLLINS, COLORADO

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

Just a few of the breweries close to the University Center of the Arts include:

Prost Brewing Co. and Biergarten (0.3 miles away

Verboten Brewing (0.5 miles away)

Rally King (1.2 miles away)

Equinox Brewing (1.2 miles away)

Gilded Goat Brewing Co. (1.4 miles away)

Coopersmith’s Pub and Brewing (1.3 miles away)

Salt Road Brewing (1.3 miles away)

Hello Brew (1.5 miles away)

Sweetwater Brewing (2.0 miles away)

Odell Brewing Co. (1.8 miles away)

New Belgium Brewing Co. (1.8 miles away)

Fort Collins has big-city offerings with the amenities of a Colorado mountain town. Camping, fishing, hiking and exploring open space are all available while in Fort Collins. Lory State Park is an owned and operated park just west of Fort Collins and runs between Horsetooth Reservoir and the beautiful foothills. Enjoy over 26 miles of scenic hiking trails with varying terrain from rolling valleys to mountainous hillsides.

Water recreation is also popular here due to the many trails that connect to Horsetooth Reservoir. From these trails you can explore the bays and coves by kayak, paddleboard, or canoe. Horsetooth Reservoir contains over 6 miles of water used for boating, fishing, swimming, kayaking, paddleboarding, water skiing, or picnicking. Boat, kayak, and paddleboard rentals are available at the local marina or at What’s Sup on site at Horsetooth Reservoir.

DINING AND SHOPPING

Old Town Fort Collins has a delectable dining scene with a wide variety of fine and casual dining options. Come down to savor your next delicious meal! Ace Gillet’s Lounge and Supper Club and Sonny Lubcick’s Steakhouse are two fine-dining institutions in the city and both have an amazing signature drinks menu. Beau Jo’s Colorado Style Pizza is a must for a more casual dining experience-come experience your pie Colorado-style. Bistro Nautile and Phillipe French Bistro offer up a taste of France in Fort Collins. Below is a more extensive list of available dining options in Fort Collins.

Old Town is the perfect destination for shopping enthusiasts! Our streets and plazas are filled with an array of locally-owned boutiques, art-minded shops, and one-of-a-kind treasures that cater to visitors, tourists, and locals alike. You can discover various items, from souvenirs, household goods, thrifty finds, and novelties to fashionable clothing and accessories and so much more. Check out the link below to discover all the options available.

ODELL BREWING COMPANY

IHS56 EXHIBITORS

BOOMER A

Colorado Hornworks/D.R. Smalley Custom Horns

Conn Selmer, Inc.

Dieter Otto e.K.

Eastman/S.E. Shires Co./Laskey Mouthpieces/ Willson

Gebr. Alexander

Hans Hoyer

Houghton Horns LLC

Legacy Horn Experience

Lukas Horns

Patterson Hornworks

Paxman Musical Instruments Ltd

Phoenix Music Publications

Wichita Band Instrument Company, Inc.

BOOMER B

Horn Forensics

Marcus Bonna Cases

Pope Horns Inc.

Ricco Kuehn Horns

S.W. Lewis Orchestral Horns

RUNYAN

AlpenSong

Alphorn Institute

Balu Musik

Bored Horns

College Prep for Musicians

Cormont Music

High Range Magic

WaveFront Music Publishing

Yamaha Corporation of America ROOM 136

Éditions Plamondon

Faust Music / The Hornists’ Nest

Margaritas Accesorios

Mikulka Music

Mountain Peak Music

U.S. Army Band Recruiting

U.S. Marine Music Program

INTERNATIONAL HORN COMPETITION OF AMERICA

JULY 26-29, 2024 /

SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, JULY 27TH

8:00 a.m.- 9:00 p.m.

Organ Recital Hall

University Division Round 1

10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Griffin Concert Hall

Professional Division Round 1

IHCA Pianists

Yukino Miyake

Pascal Saloman

Er-Hsuan Li

Tim Burns

SUNDAY, JULY 28TH

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Organ Recital Hall

University Division Round 2

2:30-4:30 p.m.

Griffin Concert Hall

Professional Division Round 2

IHCA University Division Adjudicators

Travis Bennett

Annie Bosler

Anne-Marie Cherry

Lauren Hunt

Katie Johnson-Webb

Nick Kenney

Martin King

Benjamin Leiser

Larry Lowe

Brenda Luchsinger

Jean Martin-Williams

Eldon Matlick

Jordan Redd

Brent Shires

Christopher Smith

Michelle Stebleton

Richard Todd

Margaret Tung

MONDAY, JULY 29TH

1:30 p.m.

Griffin Concert Hall

University Division Final Round

3:00 p.m.

Griffin Concert Hall

Professional Division Final Round

IHCA Professional Division Adjudicators

Elizabeth Freimuth

Steven Gross

Haley Hoops

Cara Kizer

W. Peter Kurau

Karl Pituch

Lazlo Seeman

Leelanee Sterrett

Radovan Vlatkovic

Katy Woolley

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The iconic sound is back, ready for the 21st century.

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Embracing Carl Geyer’s timeless design.

11DN

Combining the best of Geyer- and Kruspewrap instruments.

FEATURED

CONN ARTIST

Dylan Skye Hart

Hollywood Horn

Recording Artist

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

MONDAY, JULY 29 TH

SESSION 1

8:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m. | Griffin Lobby

Registration

SESSION 2

9:30-10:30 a.m. | University Theatre

Amateur Horn Topics with Marilyn Bone Kloss and Christopher Brigham

Natural Horn with Thomas Hiebert

This session will begin with a presentation and discussion of 20-25 minutes followed by horn choir. Amateurs are invited to attend either or both parts. Chris Brigham will provide the horn choir repertoire and conduct.

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: The History of the Brass Quintet in America: Origins & Early History of the Brass Quintet in America 1930-1969

Rob Detjen

Following this presentation, participants will: 1) Recognize that the origins of the brass quintet developed primarily in the United States during the twentieth century. 2) Learn that three different categories of brass quintet ensembles develop during the 1950s & 1960s: Autonomous Brass Quintets, Symphony Brass Quintets, and Faculty Brass Quintets. 3) Have a better appreciation for the history of specific groups from each of the three categories of brass quintets and a family tree for each ensemble.

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: Functions of Musical Silence in Selected unaccompanied repertoire by Malcolm Arnold and Otto Ketting

Vivian Yu-Hsuan Chang

This project will explore the functions of musical silence in selected unaccompanied solo repertoire by Malcolm Arnold and Otto Ketting, and investigate how performers can use these silent moments to shape audiences’ musical experiences. Through a literature review, this research intends to provide a method of approaching silences in unaccompanied solo works by identifying the functions of notated silences and musical expectations. The outcomes of this research will offer suggestions on performance practices for the selected repertoire and create general guidelines for studying unaccompanied works targeting college- and advanced high school-level horn students.

SESSION 3

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Performance: IHS56 Opening Concert

Performers: University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music Horn Choir, Bernardo Silva, Johanna Lundy, Felix Kleiser, Richard Todd, Margaret Tung, Lisa Bontrager, John McGuire, Hornists from Colorado State University, IHS Advisory Council, IHCA Board of Advisors and Board of Directors

Sponsored by: Conn Selmer, Inc.

SESSION 4

12:00-1:00 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Masterclass: Leelanee Sterrett (Featured Artist)

Sponsored by: Colorado Hornworks/D.R. Smalley Custom Horns

SESSION 5

1:30-2:30 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Competition: International Horn Competition of America University Division Finals

1:30-2:30 p.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Performance: Contributing Artists Recital #1

Performers: McBain Brass, Tara Johnson, Jennifer Kummer, Ian Zook, Erika Loke, Cobalt Quartet

1:30-2:30 p.m. | University Theatre

Lecture: The Collaboration of Poetry and Music: Exploring Simon Sargon’s “A Clear Midnight”

Christian Bester

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) died more than 130 years ago. But poets today remain in an unremitting dialogue with the artist, sometimes praising his work, and sometimes challenging it. With the recent passing of the great Jewish-American composer Simon Sargon (1938-2022), this lecture recital serves to introduce Sargon’s compositional work to a wider audience and reflect on the radical impact of Whitman on American literature. With the atypical pairing for voice, horn, and piano, along with the technically challenging and prominent voice of the horn, Sargon’s A Clear Midnight offers performers a welcoming addition to consider for chamber recitals.

1:30-2:30 p.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: Mental

Yu-Hui Chuang (Featured Artist)

As a performer, Chuang discusses how he deals with mental struggles. He will share his personal experiences from various periods in his life and combine those with thoughts that have made (and continue to make) him stronger.

1:30-2:30 p.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: Get in Tune with Your Mind: Mindfulness for Horn Players

Kevin Mieschke

Join Dr. Kevin Miescke, a certified instructor in Mindfulness Based Wellness and Pedagogy, for a discussion on

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

mindfulness for horn players. Performing on the horn provides enough challenges without the complications of a frenzied mental state. Mindfulness offers ways to calm the mind and increase your ability to place your focus where you need it most. In this presentation you will learn the foundational practices of mindfulness, ways to incorporate mindfulness into your musical practice and performance, and how to navigate mistakes and setbacks in a more constructive way. You will leave with practical advice and a step-by-step guide to get started with your own mindfulness practice. Often, we attempt to adopt a calm state only when walking into a performance. This presentation will provide you will tools to incorporate mindfulness from your first notes in every practice session, all the way to the performance.

SESSION 6

3:00-4:00 p.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Performance: Contributing Artists’ Recital #2

Performers: Tyler H. Goodwin-Souffront, Allison Lyttle, Sean Yancer, Amy Laursen

3:00-4:00 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Competition: International Horn Competition of America Professional Division Finals

SESSION 7

4:30-5:30 p.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Special Guest Recital: Michael Thornton, Principal Horn-Colorado Symphony Orchestra and L.A. Chamber Orchestra

4:30-5:30 p.m. | University Theatre

Masterclass: Shanyse Strickland (Featured Artist)

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FEATURING SOLOS by Randall E. Faust, Andrew Sehmann, Judith Olson, Jeff Snedeker, among others

ETUDES & METHOD BOOKS by Randall Faust, Jeffrey Agrell, Marvin Howe, and Christopher Leuba

THE KAZIMIERZ MACHALA COLLECTION of Horn Solos and Chamber Music

HORN ENSEMBLE MUSIC

by Lowell Shaw, Thomas Jöstlein, Aaron Brask, Mike D’Ambrosio, and Randall Faust

4:30-5:30 p.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: Excerpt Preparation Beyond Practice, Pray, Repeat Martin Hackleman and Brett Hodge

The goal is to allow our inner Pavarotti/Callas to embody our horn playing. Bring the horn up to the level of the music instead of the music down to the level of the horn. We will eliminate many musical and technical problems traditionally encountered. Volunteers will be asked to participate and sing/ play along with Brett. This will involve taking an excerpt and dividing it into parts A and B, which each player first sings and conducts themselves. Then they trade parts and then do the same trading on the horn.

4:30-5:30 p.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: Building Your First Studio Tyler H. Goodwin-Souffront

This presentation gives first-time and long-time studio builders necessary and revamped tools in order to make their future programs prosper. This presentation will include information on social media materials, email etiquette to parents, directors and other area teachers, tax information and personal expenses, curriculum creation, and positive studio morale for K12 students and beyond.

SESSION 8

7:30 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Featured Artist Recital: Yu-Hui Chuang and Leelanee Sterrett

Sponsored by: College Prep for Musicians and Colorado Hornworks/D.R. Smalley Custom Horns

After-Hours (~20 minutes after the conclusion of the 7:30 p.m. concert) Griffin Concert Hall

Panel Discussion: Issues of Equity and Workplace Conditions

Panelists: Susan McCollough (moderator), Cara Kizer, Shanyse Strickland, Anneke Scott, Leelanee Sterrett, Katy Wooley, Lisa Ford

TUESDAY, JULY 30 TH

SESSION 1

8:00-9:00 a.m. | University Theatre

Warm-Up: With Amy Laursen

SESSION 2

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Competition: Octet Horn Ensemble Competition

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Lecture Performance: Music from the John Jacob Graas Collection Published by the IHS Online Music Sales

Jeffrey Snedeker

This presentation will help participants know more about the life and work of John Graas, jazz horn pioneer; be able to dip their toes safely into playing jazz on the horn; and know what works are available through the IHS Online Music Sales.

9:30-10:30 a.m. | University Theatre

Lecture: Amateur Horn Topics with Marilyn Kloss Bone and Christopher Brigham

Low Horn with Randy Gardner

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: Effortless Horn Playing: Learn How to Press the Easy Button Every Time You Play!

Jennifer Sholtis

Through the collaborative dance between air, aperture, teeth, and tongue (AATT), Jennifer Sholtis will help you transition

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

from effort to effortlessness and discover how to trust the horn to playing itself. Participants will learn to: 1. Experience the proper use of airstream. 2. Experience the movement of the aperture, teeth, and tongue throughout the range. 3. Experience how to play in a smooth, connected manner.

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: Demystifying the Embouchure: The What and How of Embouchure Anatomy

Jena Gardner

In the field of horn performance, and often the brass world at large, little is understood about the musculature function of the embouchure and its impact on efficient performance. In this presentation, Dr. Gardner will facilitate embouchure optimization for performers and educators through researchbacked, anatomy driven data. Explore more authentic, artistic performance and pursue fortified, long-term health through the information presented in this session.

9:30-11:00 a.m. | Classroom 240

Lecture: How to Choose a Horn (Extended session)

Bruce Roberts

This is a discussion of the horn auditioning process and the possible pitfalls and will include talk about acoustics, effective communication regarding color, response and feel of a horn. Roberts will also talk about how to make a comparison as objective as possible. The perspective would be that of a very competent player looking for a horn that will remedy the weaknesses of their current horn.

The second half of this presentation will be an actual audition of 4 different horns. These horns will be quite varied in color and response. Two players will perform behind a screen on opposite sides of the room on all 4 horns. These players would have different playing styles and preferences. Roberts will run this audition and ask the audience members to write down their observations. After all 8 permutations are done, we will discuss what was heard, what was revealing, what was not useful and why this process creates a better chance of finding a good fit for a new horn and player.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

SESSION 3

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Masterclass: Felix Kleiser (Featured Artist)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

1:30-2:30 p.m. | Classroom 158

Panel: A Discussion with Members of the Chromatic Brass Collective

Panelists: Johanna Lundy, Vivian Yu-Hsuan Chiang, Lanette Lopez-Compton, Aliyah Danielle, Elisha Johson, Dr. Monica Martinez, Shanyse Strickland

1:30 p.m. | Classroom 240

Competition: University Horn Quartet Competition

SESSION 6

3:00-4:00 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Featured Artist Recital: Felix Kleiser and Katy Woolley

Sponsored by: High Range Magic and Ricco Kuehn Horns

3:00-4:00 p.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Performance: Contributing Artists’ Recital #5

Performers: Scott Leger, Katie Johnson-Webb, Lauren Hunt, Zachary Cooper, Caiti Beth McKinney

3:00-4:00 p.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: Best Processes for Trying and Selecting a Mouthpiece to Use for Horn

Derek J. Wright

This presentation will convey the best processes for trying and selecting a mouthpiece to use for horn. It will accomplish this through a discussion of the anatomy of a mouthpiece, in which many common falsehoods and misconceptions about mouthpiece design will be challenged. Participants will be encouraged to think critically about the expectations they have for their equipment.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

3:00-4:00 p.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: The Art of Practice: To Be an Analog Thinker in a Digital World

Scott Schiffer Leger

This presentation will address how technology has impacted each new generation and the challenges of melding our ever- expanding digital world with the analog requirements of practicing the horn. There are 16 chapters in the series. Please visit richardtoddmusic.com for more information.

SESSION 7

4:30-5:30 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Masterclass: Katy Woolley (Featured Artist)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: Dreaming Backwards: An Innovative Look at the Pedagogical Ideas Inspired by the Iconic Hollywood Horn Sound

Kelly Misko

This presentation will explore the special timbre of the horn and its iconic use in Hollywood movies. Misko’s research draws heavily on the pedagogical insights of Vince DeRosa and explores new avenues of teaching through the study of horn writing in film scores.

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: Conducting Techniques for Horn Choirs

Stuart Ivey

Many Horn Choir directors have limited conducting training, usually from their undergraduate experience. This clinic is for educators with conducting responsibilities who spend a majority of their time teaching lessons and performing. This clinic will focus on topics that applied teachers do not often face before, during, and after a rehearsal and performance. Attention will be placed on programming, listening skills, and technical aspects of gesture. Most conductors also face the reality of an abbreviated rehearsal schedule and will benefit from ideas regarding reviewing rehearsal recordings and creating accountability for ensemble members.

SESSION 3

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Performance: Contributing Artists’ Recital #7

Performers: Patrick Smith, University of Alabama Horn Ensemble, Oklahoma State University Horn Ensemble

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Masterclass: Dylan Skye Hart (Featured Artist)

Sponsored by: Conn Selmer, Inc.

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | University Theatre

Lecture: How to Electrify the Horn Using and Electronic Practice Mute

James Currence

This presentation will be a primer to learning how to electrify the horn - using an electronic practice mute to hook up to a full pedalboard - what equipment is needed, how to do so.

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: A Comprehensive Approach to Achieving Your Horn-Playing Goals

Randy Gardner

Based on The Foundation chapter of Randy Gardner’s book titled Good Vibrations: Masterclasses for Brass Players, this presentation offers proven strategies to realize a hornist’s full potential and achieve their goals. Development of a superior musical mind, powerful practice techniques, time-savers that develop both musicianship and technique with the greatest possible simplicity in the least amount of time, empowering attitudes and approaches employed by elite athletes, valuable resources, and more are offered that build a solid foundation for personal success.

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: Natural Horn: Getting Started on the Right Foot (Hand). Learning Fundamental Techniques of the Natural Horn by Studying Saint-Saens’ Romance, op. 36

Sadie Glass

Join Sadie Glass in a natural horn bootcamp where participants work through one of Glass’ favorite hand horn pieces, the Saint-Saens Romance, Op. 36. This session is open to all abilities, whether you have played natural horn before or

not. Bring your horns (modern or natural) and be ready to experiment with right hand technique as we work through the tricky spots of the piece. You will walk away from this lecture feeling confident to nail your upcoming performance.

SESSION 4

12:00-1:00 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Masterclass: Anneke Scott (Featured Artist)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

3:00-4:00 p.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Performance: Contributing Artists’ Recital

Performers: The Academy Winds and Stellar Brass from the U.S. Air Force Academy Band

3:00-4:00 p.m. | University Theatre

Masterclass: Bernardo Silva

3:00-4:00 p.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: Hymns for Horn: Works by Naigus, Basler, Bennett, and Others

Travis Bennett

This session will give a survey of some great music for the horn based on hymns. Composer James Naigus will collaborate on this. Music discussed will include works by Naigus, Basler, Bennett, and others. We will show score samples, play recordings, and perform excerpts. We will discuss uses for these pieces in recital, church services, weddings, funerals, etc.

SESSION 7

4:30-5:30 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Performance: Contributing Artists’ Recital Performers: NuCorno

4:30-5:30 p.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Performance: Contributing Artists’ Recital #9

Performers: Benjamin Lieser, Mike Simpson, Sego Lily Horns

4:30-5:30 p.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: An Inquiry into the Efficacy of Animal Horns as Instructional Instruments for Young Learners of the Aerophone

Max Rosen

Contemporary methodologies in the instruction of aerophones vary by school of thought, but seldom involve historical context. This presentation is designed to highlight existing research on the earliest form of aerophone, (the hollowed or carved animal horn) and study whether such instruments could be beneficial in instructing learners of modern aerophones, including but not limited to the Horn. Establishing a solid foundational embouchure before transitioning to a modern instrument may eliminate some difficulty young students often find on contemporary aerophones.

5:00-7:30 p.m. | Agave Room at The Rio*

IHS56 Reception

*includes dinner and drinks, pre-purchased ticket holders only

SESSION 8

8:00 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Featured Artist Recital: Anneke Scott and Radovan Vlatkovic

Sponsored by: Bored Horns and Paxman Musical Instruments Ltd

After-Hours (~20 minutes after the conclusion of the 7:30 p.m. concert) Griffin Concert Hall

Randy Gardner Interviews Radovan Vlatkovic, Shanyse Strickland, Leelanee Sterrett, Dylan Skye Hart

Stop by the Yamaha booth to experience this modern refresh of the classic Kruspe horn.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 ST

SESSION 1

8:00-9:00 a.m. | University Theatre

Warm-Up: with Michelle Stebleton

SESSION 2

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Masterclass: Yu-Hui Chuang (Featured Artist)

Sponsored by: College Prep for Musicians

9:30-10:30 a.m. | University Theatre

Lecture: Amateur Horn Topics with Marilyn Kloss Bone and Christopher Brigham

Horn Choir Management with Arthur Adye

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: Eurico Carrapatoso’s Works for Horn

James Boldin

This presentation will provide background information on the Portuguese composer Eurico Carrapatoso (b. 1962), followed by a discussion of several of his works for horn, including: Sweet Rustica, Sete Melodias in Forma De Bruma, Duas porcelanas musicais, and Sete melodias em forma de bruma. Additional topics will include the composer’s overall style, writing for horn, and performance tips for the above works.

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: Just Breathe: Understanding and Overcoming

Performance Anxiety

Robert Palmer

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

This presentation focuses on the root causes of stage fright and performance anxiety from biological and psychological perspectives and provides insight and proven methods to overcome those issues. Designed for performers of all levels.

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Classroom 240

Lecture: The Solo and Chamber Music for Horn Written by 20th Century Hungarian Composer Frigyes Hidas

Brianna Volkman

This presentation will discuss the topic of Volkman’s research that she is currently completing for her Doctor of Musical Arts degree: the solo and chamber music for horn written by 20th century Hungarian composer, Frigyes Hidas. Even though they are not very well-known at this time, Volkman argues that his works are a substantial contribution to our repertoire and are worthy of study and performance by students and professional horn performers alike. After beginning the presentation with a brief biography of the composer, Volkman will introduce each of his pieces involving the horn, and discuss the specific contributions each pieces adds to our repertoire and will include resources on what recordings are available of each piece, as well as where sheet music can be purchased, if applicable.

SESSION 3

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Masterclass: Haley Hoops (Featured Artist)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | University Theatre

Masterclass: Lauren Hunt (Interlochen Center for the Arts)

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: Creative Use of Kopprasch Book 1

Martin King

Almost every horn player has studied Kopprasch Book 1, but most of us learn these etudes and then put the book away. In this lecture, Martin D. King discusses creative approaches to using Kopprasch Book 1 to develop new skills and continue to grow as a player.

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Classroom 240

Lecture: The Pedagogical and Musical Value of the Accompanied Etudes Found in the Early 19th-Century Horn Methods of Duvernoy, Domnich, and Dauprat

Thomas Hiebert

This presentation will draw attention to the pedagogical and musical value of the accompanied etudes found in the early-19th-century horn methods of Duvernoy, Domnich, and Dauprat. These etudes--written for horn with an accompanying bass line which is then realized for piano--have received surprisingly little attention to date. Their pedagogical value includes the necessity that (natural) hornists play in tune with the piano in creating musically-satisfying pieces, as well as in the systematic discussion of ornamentation that accompanies some of the etudes. Hiebert will discuss and perform selected examples on natural horn with piano parts that he has realized, performed by his pianist wife.

SESSION 4

12:00-1:00 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Masterclass: Radovan Vlatkovic (Featured Artist)

Sponsored by: Paxman Musical Instruments Ltd

12:00-1:00 p.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Competition: IHS Premier Soloist Competition

SESSION 5

1:30-2:30 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Featured Artist Recital: Dylan Skye Hart

Sponsored by: Conn Selmer, Inc.

1:30-2:30 p.m. | University Theatre

Lecture: Coping Strategies for Horn Players

Don Greene, Ph. D.

Whether you’re a student of the challenging instrument, auditioning hopeful musician or already a member of an orchestra, your chosen path involves lots of stress. That’s a given, so let’s explore practical ways for you to minimize the stress in your life and find happiness. My theory is that happy musicians sound better.

Dr. Don Greene has been fortunate to work with French horn players for more than 30 years. He was on the graduate faculty of The Juilliard School, the New World Symphony and Manhattan School of Music. He is the author of Audition Success, Performance Success, and Train Your Own Hero. You can contact him in Los Angeles at TrainYourOwnHero.com.

1:30-2:30 p.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: Performance Anxiety as a Form of CPTSD

Edward House

In this presentation we will explore the similarities of the development and symptoms in CPTSD and performance anxiety.

1:30-2:30 p.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: Establishing Guidelines for Achieving Optimal Individual Posture in Hornists

Dan Nebel

Presenting the results of the original research in Nebel’s recent dissertation “Establishing Guidelines for Achieving Optimal Individual Posture in Hornists” including the results of the Playing-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Horn Players Health Survey, Electromyography of the Low Back in Horn Players, and a hands-on experience for optimizing individuals’ posture based on the two studies.

SESSION 6

3:00-4:00 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Featured Artist Recital: Haley Hoops and Joshua Pantoja

Sponsored by: U.S. Marine Music Program and Ricco Kuehn Horns

3:00-4:00 p.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Performance: Contributing Artists’ Recital #11

Performers: Bernardo Silva, Andrew Pelletier, Brad Granville, Derek J. Wright, Brenda Luchsinger

3:00-4:00 p.m. | University Theatre

Masterclass: MSgt. Gerald Welker (U.S. Air Force Academy Band)

SESSION 7

4:30-5:30 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Performance: Contributing Artists’ Recital

Performers: NuCorno

4:30-5:30 p.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Performance: Contributing Artists’ Recital #12: The Music of Gina Gille

Performers: 956 Brass, Lanta Duo, James Boldin, Horns of Montana

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

4:30-5:30 p.m. | University Theatre

Lecture: Hermann Baumann and His “Last and Definitive Teacher,” the Natural Horn

Anneke Scott

Described as one of the “three giants” of horn playing in the twentieth century alongside Dennis Brain and Barry Tuckwell, it was Baumann’s success in winning first prize in the ARD Radio and Television Competition in Munich in 1964 that spring-boarded him from principal horn of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra on to one of the most significant solo and freelance careers. It was in the period after his success in Munich that Baumann first started to explore period instruments. Hella Baumann ascribes Hermann’s chance encounter with an alphorn whilst on holiday in Switzerland as the birth of her husband’s fascination with the instrument. Willi Aebi, an audience member at the competition in Munich and a collector of historical horns, encouraged Baumann to explore the older instruments who began to collect instruments himself. In this presentation Anneke will explore Baumann’s significant work with period instruments and the impact he had globally on generations of HIP horn players.

4:30-5:30 p.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: Microtonal Playing is Achievable by Hornists of All Ability Levels!

Michael Mikulka and Egeman Kesikli

This presentation by Michael Kerbeykian-Mikulka and Egemen Kesikli will demonstrate how microtones are produced on horn, provide a comprehensive quarter-tone fingering chart, explain the process of choosing an ideal fingering for each microtonal environment, introduce the basics of makam theory, discuss the seyir (course/path), and present diverse perspectives on the creation of melodies and the musical interpretation of microtones. Dr. Mikulka (horn) and Dr. Kesikli (voice and percussion) will illustrate each new concept by performing Turkish folk songs in an assortment of common microtonal makams.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

5:30-6:00 p.m. | University Theatre

Rehearsal: Mass Horn Choir Rehearsal

SESSION 8

7:30 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Hermann Baumann Tribute Concert

After-Hours (~20 minutes after the conclusion of the 7:30 p.m. concert) Griffin Concert Hall

Randy Gardner Interviews Yu-Hui Chuang, Katy Woolley, Haley Hoops, William Scharnberg

KENDALL

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 ND

SESSION 1

8:00 a.m. | University Theatre

Warm-up: With Joshua Pantoja (Featured Artist)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: Returning to the Music: A Panel Discussion on Surgery, Recovery, and Performing Again

Katy Ambrose, Caroline Steiger, Steven Cohen, and Alexis Szepanik

This panel discussion shares the experiences of four horn players who have faced medical issues and how they approached the challenge of returning to playing following their diagnoses and procedures.

9:30-10:30 a.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: Demystifying the High Horn

Mars Gelfo

Demystify high horn playing with these three little-discussed “secrets”. This session will cover the role of emotions & limiting beliefs as they impact neuromuscular functioning (and what to do about it), the mechanics & physics of high notes, and the accelerated learning approaches that work to create rapid improvement. Bring your horns! This is an experiential presentation where you will get to explore the range of motion of lips, tongue, air stream, and jaw, and most likely play some initial freaky high notes during our time together.

SESSION 3

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

Performance: The Brazilian Horn Ensemble

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Organ Recital Hall

Performance: Contributing Artists’ Recital #14

Performers: Dan Nebel, Juli Buxbaum, Caroline Steiger, Hanxuan Liang, Kristen Ronning

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | University Theatre

Lecture: A Tribute to Willie Ruff, His Life and Influence

Katy Ambrose

This tribute presentation will include video testimonials from Willie Ruff’s colleagues and students, a video presentation about his life and influence, including recordings of interviews and performances, and culminating in a live performance of Billy Strayhorn’s Suite for Horn and Piano which was written for Professor Ruff and his duo partner of over 50 years, Dwight Mitchell.

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Classroom 158

Lecture: Exploring the Book “Keys to Transposition”

Heidi Oros

This will be an interactive presentation that will cover the basics of transposition and will be based on the method used in the book “Keys to Transposition”. The participants will both learn how to transpose and how to teach transposition. Participants should bring their horns.

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Classroom 142

Lecture: The Vienna Horn: The Mystery and History of the Instrument

Eldon Matlick

This presentation will follow the transition of the natural horn to the valve horn, particularly with the development and description of the Viennese pumpen valve and how it was incorporated into Uhlmann’s natural horn design. A detailed explanation punctuated by video and audio clips will illustrate what differences are perceived between double horns and Vienna Horns. I will address the two primary designs of Vienna Horns and what differences there are between them.

Explanations will be given as to why we perceive these differences. Hopefully, attendees may see other applications in where reliance on the F side of our double horn in where this tone will be an asset.

12:30 p.m. | Griffin Concert Hall

IHS56 Closing Concert

Sponsored by: Paxman Musical Instruments Ltd

England’s Finest

IHS56 OPENING CONCERT

MONDAY, 11:00 A.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

Featuring Hornists from Colorado State University, The Advisory Council of The International Horn Society, The Advisory Board of the International Horn Competition of America

The IHS56 Opening Concert is made possible through the generous sponsorship of Conn-Selmer, Inc.

Egmont Overture, op. 84

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music Horn Ensemble

Margaret Tung, conductor

Horizon Fanfare

Randall Faust, conductor

Kevin Poelking (b. 1988)

Locus Iste

Anton Bruckner 1824-1896)

(Celebrating Bruckner’s 200th Birthday and also remembering those who have passed this last year)

Randy Gardner, conductor

Aircraft for Solo Horn João Gaspar (b. 1991)

Bernardo Silva, horn

Andante for Horn and Piano

Felix Klieser, horn

Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Scherzo (2020) for Horn and Piano

Johanna Lundy, horn

Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

Javier G. Compeán (b. 1978)

IHS56 OPENING CONCERT (CONT.)

Suite For The Duo

Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967)

I. First Movement

(In memory of Willie Ruff 1931-2023)

Richard Todd, horn

Juhyun Lee, piano

Imaginings for Horn and Piano Dorothy Gates (b. 1966)

Margaret Tung, horn

Juhyun Lee, piano

Quartetto no. 1

Quartetto no. 2 “Jeux”

Georges Barboteu (1924-2006)

Georges Barboteu

Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Georges Barboteu

Harambee for Horn Ensemble Paul Basler (b. 1963)

Margaret Tung and John McGuire, solo horns

Lisa Bontrager, Michelle Stebleton, Inman Hebert, horns

The Sounds of La Rapita Antoni Alburqeurque (b. 1969)

Randy Gardner, conductor

Portraits of the American West: Colorado Vistas

Randy Gardner, conductor

James A. Beckel (b. 1948)

Heroic Brew

Randall Faust, conductor

Mike D’Ambrosio (b. 1974)

IHS56 OPENING CONCERT (CONT.)

Fanfare for London

Randall Faust, conductor

Randall Faust (b. 1947)

Hornists from Colorado State University, The Advisory Council of The International Horn Society The Board of Advisors and Board of Directors of the International Horn Competition of America

Hornists from the Advisory Council: Allison DeMeulle, Bernardo Silva, Emma Brown, James Boldin, Jennifer Sholtis, Johanna Lundy, Inman Hebert, Ken Pope, Lisa Bontrager, Lucca Zambonini, Margaret Tung, Michelle Stebleton, Monica Martinez, Peter Luff, Radegundis Feitosa, Randy Gardner, Nancy Joy and Richard Todd

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 1

MONDAY, 1:30 P.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Horn Quartet No. 1 Gina Gillie

II. Adagio and Allegro

III. Andante

IV. Variations on Ichschness Mein Horn

Cobalt Quartet

Jena Gardner, Katie Johnson-Webb, Carolyn Steiger, Rose Valby

Conversations with Dominic Brian KM (b. 1992)

Universe Sketches Nicolas Fife (b. 1988)

I. Journey Across the Universe

II. The Milky Way

Erika Loke

Voices from Spoon River Mark Schultz (1957 – 2015)

I. Richard Bone and Cassius Hueffer

II. Mister and Misses Benjamin Pantier

III. Chase Henry and Judge Somers

IV. Margaret Fuller Slack and Lucinda Matlock

V. Penniwet, the Artist and Fiddler Jones

Tara Johnson & Jennifer Kummer, horns

Steve Kummer, piano

Conversations Paul Johnston (b. 1975)

Fantango Kevin McKee (b. 1980)

Suite for Horn, Trumpet, and Piano Paul Johnston (b. 1975)

I. With movement

II. Moderately

III. Andante

IV. Allegro vivace

Sonata No. 2, “Finnish”

McBain Brass

Katherine McBain, horn and Jeremy McBain, trumpet

Paul Johnston, piano

Ian Zook

Vitaly Buyanovsky (1928 – 1993)

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 2

MONDAY, 3:00 P.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Sonata for Two Horns Vitaly Buyanovsky (1928 – 1993)

I. Allegro

II. Andante Romantico

III. Allegro

Allison Lyttle and Ian Zook, horns

Sanctum Mica Redden (b. 1990)

Tyler H. Goodwin-Souffront

Hyeji Seo, piano

Crossing South Dakota Corrado Maria Sagliette (b. 1957)

I. Black Hills

II. Music of Sioux Falls

III. Drift Prairie in Winter

IV. Heron State Park

Brother Tiger

Amy Larson and Todd Cranson, horns

Hyeji Seo, piano

Elliot Bark (b. 1980)

Of Which we Dreamed not Before Caro Haxo (b. 1991)

The Saeron Trio

Sean

Yancer (horn), Misook Yun (soprano), Carolyn Ottmans (piano)

SPECIAL GUEST RECITAL

MONDAY, 4:30 P.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Michael Thornton

Suyeon Kim, piano

Sonata for Horn and Piano, “Empire”

I. Adagio Maestoso – Larghetto – Adagio Maestoso

II. Allegretto grazioso

III. Largo sostenuto e cantabile

IV. Allegro e molto agitato

H. Leslie Adams (b. 1932)

FEATURED ARTIST RECITAL

MONDAY, 7:30 P.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

Leelanee Sterrett and Yu Hui Chuang

Sponsored by: College Prep for Musicians and Colorado Hornworks/D.R. Smalley Custom Horns

Bagatelle Hermann Neuling (1897-1967)

Konzert E-Dur für Horn und Orchester (Murray C 50)

Antonio Rosetti (1750-1792)

Song of the flower drum of Fengyang Yuen Jen Chao (1892-1982)

Yu-Hui Chuang, horn

Li Ying-Han, piano

Pluie, larmes de la Terre Camille Pépin (b. 1990)

Two Latin Dances

VIII. Bossa Nova

II. Tango

Lauren Bernofsky (b. 1967)

Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 5 Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), arr. Libby Ando

IX. Allegro moderato

III. Allegro vivace e grazioso

Leelanee Sterrett, horn

Jooyeon Chang, piano

Crikey

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 3

TUESDAY, 11:00 A.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Catherin Likhuta (b. 1981)

Color Code Erika Raum (b. 1972)

I. A Clash of Gold and Silver

II. Shifting and Shimmering Shades of Violet and Gray

III. Champagne and Chocolate

Reflective Mettle

Anonim Trio

Martin King, horn | Kris Dickey, tuba | Yoon-Wha Roh, piano

Daniel Kelley (b. 1968)

Sherwood Legend

I. Swashbuckling Hero

Sonata Foty

I. Crisis

II. Shadows

III. Sentiments

IV. Resolve

Jennifer Kummer, horn

Steve Kummer, piano

Elizabeth Raum (b. 1945)

Katey Halbert, horn

Suyeon Kim, piano

David Sampson (b. 1951)

Sextet

Venus de Milo

Disc Jockey Jump

Devin Cobleigh-Morrison, horn

Suyeon Kim, piano

Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996)

Gerry Mulligan

These pieces are part of a recording titled “The Gerry Mulligan Songbook: Volume 1”, released on the World Pacific label in 1958. They were arranged for five saxophones and rhythm section by Bill Holman. Matt Shevrin has transcribed them for French horns. They are representative of the Cool Jazz style Mulligan was known for. Jazz French hornist John Graas was a frequent collaborator of his on several recordings as well. Special thanks to Franca Mulligan from his estate for granting permission to perform these works for this occasion. And thanks to Abram Mamet for acquiring the original scores and parts from the Library of Congress.

Matt Shevrin, Steve Shaughency, Mike Simpson, Jeffrey Snedeker and Patrick Smith, horns

Ryan Fourt, guitar | Jo Asker, bass | Shilo Stroman, drums

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 4

TUESDAY, 1:30 P.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Sonata for Horn and Piano, op. 21

I. Animato

III. Vivace

Sometimes After the Mist (2023)

Fluorescent Fandango

Reset

Emil Hlobil (1901-1987)

Peter Meechan (b. 1980)

Natalie Higgins, horn

Jon Bhatia, flugel horn | Juhyun Lee, piano

I. Discombobulated

II. Intimate

III. Recoup

Flutter

Symbiotic CuZn

Chris Hass (b. 1993)

Taki Salameh (b. 2004)

Gala Flagello (b. 1994)

Charles Norman Mason (b. 1955)

Duolupo

Katherine Lucena, horn and Bryan Polacek, tenor sax

The Bouquet Momoko Seko

I. Snapdragon

II. Forget Me Not

III. Foxglove

Concerto No. 4

III. Rondo

Honeydrop

Felicidade

Momo and Alvin

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Momoko Seko

Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927 – 1994)

FEATURED ARTIST RECITAL

TUESDAY, 3:00 P.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

Felix Klieser and Katy Woolley

Sponsored by: High Range Magic and Ricco Kuehn Horns

Adagio und Allegro Op. 70 for Horn and Piano

Villanelle for Horn and Piano

Four pieces for Horn and Piano

Sonata for Horn and Piano

Felix Kleiser, horn

Juhyun Lee, piano

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

Reinhold Glière (1875-1956)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano

Towards the End

I. In a time of confusion, disillusionment and irony

II. Under an ever dark sky, everyone walks alone

III. A poignant melancholy deep inside

Horn Trio

Corrado Maria Saglietti (b.1957)

Katy Woolley, horn

Jubal Fulks, violin | Jooyeon Chang, piano

Richard Bissill (b.1962)

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 5

TUESDAY 3:00 P.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Suite for Horn, Tuba, and Piano

Barbara York (1949 – 2020)

Dancing With Myself: Suite for Horn, Tuba, and Piano Barbara York (1949-2020)

I. Bohemian Evening

II. Tango

III. The Night Goes On

IV. Polka

V. Past Midnight

Caiti Beth McKinney, horn

Kevin Ildefonso, tuba

Suyeon Kim, piano

Rise Andrea Clearfield (b. 1960)

TBD-to be announced from the stage Aliyah Danielle (b. 1997)

Katie Johnson-Webb, horn

Kirstin Ihde, piano

6 Songs for Horn and Piano Cecille Chaminade (1857 – 1944)

I. Ronde D’Amour

II. Mots D’Amour

III. La Lune Paresseuse

IV. Villanelle

V. Fleur Jetee

VI. Sombrero

The Idol Mind

Scott Schiffer Leger, horn

Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

Lauren Hunt, horn

Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

Jeff Scott (b. 1967)

Zachary Cooper, horn

Music for Horn and Piano

Andra Mehmari (b. 1977)

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 6

TUESDAY 4:30 P.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Passages

Lullaby for Addie

Mirror Image

Michelle Stebleton and Lisa Bontrager, horns

Jooyeon Chang, piano

Gail Robertson (b. 1965)

James Naigus (b. 1987)

Dos Danzas

Paul Basler (b. 1963)

Michelle Stebleton, Lisa Bontrager, Benjamin Lieser, Carolyn Steiger-horns

Jooyeon Chang, piano

Chronos, Kaires III

Tarre Nelson, horn

Seung-Wan Oh (b. 1969)

Horn Concerto No. 1, op. 13

I. Allegro II. Andante III. Rondo

Gilbert Trevino, horn

Hyeji Seo, piano

Selections TBD from Original Compositions

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Erin Futterer

Tributo a Bach Dante Yenque (b. 1964)

Alexis Sczepanik, horn

Waltz

Desert Song

Victorija Pilatovic (arr. Aliyah Danielle)

Saje (arr. Aliyah Danielle)

Miaou Mathieu Fiset (arr. Jordyn Davis)

Stone or Lavendar Hiatus Kaiyote (arr. Jordyn Davis)

Through my Window Aliyah Danielle

Aliyah Danielle, Charity Morrison, Victor Prado, Mica Redden, horns

Isaac Wisdom, piano | Gabriel Santiago, guitar | Matt Smiley, bass | Timothy Robinson, drums

US AIR FORCE ACADEMY BAND

TUESDAY, 7:30 P.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

The United States Air Force Academy Band

Colonel Michael J. Willen, commander/conductor

Captain Michael P. Flynn, flight commander/associate conductor

Haley Hoops (Featured Artist, Sponsored by: U.S. Marine Music Program) and Radovan Vlatkovic (Featured Artist, Sponsored by: Paxman Musical Instruments Ltd)

Flourish for Wind Band Ralph Vaughan Williams

Fanfare from La Peri Paul Dukas

USAF Academy Band Brass

Horn Concerto Opus 8 Franz Strauss

Haley Hoops, soloist

American Overture Joseph Wilcox Jenkins

Phoenix Gregory Fritze

Radovan Vlatkovic, soloist

Shenandoah Frank Ticheli

Sea Dreams David Maslanka

III. Allegretto

MSgt Gerald Welker, TSgt Michael Hill, soloists

Symphonic Metamorphosis Paul Hindemith

IHS COMPOSITION CONCERT

WEDNESDAY, 9:30 A.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

The International Horn Society Composition Contest:

Decades of New Music for Hornists: A Heritage of New Music for the Horn

2016 The Final Battle Cry for Solo Horn

Johanna Lundy, horn

1985 Four Bagatelles for Horn and Piano

Lisa Bontrager, horn

Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

1999 NIGHT SONG for Horn and Piano

Richard Todd, horn

Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

Alexis Carrier

Michael Jacques

Andrew Boysen

2020 Legacy Concerto for Horn

Andrew Pelletier, horn

Jooyeon Chang, piano

1982 Suite for Eight Horns

Bernardo Silva, Johanna Lundy, Peter Luff, Michelle Stebleton, Monica Martinez, James Boldin, Allison DeMeulle, Randy Gardner

Aaron Jay Kernis

Gordon Ring

1981 Sextour-Mars 1981 Charles Deschamps

Lucca Zambonini, Monica Martinez, Peter Luff, Lisa Bontrager, Emma Brown, Randy Gardner, horns

1979 Horn Player’s Retreat and Pumping Song

David Stanhope

Richard Todd, Lucca Zambonini Bernardo Silva, Michelle Stebleton,Emma Brown, Jennifer Sholtis, Ken Pope, Randy Gardner, horns

HORN ENSEMBLE of The Advisory Council of The International Horn Society

Allison DeMeulle, Bernardo Silva, Emma Brown, James Boldin, Jennifer Sholtis, Johanna Lundy, Ken Pope, Lisa Bontrager, Lucca Zambonini, Michelle Stebleton, Monica Martinez, Peter Luff, Radegundis Feitosa, Randy Gardner, Richard Todd, horns

Randall Faust, Conductor

Guardian

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 7

WEDNESDAY 11:00 A.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

James Naigus (b. 1987)

Fanfare for Six

Old West Medley

Harvest Light

Hold the Line

Patrick Smith, horn

Joseph Cooper

A. Newman, J. Morris, & E. Bernstein arr. Steven Mahpar

James Naigus

David Paich (b. 1954) arr. Joseph T. Spaniola

Stick Together Emma Gregan (b. 1993)

Oklahoma State University Horns

Lanette López Compton, director

Katelynn Biggs, Katie Brook, Ben Eichenseer, Bella Eneff, Daniel Fair, Allison Ringler, Jackson Rowe, Nicholas Sewell, Cameron Taylor, Thomas Wilhelm, horns

Special Guests

Dr. Juli Buxbaum, OSU ‘14; Raquel Hernandez, OSU ‘22; Mary Monaghan, OSU ’19; Regan Pilgrim, OSU ‘21

Titanic Fantasy

Seven Bridges Road

Harvest Light

Horn Bluff

Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel**

My Home’s in Alabama**

James Horner (1953-2015) arr.Richard Bissill

Steve Young (1942-2016) arr. The Eagles

James Naigus

Alan Civil (1929-1989)

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) arr. Payne

Randy Owen (b. 1949) arr. Harrison Bruner

University of Alabama Horn Ensemble Skip Snead, director

**Joined by past graduates of the University of Alabama Horn Studio in attendance at IHS.

Harrison Bruner, Cam Bryant, Lindsey Coppel, Luke Cross, Alexander Chung, Inman Hebert, Emily Johns, Milton Johnson, Matt Meadows, Hope Moebes, Nathan Montpool, Ryan Ortakales, Jackson Shue, Tyler Winningham

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 8

WEDNESDAY 1:30 P.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

Cacophony Skylar Warren (b. 2003)

Three Miniatures for Horn Quartet, op 70

I. Fanfare

II. Romance

III. Dance

The Yale Quartet

Ricardo Matosinhos (b. 1982)

The Central Washington University Horn Ensemble

Jeffrey Snedeker, director

This program is a tribute to horn ensembles, featuring pieces of music that are identified with groups and composers who have contributed so much to the horn ensemble repertoire. The performance will be presented in Collage style, with the music performed continuously, including excerpts from the following pieces.

Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)

London Horn Sound

Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) arr. Martin

March, from Suite for Eight Horns (1952)

Los Angeles Horn Club

Kellen Schuetze, conductor

Frippery No. 2(1964)

Love for Robots (2017)

The Hornists Nest

William Forbes, conductor

Ronald LoPresti (1933-1985)

Lowell Shaw (b. 1930)

Emma Gregan (b. 1993)

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (1939) S. Linda (1909-1962)/G.D. Weiss (1921-2010) arr. Klaus Wallendorf

Berlin Philharmonic Horns

At Play on the Western Shore, from Legend of the Sleeping Bear (2002) Eric Ewazen (b. 1954)

International Horn Society

Hallelujah (1984)

Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) arr. Mark Drehmann

Genghis Barbie

NiNano Variations (2024)

commissioned by the CWU Horn Ensemble

Allegro con brio, from Quartet No. 1 (1987)

American Horn Quartet

Jiyoun Chung (b. 1982)

Kerry Turner (b. 1960)

Heptafunk for horn ensemble (2016)

Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves (1991)

Ricardo Matosinhos (b. 1982)

Michael Kamen (1943-2003) arr. Salomen/Wagendristel

Vienna Horn Sound

The Central Washington University Horn Ensemble is made up of university students, regardless of major, interested in playing the horn. Supported by the CWU Horn Club, the CWUHE performs 1-2 full concert programs per year, has released two CDs, and has been featured at numerous Northwest Horn Society workshops, Washington Music Educators Association conferences, and symposia of the International Horn Society. In 2018, the ensemble placed second in the IHS50 Ensemble competition at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. IHS56 marks the ninth time the ensemble has been invited to perform at an IHS international symposium. The CWUHE is grateful for the support it has received from many individuals and CWU resources to attend IHS56.

Central Washington University Horn Ensemble, Summer 2024

Alec Chinnery, senior, Performance

Alex Coon, freshman, Performance

William Forbes, senior, Performance

Beaumont Fry, senior, Music Education

Jordyn Gribble, freshman, Music Education

Eamon Hill, junior, Music Education

Allison Knaff, junior, Theatre Arts

Gabrielle Kosoff, senior, Music Education

Julia McConnachie, senior, Performance

Alex Morris, senior, Music Education

Kellen Schuetze, senior, Performance/Music Ed

Connor Schwarz, senior, Performance

Tori Seward, junior, Music Education

Jaeden Tellvik, freshman, Music Education

Emma Tranum, senior, Performance/Music Ed

Jeffrey Snedeker, director

Prince of Egypt Hans Zimmer

Cor Camerata (combined with Central Washington University Horn Ensemble)

FEATURED ARTIST RECITAL

WEDNESDAY 3:00 P.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

Kevin Newton and Shanyse Strickland

Sponsored by: Colorado Hornworks/D.R. Smalley Custom and Horns High Range Magic

This is My Horn

Shanyse Strickland (1991)

Didn’t Cha Know Cover

Shanyse Strickland, voice and horn

Kevin Newton, horn

Juhyun Lee, piano

Shanyse Strickland, horn

Spencer Zweifel, piano | Matt Smiley, bass | Shilo Stroman, drums

Erykah Badu (1971)

Trail of Tears

Lament

The Struggle

Hill Song

Kevin Newton, horn

Juhyun Lee, piano

Shanyse Strickland, horn

Shanyse Strickland, horn and voice

Kaylyn Shearer, oboe | Sally Murphy, cello | Jo Asker, bass

Blues and Variations for Monk

Kevin Newton, horn

Juhyun Lee, piano

Shanyse Strickland, horn

Matt Smiley, bass

Jeff Scott (1967)

Shanyse Strickland

Kevin Newton (1993)

David Amram (1930)

Hello Julius!

Black Girl

Warren Smith (1934) arr. by Shanyse Strickland

Shanyse Strickland, Kevin Newton, Don Parker, Steven Schaughncey, horn

Spencer Zweifel, piano | Matt Smiley, Bass | Shilo Stroman, drums

Jordyn Davis (1992)

Shanyse Strickland, horn

Spencer Zweifel, keyboard | Audrey Matusz, media

Startin’ Sumthin’

US AIR FORCE ACADEMY

WEDNESDAY, 3:00 P.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Academy Winds and Stellar Brass

Jeff Scott

Serenade, “At spille i skoven” Jorgen Jersild

I. Giocoso

II. Andantino Pastorale III.Vivo

Academy Winds

Technical Sergeant Wonpyo Lee, flute TSgt Michael Johnson, oboe

Master Sergeant Robert Vitale, clarinet Master Sergeant Gerald Welker, horn

Technical Sergeant Christopher Jackson, bassoon Technical Sergeant Kathryn Yuill, percussion

Trompeten-Sextett, op. 30 Oskar Bohme

I. Adagio ma non tanto-Allegro molto

II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

III. Andante cantabile

IV. Allegro con spirito

Beale St. Blues

W.C. Handy, arr. Henderson

Stellar Brass

TSgt Jack Kurtz, trumpet; TSgt Benjamin Paille, trumpet; TSgt Ryan Spencer, trumpet; TSgt Joseph Hudson, trombone; TSgt Dillon Jefferies, tuba; TSgt Kathryn Yuill, percussion

NU CORNO: MAHLER 4

WEDNESDAY, 4:30 P.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

The NU CORNO Ensemble

Steven Cohen, founder and artistic director

Alexander Shuhan, Ethan Dulsky, and Steven Cohen, conductors

Franziska Gottwald, mezzo-soprano

Prelude in E-flat major, “St. Anne”

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

BWV 552 (1735-1739/2024 arr. Devin Cobleigh-Morrison (b. 1991)

Arrangement World Premiere

La Cathédrale (2020/2023) Madeline Lee (b. 1994)

IHS Premiere

Tresillo Colorado (2024) Meredith Moore (b. 1985)

World Premiere

Picturesque (2023) Jacob White (b. 1996)

I. Serene Prairie

II. Wild Beyond

IHS Premiere

Symphony No. 4 (1899-1900/2024) Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) arr. Ethan James Dulsky (b. 1962)

IV. Sehr behaglich

Franziska Gottwald, mezzo-soprano

Arrangement World Premiere

NU CORNO Roster:

Cara Kizer, Devin Cobleigh-Morrison, Heather Test, Ian Zook, Jena Gardner, John McGuire, Juli Buxbaum

Kate Prichett, Katey Halbert, Lanette Lopez Compton, Melanie Kjellsen, Nancy Joy, Nicholas Kenney

Peter Luff, Peter Kurau, Steven Cohen, Steven Schaughency

COLLEGE CORNO Roster: Allison Ringler, Brianna Volkmann, Brooklynne McGonagle, Harrison Bruner, Jordan Pavelka, Lauren Zygmont, Megan Kraus, Michael Coleman

Mahler Musicians: Dawn Kramer, trumpet | Michael Bucalo, cornet | Michael Dunn tuba | Eric Hollenbeck, timp/sus. cymbal

Valerie Smalley, sleigh bells | Leo Canale, triangle/sus. cymbal | Rachel Ellins harp

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 9

WEDNESDAY, 4:30 P.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Horn Quartet No. 1

Scattered

An Empty House

Spencer Sanders

Owen Gunnell

Skyler Stander

Des Vu Zach Davies

Exultant

Mountain Calls

Rylie Pence

Ethan Williams

Heroic Joshua Bly

Sego Lily, horns

Suite for the Duo

Mike Simpson and Becky Griswald, horns

Three Folk Hymn Songs (2024)

1. My Shepherd Will Supply My Need

2. Dunlap’s Creek

3. Wild Mountain Thyme

Benjamin Lieser, horn

Jooyeon Chang, piano

Metamorphosis (2023) for horn and fixed media

Benjamin Lieser, horn

Billy Strayhorn (1915 – 1967)

Islas (b. 1966)

Drew Phillips (b. 1989)

Tara

FEATURED ARTIST RECITAL

WEDNESDAY 8:00 P.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

Radovan Vlatkovic and Anneke Scott

Sponsored by: Paxman Musical Instruments Ltd and Bored Horns

Romance in E, Op. 67 Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Movements for Natural Horn and Piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) taken from Mozart Sonatas for Violin arr. Robert Percival

I. from Sonate in F K376 (Vienna, 1781)

III. from Sonate in E minor K304 (Paris, 1778)

VI. from Sonate in E-flat K380 (Vienna, 1781)

Romance de Bianca e Fernando de Bellini

Jacques-François Gallay (1795-1864)

Duo Concertant pour piano et cor Giovanni Tadolini (1789-1872 )arr. G. Calegari

I. Allegro deciso

II. Larghetto

III. Allegretto brillante

Anneke Scott, horn

Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

Seven Sketches for Horn and Piano (1965)

24 Hours in a Life of a Horn Player (2014)

Rudolf Matz (1901-1988)

Alfi Kabiljo (b. 1935)

Suite for Horn and Piano (1960) Alec Wilder (1907-1980)

Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

Hyeji Seo, piano

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 10

THURSDAY 11:00 A.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Sonata for Horn and Piano

David Temperley

W. Peter Kurau

Chiao-Wen Cheng, piano

David Temperley is a professor of music theory at Eastman. The composer writes: My Sonata for Horn and Piano was commissioned by Peter Kurau and written in 2019. I was very honored when Peter invited me to write the piece and delighted when he recruited Chiao-Wen to accompany him. The piece reflects my usual approach to composition: incorporating rock and pop elements—harmonic, melodic, rhythmic—into an essentially classical / Romantic language. In the first movement, the syncopations and bluesy melodic gestures of rock will be readily apparent. In the second (slow) movement, the rock influence lies largely in the way the melody sometimes moves rather freely against the harmonic accompaniment. The third movement features a rhythmic pattern called the “Scotch snap”—a short-long pattern, with the short note on the beat; it has roots in Scottish and English music (as the name suggests) but appears a lot in modern popular music as well. You can hear more of my music at davidtemperley.com.

Delicioso Hongo

Rhapsody for Oboe, Horn, and Piano

Amity Trio, Michael Walker

Matthew Haislip, horn

Francisco Cortes Alvarez (b. 1983)

Jessica Haislip, oboe | Jooyeon Chang, piano

Matthew Haislip (b. 1985)

False Awakenings

Jeb Wallace, horn

Jacy Pedersen

Scherzo

Cynthia Lee Wong (b. 1982)

Emily Britton

Jooyeon Chang, piano

TBD Davidson

Romance

Echoes of Abysses

Sonata for Horn and Piano

Robert Palmer, horn

Jooyeon Chang, piano

Yi-Hsun Tang

Suyeon Kim, piano

Gina Gillie (b. 1981)

Robert Palmer

Chang-An Chen

FEATURED ARTIST RECITAL

THURSDAY 1:30 P.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

A Cinematic Celebration

Dylan Skye Hart, horn

Sponsored by: Conn Selmer, Inc.

Castel del Monte Nino Rota (b. 1911)

Hyeji Seo, piano

Colores de México

I. El Coyote (The Coyote)

II. La Culebra (The Rattlesnake)

III. El Rio (The River)

Sonata for horn and piano

Cat and Mouse

Saga for horn and tape

Bruce Broughton, pianist

Hyeji Seo, piano

Maria Newman (b. 1962)

Bruce Broughton (b. 1945)

Adrian Hallam (b. 1973)

James Naigus (b. 1987)

A Cinematic Celebration

Hyeji Seo, piano

Vincent Oppido (b. 1986)

FEATURED ARTIST RECITAL

THURSDAY 3:00 P.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

Haley Hoops and Joshua Pantoja, horn

Sponsored by: U.S. Marine Music Program and Ricco Kuehn Horns

Sonata for Horn and Piano Jane Vignery (1913-1974)

Elegie for Horn and Piano Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Berceuse for Horn and Piano Jean-Michel Damase (1928-2013)

Suyeon Kim, piano

INTERMISSION

Oblivion Astor Piazzola (1921-1992) arr. Enrique Faure

Joshua Pantoja, horn

Suyeon Kim, piano

Jazz standards with rhythm section:

Blue Bossa Kenny Dorham (1924-1972)

Manha de Carnaval Luiz Bonfá (1922-2001)

All of Me Gerald Marks (1900-1997) / Seymour Simons (1896-1949) Autumn Leaves Joseph Kosma (1905-1969)

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Louis “Louiguy” Guglielmi (1916-1991)

Solar Miles Davis (1926-1991)

Blue Monk Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 11

THURSDAY 3:00 P.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Horn Sonata

Songs of Liberty

Bernardo Silva, horn

Juhyun Lee, piano

Andrew Pelletier, horn

Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

A Sephardic Celebration for two horns

Andrew Pelletier and Bernardo Silva, horns

Anthony Plog (b. 1947)

Randall E. Faust (b. 1947)

Intrada for 2 horns in F

Bernardo Silva and Andrew Pelletier, horns

Concerto for Horn, Winds, and Percussion

III. Vivo

Rhumba Pembeni

Derek J Wright, horn

Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

Brenda Luchsinger, horn

Hyeji Seo, piano

Secret Winter

A Set of Three Songs

I. Bayou Home

II. If You Should Go

III. Song For The Lonely

Leslie Bell, horn

Hyeji Seo, piano

Brad Granville, horn

Hyeji Seo, piano

Samuel Adler (b. 1928)

Sergio Azevedo (b. 1968)

Kazimierz Machala (b. 1948)

Shaka Marko (b. 2000)

Amir Zaheri (b. 1979)

William Grant Still (1895-1978)

NU CORNO: THE PLANETS

THURSDAY, 4:30 P.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

The NU CORNO Ensemble presents “NU CORNO Conical Tubes and Friends”

Steven Cohen, Founder and Artistic Director

Ethan James Dulsky, Conductor

The Planets, Op. 32 (1914-1917/2022-2024)

I. Mars, the Bringer of War

II. Venus, Bringer of Peace

III. Mercury, The Winged Messenger

IV. Jupiter, Bringer of Jolity

V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

VI. Uranus, the Magician

VII. Neptune, the Mystic

Horns:

Alexander Shuhan

Anne-Marie Cherry

Caroline Steiger

Jeb Wallace

Jeffrey Snedeker

Katey Halbert

Leelanee Sterrett

Lisa Ford

Steven Cohen

Steven Schaughency

Trumpets:

Ian Sawyer

Dawn Kramer

Michael Bucalo

Michael Hengst

NU CORNO Roster:

Gustav Holst (1874-1934) arr. Ethan James Dulsky (b. 1962)

Tubas: Michael Dunn

Adam Snider

Timpani & Percussion: Eric Hollenbeck

Valerie Smalley

Leo Canale

Matt Hauser

Celeste:

Tim Burns

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 12

THURSDAY, 4:30 P.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Trio for Brass Gina Gillie (b. 1981)

I. Fanfare and Chorale

II. Lament III. Tango

956 Brass

Monica Martinez, William Haugeberg, Alexander Sanso

The Great Migration Gina Gillie

Scraps from a Bad Man’s Diary

Scene I. Scene III. Puppy Dogs

Catherine Likhuta (b. 1981)

Lanta Duo

Juhyun Lee, piano

Escapade for horn and piano Gina Gillie

James Boldin, horn Justin Havard, piano

Big Baldy

Vivian Li Shifting Leaves Austin Whisler

Mountain Ascent Gina Gillie (b. 1981)

Horns of Montana, Elizabeth Schmidt

HERMANN BAUMANN TRIBUTE CONCERT

THURSDAY, 7:30 P.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

Elegie

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Yu-Hui Chuang, horn Li Ying-Han, piano

Nocturno Franz Strauss (1822-1905)

Joshua Pantoja, horn

Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

Sonata no.1 “Sonata Hermann Baumann” Vitaly Buyanovsky (1928-1993)

Katy Woolley, horn

Elegie Alexander Glazunow (1865-1936)

Bernardo Silva, horn Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

Pro Memoria (2024) Kerry Turner (b. 1960)

The NU CORNO Ensemble

Steven Cohen, founder and artistic director Alexander Shuhan, conductor

Elegia Hermann Baumann (1934-2023)

Anneke Scott, horn

“Jagdstück” for two Horns and piano Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)

Radovan Vlatkovic and Max Santos, horns Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

Time & Space

Dylan Hart, Katy Woolley, horns Hsin-Hsuan Lin, piano

Richard Bissill (b. 1959)

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 13

FRIDAY, 9:30 A.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

To the Seasons Gina Gille

I. Summer II. Autumn

Marie Smith, horn

Lydia Bechtel, soprano

Suyeon Kim, piano

University of the Pacific Horn Ensemble, Sadie Glass

(b. 1981)

Fanfare 52

Douglas Hill (b. 1946)

Greenbay Horns, Kelly Haselhuhn

Evresi Filou

Wayne Ellis (b. 2000)

Andrea Denis, horn

Rising Hope Megan Vinther (b. 1980)

Ave Maria

Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882 – 1943) arr. by Marie A. Douglas (b. 1987)

Canticle and Flourish

James Naigus (b. 1989)

Forró Brasil

BRAZILIAN HORN ENSEMBLE

FRIDAY 11:00 A.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

The Brazilian Horn Ensemble is sponsored by the generosity of Marcus Bonna

Hermeto Pascoal arr. Victor Prado

Baden Powell Suite arr. Victor Prado

Brejeiro

Música das Nuvens e do Chão

Apanhei-te Cavaquinho

Ernesto Nazareth arr. Victor Prado

Hermeto Pascoal arr. Victor Prado

Ernesto Nazareth arr. Victor Prado

Bebê Hermeto Pascoal arr. Tiago Carneiro

Frevo Suite Various composers arr. Radegundis Feitosa

Isabelle Menegasse, Lucca Zambonini, Marcelo das Virgens, Paula Guimarães, Radegundis Feitosa and Victor Prado, horns

Cleber Campos, percussion/drum set

CONTRIBUTING ARTIST RECITAL 14

FRIDAY 11:00 A.M. | ORGAN RECITAL HALL

Missa Muta op. 55

I. Miserere

II. Gratias Agimus

III. Suscipe

IV. In Mei Memoriam V. Ite

Serenade

Bernard Krol (1920-2013)

Craig Phillips (b. 1961)

Concertino no. 2

I. Andante

II. Valsa

III. Frevo

Song without Words for Horn and Piano

I. Prelude II. Scherzetto III. Berceuse

Dan Nebel, horn

Joseph Galema, organ

Jose Ursicino da Silva (Duda) (b. 1935)

Juli Buxbaum, horn

Hyeji Seo, piano

Michael Ippolito (b. 1985)

Caroline Steiger

Hyeji Seo, piano

Poem for Horn and Piano

Lied Ohne Worte, op. 2

Hanxuan Liang

Suyeon Kim, piano

Odyssey for horn, trombone and fixed media

PFT Duo, Kristen Ronning, Martin Gelwasser

Boris Anisimov (1907-1997)

Oscar Franz (1843-1886)

James Naigus (b. 1989)

IHS56 CLOSING CONCERT

FRIDAY, 1:00 P.M. | GRIFFIN CONCERT HALL

The IHS56 Closing Concert is made possible through the generosity of Paxman Musical Instruments Ltd

Spicey Groove

Performances by competition winners (to be announced from the stage)

Shanyse Strickland

Shanyse Strickland, horn

The Campbell Fanfare (2006)

A Centennial Celebration tribute to Douglas Campbell (I.H.S. Medal of Honor and Punto Award Recipient)

Thomas Jöstlein

*Achieved is the Glorious Work from The Creation Franz Joseph Haydn- Arr. Lowell E. Shaw (A tribute to Roger Collins of Laramie, Wyoming; Greeley and Denver, Colorado; and Macomb, Illinois)

*O Rest in the Lord from Elijah Felix Mendelssohn-Arr. Lowell E. Shaw

*Frippery No. 19 Lowell E. Shaw

(A tribute to Lowell “Spike” Shaw-Honorary Member and Punto Award Recipient.)

IHS56 FEATURED ARTISTS

RADOVAN VLATKOVIĆ

One of the leading instrumentalists of his generation, Radovan Vlatković has travelled the globe performing extensively as a soloist and popularising the horn as recording artist and teacher.

Born in Zagreb in 1962 he completed his studies with Professor Prerad Detiček at the Zagreb Academy of Music and Professor Michael Höltzel at the Music Academy in Detmold, Germany. Radovan Vlatković is the recipient of many first prizes in national and international competitions, including the Premio Ancona in 1979 and the ARD Competition in Munich in 1983 – the first to be awarded to a horn player for fourteen years. This led to numerous invitations to music festivals throughout Europe including Salzburg, Vienna, Edinburgh and Dubrovnik to name but a few, the Americas, Australia, Israel, Korea as well as regular appearances in Japan.

From 1982 until 1990 he served as Principal Horn with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin (now Deutsches Symphonie Orchester) under Maestros Riccardo Chailly and Vladimir Ashkenazy. From 1992 to 1998 he held the post of Horn Professor at the Stuttgart Musikhochschule. 1998 he became Horn Professor at the renowned Mozarteum in Salzburg. Since 2000 he holds the Horn Chair “Canon” at the “Queen Sofia” School in Madrid.

Radovan Vlatković has appeared as soloist with many distinguished symphony and chamber orchestras including the Bavarian Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Munich Chamber Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Mozarteum Orchestra, Camerata Academica Salzburg, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Santa

Cecilia Orchestra Rome, Rotterdam Philharmonie, the orchestras of Berne, Basel and Zürich, the Lyon and Strassbourg Orchestras, NHK Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan and Yomiuri Orchestra, Adelaide and Melbourne Orchestras.

From 2000 – 2003 he has been Artistic Director of the September Chamber Music Festival in Maribor, Slovenia. He regularly performs with András Schiff, Heinz Holliger, Elmar Schmid and Klaus Thunemann. Very much in demand as chamber musician he has performed at Gidon Kremer’s Lockenhaus, Svyatoslav Richter’s December Evenings in Moscow, Oleg Kagan and Natalia Gutman’s Kreuth, Rudolf Serkin’s Marlboro, András Schiff’s Mondsee, Vicenza and Ittingen Festivals as well as Kuhmo, Prussia Cove and Casals Festival in Prades.

Radovan Vlatković has participated in first performances of works by Elliott Carter, Sofia Gubaidulina, Heinz Holliger and several Croatian composers who have written concertos for him. In May 2008 he premiered the Horn Concerto written for him by Krzysztof Penderecki together with the Bremen Philharmonic and the composer conducting. There were further performances in Japan, Taiwan as well as in Poland for the occasion of the composers seventy-fifth birthday. Further performances are scheduled for Germany, Spain, Italy and Croatia as well as a performance in the Berlin Philharmonic Hall with his former Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester under Vladimir Ashkenazy. In the season 2008/09 Vlatkovic continued his activity as “artistin-Residence” with the Verdi Orchestra in Milano.

Radovan Vlatković has received the German Critics Award for several of his discs. His numerous recordings include Mozart and Strauss Concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra and Jeffrey Tate, works by SaintSaens with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and JeanJacques Kantorow, the Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings with Neil Jenkins and the Oriol Ensemble in Berlin, Concertos for two horns by Leopold Mozart and Fasch with Herrmann Baumann and Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields and Iona Brown. More recordings including chamber music have been issued by EMI, DECCA, Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, Teldec, Dabringhaus & Grimm and Denon labels.

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In 2014 Vlatković was awarded an Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon RAM), an honour bestowed upon only 300 distinguished musicians worldwide.

Radovan Vlatković plays a full double horn Model 20 M by Paxman of London. Radovan Vlatković’s particpation in IHS56 is generously sponsored by Paxman Musical Instruments, Ltd.

LEELANEE STERRETT

Leelanee Sterrett is Third Horn of the New York Philharmonic and joined the orchestra in 2013. In recent seasons, Ms. Sterrett has made solo appearances at Carnegie Hall, several International Horn Symposia, and has presented recitals and masterclasses around the United States. She has performed as guest principal horn with the London and Detroit symphony orchestras and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and was a member of the 2022 National Brass Ensemble. An advocate for works by women composers, she can be heard on the world-premiere recording of Fernande BreihlDecruck’s Poëme Héroïque for trumpet, horn, and orchestra.

Ms. Sterrett grew up in a musically enthusiastic and supportive family in Michigan and attended Interlochen Arts Academy. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a master’s degree from the Yale School of Music. Her primary teachers include William Purvis, Douglas Hill, and Julie Schleif. She is a past prizewinner in the International Horn Competition of America and the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Program. She now serves on the horn faculties of New York University and Rutgers University. Among her proudest accomplishments is completing the New York City Marathon twice.

Leelanee Sterrett’s participation in IHS56 is generously sponsored by Colorado Hornworks/D.R. Smalley Custom Horns.

FELIX KLIESER

Felix Klieser is an exceptional artist in several aspects. At the age of 5, he took his first horn lessons at the age of 13 he enrolled as a junior student at the University of Music and Theater in Hannover in 2014, he received the ECHO Klassik as Young Artist of the Year as well as the Music Award of the Association of German Concert Directors. In the same year, Patmos Verlag published his life story “Footnotes – A horn player without arms conquers the World”. In 2016 he received the prestigious Leonard Bernstein Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.

In the summer of 2022, he played his debut at the Ravenna Festival at the invitation of Maestro Riccardo Muti.

He concluded his two-year residency with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with a stunning debut at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in the summer of 2023. The concert was broadcast live on both radio and television.

Highlights from Felix Klieser’s programme for the 2023/2024 season include his debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. He will also appear for the first time with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada, conducted by Alexander Shelley. Another debut awaits him with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the baton of John Butt. Furthermore, Felix Klieser will perform in renowned concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the Cologne Philharmonie and the Vienna Konzerthaus.

In the field of chamber music, he is about to embark on an extensive tour in which he will present his septet programme together with renowned musicians such as Sebastian Manz (clarinet), Dag Jensen (bassoon), Franziska Hölscher (violin), Wen-Xiao Zheng (viola), Lionel Martin (violoncello) and Dominik Wagner (double bass). This tour will take them to Innsbruck and Munich, among other places.

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Felix Klieser will also return to established stages, including the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra as well as the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra, where he will perform the work “Soundscape” by Rolf Martinsson, which is dedicated to him. After many years, the horn player is once again working with the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn and will return to Turkey for a concert where he will perform for the first time with the Antalya State Symphony Orchestra.

Felix Klieser’s participation in IHS56 is graciously sponsored by High Range Magic.

KATY WOOLLEY

Born in Devon, South West England in 1989, Katy Woolley was appointed Solo Horn of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2019 and is considered one of the most exciting horn players of her generation. She studied as a scholar at the Royal College of Music in London with Simon Rayner and at Berlin’s Universität der Künste with Christian Friedrich Dallmann. Upon graduation Katy was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal by the HRH The Prince of Wales for best female leaver.

Katy’s first orchestral position was won during her studies as the third horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra, London, under Esa Pekka Salonen and she became the first female brass player in the orchetra’s 75 year history. At the age of twenty-two, Katy was appointed Principal Horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra. This appointment led to her spreading her soloistic wings as she performed works by Mozart, Strauss and Britten, as well as premiering Tansy Davies’ ‘Forest’ Concerto for four horns with the Philharmonia and New York Philharmonic Orchestras.

On joining the Concertgebouworkest, Katy dived into the world of chamber music and has played throughout Europe the far east (and Hawaii!) with Camerata RCO and Concertgebouw Brass. With a passion for helping young musicians realise their potential, from 2012-2019 Katy Woolley was professor of horn at the Royal Academy of Music in London, a post evolving into International Visiting Professor on her move to Amsterdam. As a guest teacher she has worked with students all over Europe, as well as North and South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Katy Woolley’s participation in IHS56 is generously sponsored by Ricco Kuehn Horns.

YU-HUI CHUANG

Yu-Hui Chuang, native of Taipei, began his professional career in Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin under Chief Conductor “Ivan Fischer” in 2013; and became an instructor in C.P.E. Bach Gynasium in 2014 and Hochschule für Musik “Hanns-Eisler” for the Horn Class of Prof. Marie-Luise Neunecker in 2014 and since 2021 for the Horn Class of Prof. Sibylle Mahni. Mr. Chuang has also given numerous masterclasses in Europe and Asia.

As a soloist, Mr. Chuang performed Robert Schumann’s Konzertstück F-Dur für vier Hörner und großes Orchester op. 86 in Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal in 2015 and György Ligeti’s Hamburg Concerto for solo horn and chamber orchestra with four obbligato natural horns as natural hornist with Konzerthaus Orchester Berin under Ivan Fischer and Marie-Luise Neunecker as solo horn in Berlin Philharmonie.

In 2019 he performed Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.3 KV.447 with The Transylvania State Philharmonic Cluj-Napoca Romanian. Mr.Chuang has also given numerous chamber music concerts in Asian and Europe.

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As a orchestra hornist, Mr. Chuang performed with several world renowned orchestras such as Berlin Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, Deutsche Sinfonie Orchester, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Komische Oper Berlin, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Bamberger Symphoniker, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Museumsorchester Frankfurt, Bremer Philharmoniker, Norwegian Opera & Ballet Orchestra Oslo, etc.

As an instructor, Mr.Chuang was invited as instructor for the 5th Beijing International Horn Festival in 2017/2019, in 2018 he was also invited as guest artist for the Aisan Horn Festival in Tokyo, in 2022 was invited as guest artist for festival internacional de Musica de Valencia and as Instructor Starnberger Musiktage, in 2022/2023 as guest artist for Seoul international music festival and in 2023 as guest artist for Eufonia festival in Timisoara, Romania.

Mr. Chuang began playing the horn at the age of eight under his father Prof. Szu-Yuan Chuang. He continued his studies at Taipei National University of Arts and later at Hochschule für Musik “Hanns-Eisler”, where he received his Diplom Degree in 2013 and Master Degree in 2016. His main instructors in Berlin include world famous Horn Soloist Prof. Marie-Luise Neunecker, solo hornist of Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin Dmitry Babanov, hornist of Berliner Philharmoniker Georg Schreckenberger, and hornist of Staatskapelle Berlin Markus Bruggaier. During his studies, Mr. Chuang was awarded 1st Prize in the National French Horn Competition in Taiwan three times and 1st Prize in the 5th OSAKA International Music Competition in Japan 2005.

Yu-Hui Chuang’s participation in IHS56 is generously sponsored by College Prep for Musicians.

KEVIN NEWTON

Kevin Newton is a hornist, GRAMMY-nominated chamber musician and educator based in Manhattan. He is the horn player of Imani Winds and is an active freelancer in the greater New York area. While growing up in Virginia, his first music teacher, his mother, instilled in him a love of musicmaking’s collaborative nature which persists to this day.

As a guest musician Mr. Newton has performed/recorded with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Alarm Will Sound, Talea Ensemble, American Composers Orchestra, Harlem Chamber Players, Gateways Festival Chamber Orchestra, Tredici Bacci, Gil Evans Project and Roomful of Teeth. He has also performed on Broadway’s The Lion King as a substitute musician. In addition to Imani Winds he is a member of the Metropolitan Horn Authority and Tsons of Tsunami.

An advocate for new music, Mr. Newton has premiered pieces for horn by Erin Busch and José Manuel Serrano and is set to premiere a concerto from Anthony Plog in 2024. As a chamber and orchestral musician Kevin has participated in premieres of works by Valerie Coleman, Jeff Scott, Nathalie Joachim, Joy Guidry, Jessica Meyer, Carlos Simon and Saad Hadaad among many others.

As a composer, Kevin has written pieces for solo horn and piano, most recently fulfilling a commission from The Kayden Music Commissioning Program at the Juilliard School Pre-College with the piece Hill House.

Mr. Newton formerly served as principal horn of the Waynesboro Symphony and, as an orchestral soloist, has performed works by Gordon Jacob, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Franz Strauss. He will be a featured artist at the 2024 International Horn Symposium and was a featured artist at the 2023 Southeast Horn Workshop.

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Mr. Newton joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2021. He is also on the horn faculty of Manhattan School of Music’s Precollege division and MSM Summer. Mr. Newton has delivered horn masterclasses at many institutions including Yale University, Cleveland Institute of Music and Boston Conservatory at Berklee among others. As a member of Imani Winds he has taught chamber masterclasses at colleges across the country. He is honored to join the faculty of the 2024 Kendell Betts Horn Camp.

Mr. Newton is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Stony Brook University. He holds a Master of Music degree in orchestral performance from Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Kevin Newton’s participation in IHS56 is generously sponsored by Colorado Hornworks/D.R. Smalley Custom Horns.

HALEY HOOPS

Haley Hoops has been the Second Horn player of the Dallas Symphony since 1999. She has also performed with orchestras across the globe, including, the orchestras of Detroit, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee. She was a member of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra for 20 years and has performed since 2018 as the Second Horn of the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, CA.

In 2012, Haley Hoops wanted to try her hand at solo performing. She co-commissioned and premiered the Sonata for Horn by James Stephenson at the International Horn Workshop in Denton, TX. Wanting to learn more about solo playing, in 2013, she competed in the International Horn Competition of America and won First Prize. Since that time, she has been invited to perform solo recitals at major universities around the country and horn workshops. She also was invited to play as the solo horn player with

Adele on her 2016 Dallas tour date. Haley Hoops has taught at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, TX, since 2001 and is now adjunct associate professor of horn. Along with duties at SMU, Hoops has served as interim professor at the University of Oklahoma and North Texas University.

In 2020, Haley Hoops started a YouTube channel called “haleyhoops” to help influence aspiring horn players.

Haley Hoops’ participation in IHS56 is generously sponsored by the U.S. Marine Music Program.

DYLAN SKYE HART

You may not know Dylan Skye Hart by name, but you have heard him play horn. Proud Latino and Los Angeles native, Dylan is a busy freelance musician. Depending on the day, he can be found recording for motion pictures, video games, theme parks, or television shows.

He has recorded films with many great composers including John Williams, Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Randy Newman, Alexandre Desplat, James Newton Howard, and Alan Silvestri. Dylan has recorded thousands of sessions as principal horn on projects including Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Top Gun: Maverick, Only Murders in the Building, Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker, Jungle Cruise, Onward, Call of the Wild, Ready Player One, The Orville, Star Wars: Ahsoka, League of Legends, Fortnight, and Deadpool 2. Dylan has also recorded albums and made television appearances with music legends Dr. Dre, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, John Legend, Michael Bublé, Sting, Stevie Wonder, Wu-Tang Clan, M83, Gladys Night, Yo-Yo Ma, and The Beatles. His solos can also be heard on his namesake Bob Dylan’s albums Shadows in the Night and Fallen Angel.

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Dylan has toured with John Williams’ Star Wars in Concert, Eden Espinosa of Wicked, and The Who, doubling on horn, trumpet, trombone, Wagner tuba, and mellophone. In the orchestral world, Dylan is principal horn of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. In 2023, he co-produced the wellness book In Tune: Exercises to Improve a Musician’s Performance and Quality of Life. As an alumnus of the University of Southern California, he studied with Vincent DeRosa, James Thatcher, and Richard Todd. Dylan currently teaches horn at California State University, Northridge. He specializes in the relationship of anatomy and physics to the horn as well as helping players choose an appropriate mouthpiece. When not performing, Dylan, a “foodie”, enjoys cooking, playing ice hockey and soccer, golfing, and traveling with his two boys and wife/fellow hornist Annie Bosler. Dylan is sponsored by Conn-Selmer (8D, C series) and Bob Reeves Mouthpieces (DH2).

Dylan Skye Hart’s participation in IHS56 is generously sponsored by Conn Selmer, Inc.

SHANYSE STRICKLAND

Shanyse Strickland is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and arranger. Freelancing and composing are currently her two main passions as a musician and a creator.

Originally from Akron, OH, Shanyse has led a multi-faceted career through mediums of performance, composing and recording. She received her undergraduate degree in Music Performance at Youngstown State University, along with a Masters degree from Duquesne University and an Artist Diploma from Montclair State University, all focusing on horn. Some highlights of her career include playing trombone and flute for the reuniting Ohio Players, winning the 2016 International Horn Symposium’s jazz competition, performing at the 2019 and 2021 Heisman Trophy Ceremony aired on ESPN, performing and recording for

legendary artists such as the hip-hop legend Black Thought of the Roots, and performing as a sub in the pit orchestra of Broadway’s Bad Cinderella. Shanyse is currently a freelancer and composer in New Jersey and New York City, touring with the Broadway Sinfonettia playing principal horn in the production of Into the Spider-verse.

Shanyse has written and published over twenty-five original works, one of which was premiered by the horn section of the New Haven Symphony titled Moods. In early March of 2023, Shanyse’s piece titled Afrofuturism was selected to be performed at the Music by Women Festival at the Mississippi University for Women. The piece became more than just music when it accompanied a music video produced by commissioner and colleague Theresa May, which has won multiple film awards in the greater Ohio area, including acceptance into the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF). Shanyse’s work, When I’m Older was commissioned to be inserted in a book highlighting living Black composers that is accessible to beginning horn players in high school or middle school. Shanyse’s newest work, Empathy, was premiered in March 2023 by the Seattle Symphony horn section. Shanyse also arranged a pop-tune for Ghengis Barbie, which was released on their most recent album titled Songs for Summer. Shanyse continues to write for her colleagues and studios in various universities, establishing new chamber music for common and not so common orchestrations.

Shanyse Strickland’s participation in IHS56 is generously sponsored by High Range Magic.

JOSHUA PANTOJA

Joshua Pantoja is the horn player for the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2004. Joshua is also Horn Professor at the Puerto Rico Music Conservatory, and a faculty member at Clazz International

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Music Festival in Arcidosso, Italy. Joshua also holds the positions of Brass Coach for the Puerto Rico Youth Symphony Orchestra and Substitute Horn Professor at the Juilliard Pre-College.

Joshua is an active chamber music performer with Camerata Caribe, Café Corta’o Horn Quartet and Pantojazz. Joshua is also a songwriter and the author of the books, “From Classical to Jazz an Improvisation Method”, “Ornamenting your Improvisation a Guide to Approach Notes”, “Chord Tone Arpeggios” and “Basics and Colors – Horn Etudes”, the later one commissioned by the Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program.

Pantoja has performed Masterclasses at Manhattan School of Music, The Mannes School of Music, The Juilliard Summer Program, Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program, Bard College, Montclair University, Delaware University, Shenandoah Conservatory, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, University of Arizona, Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), Duquesne University and University of Alabama. He was also a guest artist at the Southeast Horn Workshop (2023) at the University of Central Florida. Most recently Prof. Pantoja was on tour in Europe, performing Masterclasses in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, at schools includes Frankfurter Bläserchule in Frankfurt, Hochschule für Musik in Hannover, Hochschule für Musik in Nürnberg, and MusikKurzwochen in Arosa.

Professor Pantoja began his musical studies at Escuela Libre de Música in Caguas, Puerto Rico at the age of 12, where he received his first French Horn lessons from Professor Jorge Figueroa. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School where he studied with Professor Jerome Ashby and received his master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music with Professor Javier Gándara.

Joshua Pantoja’s participation in IHS56 is generously sponsored by Ricco Kuehn Horns.

ANNEKE SCOTT

Anneke Scott is a leading exponent of historical horn playing. Her work takes her throughout the globe and throughout the centuries of music with a repertoire incorporating music and instruments from the late seventeenth century through to the present day. Anneke is principal horn of a number of internationally renowned period instrument ensembles including Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the English Baroque Soloists, ensemble Pygmalion, The Orchestra of the Sixteen, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Dunedin Consort and Players and many others.

Anneke enjoys an international solo career and discography embracing three centuries of virtuosic horn works. Her critically acclaimed solo recordings also include three discs focussing on the music of Jaques-François Gallay.

Anneke enjoys collaborating with a wide group of musicians and is a key member of chamber music ensembles including The Prince Regent’s Band, and Boxwood & Brass. She teaches at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. In 2018 she was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music and in 2019 she was one of the recipients of the International Horn Society “Punto Award”.

Anneke Scott’s participation in IHS56 is generously sponsored by Bored Horns.

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LYDIA BECHTEL

Dr. Lydia Bechtel serves as an Assistant Professor of Music, with focuses in voice and music history, at Pittsburg State University. She earned her DMA in Vocal Performance and MM in Musicology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Bechtel has performed operatic roles with companies in the U.S. and abroad. Her performances include appearances with the Southeast Kansas Symphony, PSU Wind Ensemble, UMKC Opera, AIMS in Graz, Varna International Opera, Wichita Grand Opera, Boulder Opera, and Opera on Tap Colorado. As a soloist Bechtel has been heard in Beethoven’s Mass in C, Bach’s Coffee Cantata, BWV 159Sehet, wirgehn hin auf gen Jerusalem, and Handel’s Messiah. Dr. Bechtel received her MM in Vocal Performance from Colorado State University. She earned her BM in Vocal Performance summa cum laude from Oklahoma State University.

CHRISTIAN BESTER

Hailed as “Impressive” by the Los Angeles Times, South African lyric baritone Christian Bester debuted professionally as Schaunard in La Bohème with Pro Musica Theater and made his European debut as Zaremba in Polin Blut at the Americke Jaro Festival in the Czech Republic. His notable roles include Tom/John in The Face on the Barroom Floor, Major General in The Pirates of Penzance, and the title roles in Gianni Schicchi and Don Giovanni. He has performed with orchestras such as the Fort Worth Symphony and the Kwazulu Natal Philharmonic. An accomplished recitalist and clinician, Christian regularly presents and performs across the globe. Currently, Dr. Bester is an Assistant Professor of Voice at Oklahoma State University, where he continues to inspire the next generation of vocalists.

CLEBER CAMPOS

Cleber Campos is currently a classical percussion and drumset professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) in Natal, Brazil. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Popular and Classical Music, as well as a Master’s and Doctorate in Music from the State University of Campinas

(UNICAMP). As a percussionist, Cleber has performed throughout Latin America, Europe, and the United States. He is also a member of Duo Paticumpá, a percussion duo renowned for their performances of multimodal works, focusing on pieces for percussion instruments and the use of technological resources for real-time musical performance. In addition to his performance career, Cleber is the director of LAPERME-UFRN, a music performance lab focused on researching innovative methods for playing musical instruments mediated by technological processes, including music and artificial intelligence. His work at LAPERME-UFRN aims to explore and develop new techniques in musical performance, integrating technology and traditional musical practices to push the boundaries of contemporary music.

CHIAO-WEN CHENG

A versatile musician and educator, Taiwanese pianist Chiao-Wen Cheng has performed as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician in major venues throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Cheng has become a sought-after collaborative partner through her sensitive playing, vibrant sound colors, and detailed voicing. Cheng holds a doctoral degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she was a student and teaching assistant of Barry Snyder. At Eastman, Cheng was also the recipient of a graduate assistantship as a collaborative pianist and large ensemble pianist. Cheng is currently an Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano at the Eastman School of Music. Since 2019, Cheng has been an Artist-Faculty Piano Collaborator at the Perlman Music Program, and she joined the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra as a Principal Keyboard in 2022.

TODD CRANSON

Dr. Todd Cranson is the Associate Professor of Low Brass and Director of Athletic Bands at the University of South Dakota where he directs The SOUND of USD Marching Band, Coyote Pep Band, and teaches applied low brass. Cranson performs as tubaist with the low brass trio, Trio di Velluto. Previous appointments include positions with the Hot Springs Music Festival where he was featured in

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the Grammy-winning documentary The Sound of Dreams and numerous Grammy-nominated NAXOS recordings, Henderson State University, the University of Illinois Springfield, and Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero, Louisiana. In addition to his enthusiasm for teaching and performing, Todd is a passionate home brewer and opened a brewery in Hot Springs National Park. He is happily married to Dr. Amy Laursen who tolerates both his hobbies and his tuba playing, as they frequently perform chamber music together!

ROSS FALZONE

Ross Falzone has a diverse history as a recording engineer and multi-instrumentalist. A pioneer in the digital musical revolution, he self-produced five solo records and worked on LinnDrum and Fairlight tracks for several major TV networks. He also co-founded and served as director of Young Voices of Nashville, a radio program designed to give youth a creative platform and production experience, as well as hosting his own radio show.

LESLIE FLANAGAN

Australian baritone Leslie John Flanagan has performed leading roles throughout Australia, Europe and the USA, including performances at the Sydney Opera House, in London at English National Opera’s Coliseum, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Roles with English National Opera included Rossini’s Figaro, Guglielmo Cosi fan tutte, Schaunard La Boheme, Morales Carmen, and Ned Keene Peter Grimes. Other credits included Guglielmo in Paris, Escamillo Carmen for the Loughborough Festival Opera, the title role in Don Giovanni (Edinburgh Festival), Smirnov The Bear, and Demetrius A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Papageno The Magic Flute in Australia and Carmen and Dead Man Walking with the Fort Worth Opera. Dr. Flanagan’s students have performed at opera houses throughout the United States, including the Santa Fe Opera, Washington National Opera, and Houston Grand Opera.

JOSEPH GALEMA

Dr. Joseph Galema recently retired as music director and academy organist at the United States Air Force Academy, a position he held for almost 32 years. He currently serves as principal organist at First United Methodist Church in Colorado Springs, one of the largest and most active congregations in the city. In September 2008, he joined the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver, as organ instructor. At Lamont, he teaches private lessons to organ majors in addition to classes on organ repertoire, organ improvisation, and organ accompanying. Galema was born in West Lafayette, Indiana, and chose to pursue his college education in Michigan. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Calvin College in Grand Rapids. He pursued post-graduate work in organ performance studying with the renowned artist-teacher Marilyn Mason at The University of Michigan, earning both master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees. The University of Michigan’s 1987 Palmer Christian Award is one of many honors Galema has received for outstanding accomplishments in the field of music. A critically-acclaimed organ soloist, Galema has toured throughout the United States, England, France, Scandinavia and the Baltic States. He has also performed at Region VI AGO Conventions, at an Organ Historical Society National Convention, at an American Institute of Organ Builders’ National Convention, at AAM Conferences, for the national biennial convocation of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts and at an annual conference of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.

JUBAL FULKS

Since his appointment at the University of Northern Colorado in 2013, Associate Professor of Violin Jubal Fulks has become one of the most successful and soughtafter violin teachers in Colorado. His students include competition winners at the state, regional, and national levels, many of whom have gone on to lead professional careers as music educators, orchestral musicians, and attend prestigious music festivals and graduate programs throughout the United States and abroad.

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An acclaimed performer, Dr. Fulks maintains and active and multi-faceted performance schedule. Along with his UNC School of Music colleagues Adam Zukiewicz and Gal Faganel he formed the Colorado Piano, which performs concerts, outreach, and recruiting activities across the region and nationally. Recent performances include Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and a feature on Colorado Public Radio’s “Colorado Spotlight,” and the trio looks forward to beginning a Greeley-based concert series to bring high-quality chamber music to northern Colorado. Dr. Fulks also serves as a leader and founding member of Sinfonia Spirituosa, a baroque chamber orchestra based in Sacramento, California. Sinfonia Spirituosa is dedicated to presenting bold, historically-informed performances on period instruments, and to bringing to life the broad spectrum of color, affect and rhetoric inherent in the music of the Baroque era.

Dr. Fulks has performed as soloist with orchestras across the United States and has been heard on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today.” His orchestral and chamber music experience includes Grammy-nominated performances with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in New York City at the Mostly Mozart Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall, the Jazz at Lincoln Center series, and the New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. As a recitalist, he has appeared at numerous summer festivals and concert series in the United States and Asia and has toured extensively in Europe. During the summer months he is on the faculty of Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Burlington, Vermont and has been a faculty member at Montecito International Music Festival in California, Lutheran Summer Music Festival in Iowa, and Kinhaven Music School in Weston, Vermont. Dr. Fulks holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in violin performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where he studied with Kevin Lawrence, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where his teacher was Mitchell Stern. He lives in Greeley with his wife, hornist Lauren Varley, and their children Patrick, Finnian, Oliver, and Flannery.

MARTIN GELWASSER

An avid performer, Martin Gelwasser is a trombonist currently based in Eastern Iowa. He holds the position of Second Trombone with the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra and has made recent appearances with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Dubuque Symphony, Muscatine Symphony Orchestra, and La Crosse Symphony Orchestra. He teaches applied trombone at St. Ambrose University and Culver-Stockton College. Martin completed his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University respectively.

JESSICA HAISLIP

Dr. Jessica Haislip serves as an Instructor of Music at Mississippi State University, where she teaches oboe and History and Appreciation of Music. Prior to coming to MSU, she served on the faculty of Calvary University. She serves as Principal Oboe of the Monroe Symphony Orchestra (LA). She also performs as Co-Principal Oboe and English Horn of the Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra and as a member of Mississippi State’s Faculty Woodwind Quintet. She has held the position of Second Oboe and English Horn of the Missouri Symphony Orchestra in Columbia, Missouri and has performed with the Kansas City Symphony, Tuscaloosa Symphony, Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, Corinth Symphony Orchestra, Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, Mankato Symphony, and Midwest Chamber Ensemble. Dr. Haislip has appeared as a soloist with the Monroe Symphony Orchestra, the Midwest Chamber Ensemble, and the Mississippi State University Wind Ensemble. She frequently performs throughout the region at festivals and conferences including the Music By Women Festival (MS), the Mississippi Music Teachers Association Conference (MS), and New Music on the Bayou (LA). Dr. Haislip holds degrees from University of Missouri-Kansas City and Concordia College (MN). Her primary teachers include Barbara Bishop and Jennifer Peterson.

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WILLIAM HAUGEBERG

Dr. William (Bill) Haugeberg is Associate Professor of Low Brass at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where he teaches applied low brass students, low brass choir and other courses. Bill has been a soloist and presenter at several festivals and is active in the International Trombone Association.

JUSTIN HAVARD

Justin Havard is an accomplished director, pianist, and singer who spent 13 years making music in the Tampa Bay area. Originally from Mobile, Alabama, he received Bachelor and Master Degrees in Choral Music Education from Florida State University with an emphasis on Piano. He was the collaborative pianist for the Florida All-State Men’s Choir in 2017 and 2018, and he has played for many national tours including The Book of Mormon, Wicked, and Spamalot. He also regularly performs as a pianist with the St. Petersburg Opera and the V.O.I.C.Experience program, led by Sherrill Milnes. During his 13 years as the choral director at Palm Harbor University High School, they gained recognition and honors both statewide and nationally. Mr. Havard is particularly known for his work with Acapella Groups and Musical Theatre, and he has presented at both the Florida Music Educator’s Association Conference and the Florida State Thespian Conference. He has worked as a music director for theatrical productions both equity and amateur, and his theatrical work at the high school level is well-known in the state. Mr. Havard joined the Voice/Choral Department at the University of Louisiana Monroe in the Fall of 2018.

KIRSTIN IHDE

Kirstin Ihde is currently Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where she teaches class piano and collaborates frequently with both faculty and students. In addition to her work at the university, Kirstin maintains a private piano studio and works extensively as a freelance collaborative pianist. Her recent professional recordings include La Loba, a collaboration with hornist

Katie Johnson-Webb that was released by Summit Records, and Day and Night in collaboration with flutist Erin K. Murphy, an Albany Records release.

KEVIN ILDEFONSO

Kevin Ildefonso is a tuba player and music educator based in Miami, FL. He is in an active freelancer and is principal tuba with the Florida Grand Opera and the Palm Beach Symphony. As an educator, Kevin presents masterclasses, clinics, and teaches private lessons from middle school through to the collegiate level.

PAUL JOHNSTON

Paul Johnston, Piano and Composer: Bachelor of Arts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Master of Music (with Performer’s Certificate) and Performer Diploma, Indiana University. Paul is Professor of Jazz Studies and Jazz Piano at Eastern Illinois University

EGEMEN KESIKLI

Turkish-American composer, performer, and educator Egemen Kesikli strives to promote diversity in contemporary music, music theory, and music education. His composition catalogue varies from orchestral works and concertos to chamber works featuring traditional Anatolian instruments and unconventional ensemble formations. Egemen earned a doctorate in composition at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music and a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Egemen currently serves as Instructor of Music Theory at Colorado State University and Artistic Director of CU Boulder SoundWorks. When he’s not composing, performing or teaching, he enjoys cooking and collaborating on various arts projects with his family.

STEPHEN KUMMER

Stephen Kummer is an EMMY award-winning and GRAMMY-nominated pianist, conductor and composer. His credits include performances with the Phoenix Symphony,

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Nashville Symphony, Nashville Opera, Fortnite, Call of Duty, Madden NFL, Scary Stories to Tell (Amazon Prime) and Altered Carbon (Netflix). His orchestral arrangements are performed by the Houston Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Boston Pops Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony and the Atlanta Symphony. He frequently collaborates with Hal Leonard, McGraw Hill, Celebrating Grace and more. Stephen has also music directed and arranged for Disney Tokyo, Hershey Park, Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, Sea World Orlando, Oceania Cruise Line and more. His national Broadway tours include Legally Blonde and Beauty and the Beast. He teaches as an adjunct professor of commercial piano at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN.

JEREMY MCBAIN

Dr. Jeremy Mcbain teaches applied trumpet, brass chamber music, brass methods and arranging as Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler. Prior to his appointment, he taught at Eastern Illinois University, Millikin University (IL), and Saint Mary’s College (IN). McBain is also active as a freelance trumpeter in Northeast Texas. He joined the Texarkana Symphony as principal trumpet in fall the 2016 and is a regular member of the Rose City Brass Quintet and Rose City Jazz Orchestra. McBain has also performed with the Bach Society of Houston, East Texas Symphony, Longview Symphony, Baroque Artists of Champaign (IL), Michigan Chamber Brass, and the State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico. He has had the honor of backing up artists such as Doc Severinsen, Byron Stripling, John Clayton, The Contours, and the late Michael Brecker.

McBain was granted the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Illinois in 2012. His doctoral thesis is entitled: “The Role of the Cornet Ã Pistons in the Early Symphonic Works of Hector Berlioz,” which he presented most recently at the 2016 International Trumpet Guild Conference in Anaheim. McBain earned his Master of Music and Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Michigan and the University of Houston. Outside of performing and teaching, McBain enjoys time biking and hiking with his wife Katie and two boys Malcolm and Colin.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Paul Johnston is active as performer, teacher, and composer. He studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he graduated with highest distinction, and at Indiana University, where he completed a Master’s Degree in jazz studies and a Performer Diploma in piano. While at Indiana, he worked with legendary pedagogue David Baker and won awards for performance and composition.

Paul is at home in a wide variety of musical styles and has performed with artists including Clark Terry, Benny Golson, Nancy Wilson, Monica Mancini, and Bernadette Peters. He is also a member of the Jazz Heritage Orchestra, a professional jazz ensemble in residence at Cleveland State University. Soloists, chamber groups, and jazz ensembles from across the country have performed his compositions and arrangements, and Alfred Music has published several collections of Paul’s solo jazz piano arrangements. He has served on the faculty of Eastern Illinois University since 2004, directing a jazz band, coaching combos, and teaching jazz piano, improvisation, and arranging. Paul also taught for eight summers at the Interlochen Center for the Arts and is an alumnus of Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute and the Henry Mancini Institute.

MICHAEL KERBEYKIAN-MIKULKA

Michael Kerbeykian-Mikulka’s compositions have been performed throughout the United States and abroad, including by members of the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, and Dallas Symphony Orchestra, by performance faculty at universities across the country, and by founding members of the Canadian Brass and the Kronos Quartet. Michael has been named a winner or finalist 33 times in composition contests and calls for scores. He teaches Music Theory, Ear Training, Composition, and Horn at Austin Community College.

JOHN MURPHY

J. P. Murphy, DMA, serves as Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy and Piano Area Chair at the University of Oklahoma where he teaches applied piano, graduate

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piano pedagogy, coordinates the secondary piano studies program, and is co-advisor of the OU MTNA Collegiate Chapter. His research has been featured at numerous organizations, including the MTNA National Conference, the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy (NCKP), the National Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Forum (GP3), and the MTNA Collegiate Chapters Piano Pedagogy Symposium. His work has been published in Clavier Companion (Piano Magazine), the American Music Teacher, and the MTNA e-Journal. Murphy was recently elected as President of the Oklahoma Music Teachers Association.

BRYAN POLACEK

Bryan Polacek is a dynamic performer and educator with a robust orchestral background, having played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Evanston Symphony Orchestra, and Fundación Sinfonía. His achievements include winning the Gold Medal at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.

VICTOR PRADO

Victor Prado has been working in the Brazilian popular music and improvisation scene for over 14 years.

Playing the horn outside the usual classical music scenario, he began to develop his own language with a focus on jazz, Brazilian music, and improvisation, which places him among one of the horn pioneers in jazz in Brazil.

Victor has contributed with orchestras and artists such as Rogério Bottermaio, Os Amanticidas, Timeline Trio, Élio Camalle, BrisaFlow, KDC Guild, Progjazz do Absurdo, Coletivo Imaginário, Orquestra Jovem Tom Jobim, Camerata Paulistana, among others.

Victor has participated in music festivals in South America, North America and Europe. In 2023 he participated as a guest jazz artist at IHS 55, in Montreal. He has also taken his music too loud to important Brazilian instrumental music stages such as Instrumental Sesc Brasil, Poços é Jazz, Quintas Instrumentais BNDES and Programa do Jô TV Show.

Victor holds a Master’s Degree in Music from Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.

TIMOTHY ROBINSON

Timothy Robinson is a drummer from Milwaukee, WI.

JOHN C. ROSS

A native of New Jersey, Ross received training in composition at Florida State University and the University of Iowa; his principal teachers were John Boda and D. Martin Jenni. Thanks to a Fulbright grant, he has also studied with Philippe Manoury in Lyon, France. His music has been performed at the Society of Composers, Inc. National Forums, several university music schools, and in France. His awards include the first Abraham Frost Prize from the University of Miami, several ASCAP awards (including a young composer grant), a summer residency at Yaddo, and the 2002 Rudolf Nissim Award. After a Line By Theodore Roethke, a work for soprano and orchestra, was one of three works chosen for the Sixth International Composer Readings by the Riverside Orchestra of New York City and was performed at the Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Ross recently was one of three composers to be recognized at the Southwest Regional Concert, September 29, 2018 in Dallas, by members of the Dallas Symphony, for the Rapido Composition Contest. On April 1, 2023, his work for two pianos, Relentless Refractions, was performed by Duo Mundi George & Guli at Steinway Hall in New York City, and at Bowdoin College on October 20, 2023. Of Ross’s piece Passages, Daniel Ginsberg of the Washington Post has said, “a beguiling exploration of color and melody ... soaring figures nestled in a dreamlike haze of sound.” Currently, Ross teaches aural skills, theory and composition at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas.

GABRIEL SANTIAGO

Gabriel Santiago, a native of Brazil, is a distinguished composer, arranger, and virtuoso on both acoustic and electric guitars. With a prolific career spanning 14 albums, including CDs and

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DVDs, Santiago has garnered acclaim for his compositions, hailed as “stunners” by JazzTimes Magazine.

Renowned as “a young master at both the acoustic and electric guitars”, Santiago’s musical journey includes invaluable mentorship from jazz luminaries such as Pat Metheny, Adam Rogers, and Maria Schneider. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, further highlighting his exceptional talent and contribution to the music industry. Notably, Santiago holds a Doctoral Degree in Music Composition from the University of Texas at Austin.

His collaborations span a diverse spectrum of artists, from Chris Potter and Stefon Harris to John Clayton and Janek Gwizdala, from Odair Assad and Gilson Peranzzetta to André Mehmari and Romero Lumbambo. He also had the honor of being the first artist to record with renowned Recording Engineer Master Rupert Neve’s inaugural line of microphones.

Beyond his instrumental prowess, Gabriel Santiago is a versatile composer, crafting music for a broad array of ensembles – from Symphony Orchestras to Jazz Combos, and everything in between. His compositions, influenced by Brazilian Music, Jazz, and Classical Music, resonate across various media.

For more information and to explore his musical world, visit www.gabrielsantiagoproject.com.

ALEXANDER SANSO

Dr. Alexander Sanso is Lecturer I of Trumpet at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where he teaches applied Trumpet and chamber music. Dr. Sanso remains active as a performer and pedagogue. His area of research focuses primarily on new works which feature the trumpet as a solo instrument.

MATT SMILEY

Bassist, composer, and educator Matt Smiley navigates his broad sonic world with imagination, openness, and

artistic vision. Matt merges his deep roots in the jazz bass tradition with modern explorations of sound, texture, and improvisation from the world of contemporary composition, making him a favorite and frequent collaborator of creative musicians across a variety of musical genres.

Matt has performed nationally and internationally with bandleaders and composers including David Murray, Terrell Stafford, Christian Wolff, Greg Osby, Tony Malaby, Vinny Golia, and Sam Newsome. His recent album releases as a leader include Binner Buiten with David Pope and Gom Jabbar, an electro-acoustic tribute to Frank Herbert’s Dune novels.

THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY BAND

Originally established in 1955 at Lowry Air Force Base near Denver, Colorado, the United States Air Force Academy Band, located in Colorado Springs, uses the power of music to honor our nation’s flag, leaders and veterans; inspire Airmen and Guardians and the next generation to serve; and connect the Department of the Air Force to the American public and audiences around the world. One of only two Air Force premier bands and the only Department of Defense premier band located west of the Appalachian Mountains, the United States Air Force Academy Band provides year-round support to the United States Air Force Academy and the more than 4,000 cadets in the cadet wing, helping develop outstanding leaders of character who will serve our country as officers in the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.

Moreover, performance teams travel throughout the United States assisting the Air Force Academy in recruiting students excited to pursue a world-class education and rewarding career. Beyond supporting the United States Air Force Academy, the band travels throughout the states of Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming showcasing the excellence and professionalism of the United States Air Force and the Air Force Academy. These community relations concerts seek to inspire patriotism and service, and connect our nation’s citizens to their armed forces. Performing groups and individuals also regularly offer clinics to junior high, high school, and university students. Furthermore, band members are honored to deploy in

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support of the United States Air Forces Central Command mission, promoting troop morale, diplomacy, and outreach to international communities. Typically, the United States Air Force Academy Band shares information about the Air Force and Air Force Academy missions with 1.5 million live audience members, 75 million television viewers, and over 400,000 radio listeners each year.

Under the command of Colonel Michael J. Willen, the 60 professional Airman-musicians of the United States Air Force Academy Band come together to create nine professional ensembles that have been featured in Carnegie Hall, the Grand Ole Opry, on Fox & Friends and SiriusXM radio. Whatever the event, the men and women of the United States Air Force Academy Band are prepared and proud to serve the Air Force and Air Force Academy missions around the world.

Personnel

FLUTE

TSgt Nicole Frankel, TSgt Wonpyo Lee, MSgt (Ret) Julia Boughton

OBOE

MSgt Monica Ding, TSgt Michael Johnson, CMSgt (Ret) Sarah Balian

CLARINET

SMSgt Heike Gazetti, MSgt Janeen Friedrichs, MSgt David Halperin, MSgt Robert Vitale, TSgt Michael Casto, SSgt Cynthia Ramirez

BASS CLARINET

TSgt Ivan Hernandez

BASSOON

TSgt Carl Gardner, TSgt Christopher Jackson

CONTRA BASSOON

SMSgt Alejandro Vieira

SAXOPHONE

SMSgt John Dawson, MSgt Brian Connelly MSgt Ryan Janus, TSgt Richard Garcia, TSgt Will Nathman

HORN

MSgt Gerald Welke,r TSgt Michael Hill, Dr. Susie Fritts, Mr. Dan Nebel

TRUMPET

TSgt Andrew Fowler, TSgt Jack Kurtz, TSgt Benjamin Paille,TSgt Ryan Spencer, MSgt (Ret) Ken Johnson

TROMBONE

TSgt Ethan Cypress, TSgt Brian Gannon, TSgt Joseph Hudson, TSgt Jaime Parker

BASS TROMBONE

TSgt Evan Siloway

EUPHONIUM

Mr. Dan Watt

TUBA

TSgt Dillon Jefferies

BASS

TSgt Dominic Sbrega

PERCUSSION

SMSgt Timothy Stombaugh, SMSgt Alejandro Vieira, TSgt Joseph Glassman, TSgt Kathryn Yuill, Mr. Paul Finckel

SMSgt (Ret) Chris Gaona

KEYBOARD

TSgt Adam Ohlson

AUDIO ENGINEER

TSgt Gabriel Petkaitis

TRANSPORTATION

SSgt Vincent Alvarez Montello SrA Milly Cordova

ACADEMY WINDS

Academy Winds is an exciting member of The Academy Band’s family of musical ensembles. This innovative sextet is comprised of instrumentalists from every section of the Concert Band to include woodwinds, double reeds, brass, percussion and vocals. The result is an eclectic performance sure to please every audience member. Drawing on fresh, dynamic arrangements, the group presents a wide variety of musical styles, always with contagious enthusiasm. Whether performing Renaissance music, symphonic favorites, traditional jazz or even the latest pop chart, this versatile ensemble will have you wondering, “What could possibly be next?”

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Academy Winds superbly supports the USAF Academy Band’s missions of community relations, educational outreach and Air Force recruiting. The members of Academy Winds have studied at some of the most prestigious universities and music conservatories in the country. The group uses that education to perform spectacular public concerts and to offer outreach to high school and college students through clinics and master classes. Their exceptional musical performance will not only entertain you but will also deliver a patriotic message that will linger in your heart and mind forever. Academy Winds guarantees a memorable musical experience!

Academy Winds is a unique ensemble that captivates and educates students at grade school, high school, and college levels. Using student involvement and a variety of instruments from kazoos to strings, the ensemble explores many genres of music and encourages school pride, patriotism, positive self-image and teamwork. They even sneak in the importance of physical fitness and the idea of “excellence in all you do”, an Air Force core value! Their message focuses on maximizing personal and professional skills, and is appropriate for the entire student body and faculty. The group is flexible enough to perform in any setting, from an intimate classroom to a large concert hall. In one action-packed performance, Academy Winds will create lasting memories and lifelong lessons for students and educators alike. All events provided by the Academy Winds are free and open to the public.

Technical Sergeant Wonpyo Lee, flute TSgt Michael Johnson, oboe

Master Sergeant Robert Vitale, carinet

Master Sergeant Gerald Welker, horn

Technical Sergeant Christopher Jackson, bassoon

Technical Sergeant Kathryn Yuill, percussion

STELLAR BRASS

Described by the International Trumpet Guild as “an ensemble full of variety, panache and virtuosity,” Stellar Brass is an original and innovative brass quintet performing a broad range of eclectic, musical styles. They are dedicated to providing unwavering support for

the training of the Air Force Academy Cadets, and to the unique telling of the Air Force story nationwide.

Stellar Brass has represented the United States Air Force as musical ambassadors through internationally distributed audio and video recordings and broadcasts, and are nationally recognized and respected as clinicians, presenting university, college, and high school master classes. They have provided musical support at numerous civic and military ceremonies, and have spotlighted the Air Force at prestigious symposia such as the International Trumpet Guild Convention, the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the Colorado Music Educators Association Clinic and Conference and at highly-coveted public performances at major concert halls throughout America.

TSgt Jack Kurtz, trumpet | TSgt Benjamin Paille, trumpet

|TSgt Ryan Spencer, trumpet

TSgt Joseph Hudson, trombone

TSgt Dillon Jefferies, tuba | TSgt Kathryn Yuill, percussion

ISAAC WISDOM

Isaac Wisdom is a pianist and trombonist from Arizona. He earned a Master of Music in Contemporary Performance from Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Spain, and a Bachelor of Music from Arizona State Univeristy, leading to a musical journey that has been shaped by many diverse experiences. Isaac has performed in jazz combos and Big Bands, but also in in marching bands, salsa bands, and a steel pan ensemble. He’s performed across the US, Canada, and Mexico, as well as in Spain and the Netherlands.

TIM BURNS

Pianist Timothy Burns is a versatile performer and collaborator, with significant instrumental, vocal, and choral accompanying experience. He holds degrees in piano performance, music theory pedagogy, and collaborative piano from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, studying with Carol Schanely-Cahn, David Allen Wehr, and Jean Barr. Currently, Dr. Burns serves as the Collaborative Piano Coordinator at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, where he frequently collaborates with faculty, guest artists, and students.

Dr. Burns has performed throughout the United States and Canada. He has served as staff pianist for the King Award Competition, the International Viola Congress, the International Society of Bassists Competition and Conference, the International Horn Competition of America, International ClarinetFest, and the International Keyboard Odyssiad, U.S.A. As an avid supporter for new and current music, Dr. Burns has performed works by current composers such as Mari Esabel Valverde, Margaret Brouwer, Mathjis van Dijk, Baljinder Sekhon, and James M. David. Past summer residences have included the New York State Summer School of the Arts Choral Studies Program in Fredonia, New York, the Performing Arts Institute at the Wyoming Seminary near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the Eastman School of Music’s “Summer@Eastman” program in Rochester, New York, the Lift Clarinet Academy in Fort Collins, Colorado, and the Just Chamber Music program in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Dr. Burns currently resides in Erie, Colorado with his wife and collaborative pianist, Suyeon Kim, and his six-year old son, Stephen.

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ER-HSUAN LI

Praised by the New York Concert Review as having “played with astonishing maturity and flair,” Dr. Er-Hsuan Li is a highly accomplished pianist. A native of Taiwan, Li has performed across Europe, Asia, and the United States on the stages of renowned venues including Carnegie Hall, Harris Theater in Chicago, Mozarteum in Salzburg, and the Taiwan National Concert Hall. He attained a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance at the University of Colorado Boulder, a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music. His mentors include Solomon Mikowsky, Alexandre Moutouzkine, Alan Chow, James Giles, and Andrew Cooperstock.

In recent years, Li has taught a number of masterclasses including at Montana State University, and at the Festival de Perfeccionamiento Pianístico in Xalapa, Mexico for two years. Li has held appointments as a lecturer, graduate assistant instructor, and youth piano program instructor. Responsibilities included teaching applied lessons and keyboard musicianship courses to music majors and nonmusic majors, as well as working as a collaborative pianist in all capacities, including vocal and instrumental studio pianist, symphonic band pianist, contemporary music ensemble keyboardist, and pianist for opera and musical productions.

He is the premiere saxophone accompaniment specialist, who has performed in multiple faculty and guest recitals, including Montana State University, Tennessee State University, Austin Peay State University, Oklahoma Baptist University, and Oklahoma Christian University. He has also presented and performed at the biennial conference of North American Saxophone Alliance at the University of Southern Mississippi and the Oklahoma State University.

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Li is the recipient of the Helen Haupt Piano Scholarship, the James and Lola Faust Chamber Music Scholarship, the Nancy Brogden Booker Collaborative Pianist Award, and the Liana K. Sandin Grants-in-aid. These prizes have led to the creation of an upcoming album with saxophonist Lucas Hopkins, a concerto concert performing Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and the world premiere of John Clay Allen’s concerto, The Stone Harp . Other notable competition performances include being named a finalist of the Boulder International Chamber Music Competition The Art of Duo with saxophonist Caleb Carpenter, winning 2nd place at the Bruce Ekstrand Memorial Performance Competition, and winning 1st place at the Rondo Forma Competition.

Li specializes in contemporary music and has premiered over twenty new works as a soloist, a collaborative pianist, and an ensemble keyboardist. His most notable experiences include receiving a masterclass by worldrenowned pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard on Boulez’s Douze Notations, performing Steve Reich’s City Life, Tehillim, Clapping Music, alongside Reich himself, and receiving coaching from Chinese Canadian composer Alexina Louie on her well-known work - Scenes From A Jade Terrace Li currently has recordings on Spotify and Apple Music showcasing works by Nelson Walker, Jordan Holloway, and Brian Lambert.

As a researcher and scholar, Li has authored articles and recorded Jacqueline Hairston’s “Great Day” Ode and Philippa Duke Schuyler’s Rumpelstiltsken, and has served two years as secretary for the CU Boulder Collegiate Chapter of MTNA. Chapter presentations “Designing the Sensory Friendly Recital,” and “Hidden Voices: Exploring Piano Works by Black Women Composers in the Helen Walker-Hill Collection,” were selected for the MTNA national conferences. A seasoned lecturer, Li has given individual presentations on “Approaching New Music with Confidence”, “How to work with a pianist,” “Voice of Taiwan: Ma, Shui-Long,” “Strategies for Performing Pierre Boulez’s Douze Notations,” “Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ Violin Sonatas,” and “A Decade in the US: Stories of Studying Abroad.” Li has for this project.

This season, Li’s professional engagements will bring him to Xalapa, Mexico as faculty for the Séptimo Festival de Perfeccionamiento Pianístico for the third consecutive year, serve as a competition staff collaborative pianist for the International Horn Competition of America, present a lecture at the annual conference of Colorado State Music Teachers Association at Colorado State University Pueblo, and will professionally record John Clay Allen’s Piano Concerto “The Stone Harp” with Boulder Symphony under the baton of maestro Devin Hughes.

PASCAL SALOMON

Pascal Salomon has captivated audiences with his musical artistry, performing across Europe, Asia, and North America. From the historic Ernest Ansermet Studio and the iconic Stravinsky Auditorium in Switzerland to China’s Forbidden City Concert Hall and numerous stages in various European countries, Israel, and the United States, Mr. Salomon’s performances serve as a testament to the profound emotional connection he establishes with his audiences. Prior to his relocation to the United States, Mr. Salomon received numerous accolades, including the prize for the best French pianist at the Senigallia International Competition in Italy, the Honor Diploma in the Maria Canals International Competition in Barcelona, a scholarship from the Société de Musique d’Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, etc.

His academic contributions have enriched institutions such as the Geneva Conservatory of Music and Westmont College in Santa Barbara, where he has held faculty positions. Pascal Salomon enjoys sharing his artistry and the ways to embrace music with students; he often offers masterclasses at conservatories and various musical institutions. He studied Music Phenomenology and is especially passionate about human being’s ability to connect with the the musical sound and to integrate the multiplicity of stimuli into a unified experience.

Pascal Salomon’s educational background includes studies at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris under the tutelage of Gabriel Tacchino, further instruction at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Genève with Edson Elias and Nelson Goerner, and advanced coursework at UC Santa Barbara in California, where he obtained a doctoral degree under the guidance of Paul Berkowitz. He has also refined his artistry by attending master classes with world-class pianists and pedagogues such as Yo-Yo Ma, András Schiff, Murray Perahia, Jeremy Denk, Vera Gornostaeva, György Sebök and Paul Badura-Skoda.

MIYAKE YUKINO

Japanese pianist Miyake Yukino was the first-prize winner of the Los Angeles Liszt International Competition in 2016. As a winner of the Francis Walton Competition, she toured Washington State in 2019 and performed live at Classical KING FM in Seattle. She also received 2nd place at the All-Japan Artist Competition, 3rd place at the Novji International Music Competition, and was a finalist at the New York International Competition and the Text Young Artist Competition. Her recording of Piano Sonata No. 1 by the American composer Gary Smart was released in 2021 from RMN Classical as one of the selected works for the Modern Music for Piano series, which is available on all major music streaming services.

As a collaborative pianist, she has performed with musicians from New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Paris National Opera, and many others. Miyake was awarded the Outstanding Collaborative Artist of the Year from the University of North Florida in 2016 for her contribution to the music department. Since 2018, Yukino has been the collaborative pianist for the Colorado Children’s Chorale with whom she tours regionally and internationally. With her husband and percussionist Justin Doute, they commission and perform music for piano and percussion in a duo titled JUKINO.

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Born in Miyazu (Kyoto Prefecture), Japan, Yukino began studying piano at age of five and received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kyoto City University of Arts. After moving to the States, she completed a performance certificate at the University of North Florida and her second master’s degree in performance and pedagogy at the University of Houston. Miyake recently completed a Doctoral Degree in Piano Performance at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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JOOYEON CHANG

An active collaborative pianist, Dr. Jooyeon Chang has worked in Korea, France, the United Kingdom, Austria, Italy, Luxembourg, and the USA. The diversity in her collaborative experience has broadened her knowledge of musical repertoire and provided her with opportunities to learn, coach, and collaborate with a vast catalogue of solo, chamber, and ensemble repertoire.

She has performed with world-renowned brass musicians such tuba greats as Oystein Baadsvik, Roland Szentpali, Thomas Lulu, and as euphonium players including Steven Mead, Anthony Caillet, and Bastien Baumet. Dr. Chang has been invited to perform at universities throughout the United States, including University of Arkansas, University of Central Arkansas, Duquesne University, Sam Houston State University, Texas A&M International University, and others. She has been regularly performing with her duo partners Sarah Hetrick (Duo Oenomel) and Hsin-Hsuan Lin (The Piano Duo Lin and Chang) to meet wide range of audiences.

For many years, Dr. Chang serves as the official staff pianist for the Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival, Chœur de l’Orchestre de Paris and a guest accompanist of Musique de Armée de l’Air de Paris. She also served the 2012 ITEC (International Tuba Euphonium Conference) in Linz, Austria and the Clarinet Fest 2023, Colorado, USA.

Her previous appointments include those at the SungShin Women’s University, Chung-Ang University, and Seoul Jangsin University. She currently serves on faculty at Colorado State University where she teaches piano classes and performs with students, faculty, and guest artists.

SUYEON KIM

Korean pianist Suyeon Kim is a Teaching Associate Professor in collaborative piano at the University of Colorado Boulder, having joined the faculty in 2013. Kim is an experienced and versatile collaborator with significant instrumental and vocal accompanying experience. She earned a BM in piano performance and an MM in collaborative piano in South Korea, an additional MM in piano accompanying and chamber music from the Eastman School of Music and a DMA in collaborative piano from the University of Texas at Austin, studying with Kihoon Yang, Jean Barr and Anne Epperson. Additionally, Kim has participated as a fellow at the Music Academy of the West, studying with Jonathan Feldman. She has performed for a wide variety of master clinicians including Gil Shaham, Glenn Dicterow, Steven Doane, Emmanuel Pahud, Jeanne Baxtresser and Warren Jones, among many others.

Kim has served as collaborative pianist at the Meadowmount School of Music and for the MTNA regional and national competitions, the Colorado Flute Association competitions, the National Trumpet Competition, the International Double Reed Society Conference and the International Clarinet Fest. Past appearances include the 2016 National Flute Association convention in San Diego and the 2012 Bassfest in Austin. Kim has also performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York and the Seoul Arts Center, King Sejong Hall, Youngsan Hall and Kumho Hall in Seoul, South Korea. Kim was also featured as collaborator on KMFA radio in Austin. Recordings with collaborative partners can be found on Spotify and iTunes.

COLLABORATIVE PIANISTS (IHS)

JUHYUN LEE

A native of South Korea, collaborative pianist, and Chamber musician, Dr. Juhyun Lee has actively performed nationwide, including in New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C, Boston, Utah, Arizona, Nebraska, Montana, and Colorado.

Dr. Lee performed in a large number of recitals, concerts, and new music festivals, including a world premiere performance of Charles Strouse’s Sonata for Horn and Piano and Armand Qualliotine’s Duo for Piano and Alto Saxophone.

She joined a premier Sonata recording project for saxophone and piano by Jim Klein and Ian Jamison with Dr. Andy Dahlke and released an album in July 2023. Dr. Lee joined the Bowdoin International Festival 2013 and SongFest 2016 as a performance associate and fellow. She performed at the 47th National Flute Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2019 and the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention in Washington, D.C., in 2020. She was the guest artist at MCC’s Summer Flute Project in Mesa, Arizona, and performed in faculty recitals and chamber music concerts in 2020.

In 2023, she was appointed as collaborative piano faculty at the Luzerne Music Center summer program in New York. As an opera pianist, she has served in the Ralph Opera Center at Colorado State University since 2019 and in a numerous audition for opera productions such as Prague Summer Nights, Steamboat Opera, Arizona Opera, etc. And being an orchestra pianist, she served in the Arizona State University Symphony, Fort Collins Symphony and Greeley Philharmonic. She performed in Jordan Hall as a guest keyboardist in the Boston Modern Orchestra Project in 2014.

Dr. Lee has joined Colorado State University as an instructor of collaborative piano since 2018. Previously, she served as a staff pianist at Longy School of Music from 2013 to 2015. During that time, she was also a primary pianist for Kenneth

Radnofsky's saxophone studios at the New England Conservatory, Boston University, and Boston Conservatory. She served as a judge penal in concerto competition finals for the University of Northern Colorado Southard Music Competition and the University of Wyoming Jacoby Competition in 2023.

Dr. Lee received her MM from Longy School of Music and her D.M.A from Arizona State University. She published A New Piano Reduction of the Nielsen Flute Concerto in December 2019.

HSIN-HSUAN LIN

A native of Taiwan, Dr. Hsin-Hsuan Lin is an all-round pianist of chamber music and large ensemble. She has a diversity of repertoires including winds, strings, operas, choirs, bands and symphonies.

Lin started her collaborative journey by working with the choir at Pace Institute in Taiwan when she was twelve. That was the first time she felt the beauty of playing with other people than herself. During her undergraduate and graduate study, she performed with many of her colleague at school. She also served as a choir pianist and rehearsal pianist of Verdi’s opera Falstaff with all the voice faculties at TungHai Unversity.

She was invited to many music festivals and contests such as Castleman Quartet Program, Texas String Camp and Festival, Longhorn Music Camp, Austin University Interscholastic Leagues Contests, and many regional competitions. Recent performances include two piano duo recitals, concert with Fort Collins Symphony, and recitals with clarinetist Alan Kay and Wenzel Fuchs.

Lin holds degrees in piano performance and collaborative piano from TungHai Univeristy in Taichung, Taiwan and the Univertiy of Texas at Austin, studying with Min-Hwa Chen, Gregory Allen, Anne Epperson, and Colette Valentine. She

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was a full scholarship recipient and appointed teaching assistant during her study of collaborative piano. She recently joined Colorado State University as an instructor of collaborative piano.

HYEJI SEO

Dr. Hyeji Seo is an accomplished pianist, collaborative/ chamber musician, and educator. She has enjoyed performing and presenting lectures internationally and working with diverse groups of students in various musical settings. Her performances, spanning a diverse range of musical genres and styles. Her musical journey has taken her to prestigious venues across the United States, Europe, and Korea.

In 2016, Dr. Seo made her debut at the Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York. Her performances have graced stages across continents, including the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium, where she was invited as the first-place winner of the International Music Competition ‘Brussels’ Grand Prize Virtuoso. She has also been a featured Guest Artist at the events such as the Gala Concert at the Kimmel Art Center in Philadelphia, the Triumph Music Festival, and the EOULIM Concert Series at the Cheongju Art Center in Korea.

Throughout her career, Dr. Seo has won prizes in several international competitions, including the Ise-Shima International Piano Competition in Japan, the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in the USA, and the American Protégé International Piano and String Competition, among others. She has performed in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Weill Hall, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Jacopone da Todi hall, Kimmel Art Center, Youngsan Art Hall, and Cheongju Art Center, among others.

Beyond her performance career, Dr. Seo is a dedicated educator with a passion for teaching a diverse range of students in various settings. She has conducted guest

coaching sessions in both the United States and Korea and has served as an adjudicator at the MTNA Colorado Piano Competition. Her teaching experience spans institutions like Colorado State University, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Michigan State University, Western Illinois University, St. Pius X School, and Expressions Music Academy, Michigan. Her commitment to piano pedagogy is further demonstrated through her presentation on the research of piano pedagogy with young musicians on the autism spectrum at the MTNA Collegiate Chapters in 2018.

Dr. Seo is a dynamic and sought-after pianist and chamber musician. Her extensive experience spans a wide spectrum of instrumental, vocal, choral, symphonic, chamber, and opera production, collaborating with professional musicians and guest artists alike. She has served as a collaborative pianist and coach at Michigan State University, Western Illinois University, and Centro Studi Carlo Della Giacoma Encore Series in Italy. She has also made meaningful contributions to sacred music as an organist and interim music director in various places, including St. Jude, St. Pius X, St. Andrew Kim, and St. Martha in Michigan.

Her primary piano studies were with Kyungmi Kim, Hyesoo Jeon, Tammie Walker, Zhihua Tang, and Deborah Moriarty. She has furthered her education through additional studies with Hae Sun Paik, Alan Chow, Zhe Tang, Robert Roux, Michael Lewin, Klaus Schilde, Sontraud Speidel, Aviram Reichert, and Laurent Cabasso. Her educational achievements include a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance, a master’s degree in Collaborative Piano from Michigan State University, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Sookmyung Women’s University and Western Illinois University, respectively. During her studies, she has been fully supported by Graduate Assistantship, Ralph Votapek Scholarship, and Dixon Collaborative Pianist Award.

In 2018, Dr. Seo joined the faculty at Colorado State University as an instructor of collaborative piano, where she continues to share her love for music and performance with students and audiences alike. Her dedication to music education and her passion for the piano remain at the core of her artistic journey.

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

956 BRASS

Dr. Monica Martinez is Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She is a passionate educator and freelance musician who regularly performs and teaches masterclasses to musicians of all levels. She also serves on the Advisory Council of the International Horn Society.

Dr. William (Bill) Haugeberg is the Assistant Professor of Trombone at East Carolina University, where he teaches applied trombone, trombone choir and brass methods. Previously he taught at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Tarleton State University and Albany State University.

Dr. Alexander Sanso is Assistant Professor of Trumpet at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where he teaches applied Trumpet and chamber music. Dr. Sanso remains active as a performer and pedagogue. His area of research focuses primarily on new works which feature the trumpet as a solo instrument.

KATY AMBROSE

Katy Ambrose is Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Iowa. An active chamber musician, Ambrose is the horn player in Mirari Brass and half of the Lanta horn duo. She recently served as interim Operations Coordinator for the Boulanger Institute, helping to launch the inaugural WoCo festival in March 2019, and was a founding member of Seraph Brass. She has been a member of numerous regional orchestras and has performed as a substitute musician with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Pops, Hawai’i Symphony, Daejeon Philharmonic (South Korea), Richmond Symphony, Seattle Baroque, Washington Bach Consort, among many others. She holds a DMA from Temple University, Artist Diploma from Yale University, Master’s from CCM, and BM from University of Michigan.

AMITY TRIO

Amity Trio is a chamber ensemble for Soprano, Horn, and Piano that fuels the model of new music speaking to and for our present times. The trio believes new music should be a vehicle for building communication among and reflection on today’s global community, especially as an amplifier for historically excluded voices. The trio coalesced into its present formation in 2018, to focus on unearthing

and commissioning music for this particular ensemble-and to continue to enjoy good food together around the world. Amity Trio has performed internationally as well as across the United States. They released their first album, Between Us Now, in 2022 which features music by North American composers who identify as Women. With a fruitful collaboration with composer Nur Slim, Amity Trio is creating an animated adaptation of Nur’s dinosaur opera Lucrecia y el canto de los dudasaurios. This story is a playful and interactive English-Spanglish-Spanish children’s opera about a T. Rex who is vegetarian, and the family/friend dynamics that result. To learn more about all of the Trio’s exciting projects please visit, www.amitytrio.com projects. Amity Trio is comprised of hornist Dr. Michael Walker, soprano Katie Dukes, and pianist Kimberly Carballo.

ANONIM TRIO

Formed in 2021, the Anonim Trio consists of Martin D. King, horn; Chris Dickey, tuba; and Yoon-Wha Roh, piano. The ensemble, comprised of faculty at Washington State University, formed to commission a new piece, “Crikey!” by Catherine Likhuta and to record an album of music for horn, tuba, and piano. The album, titled Anonim, can be found on Centaur Records and features Ms. Likhuta’s work as well as pieces by Alec Wilder, Trygve Madsen, Barbara York, and David Gillingham. The ensemble has performed at universities across the United States and hopes to commission more new works for this unique ensemble in the future.

LAYNE ANSPACH

Layne Anspach is an educator, performer, arts administrator residing in Bloomington, Indiana. He teaches at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music as a Visiting Lecturer in Chamber Music. An active recitalist and chamber musician, Anspach has performed throughout the U.S. and in Europe. In addition to freelancing, he is the 4th hornist with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra. Anspach’s research highlights community engagement and explores lesser-known pieces and composers. He writes the Chamber Music Corner for Horn and More, the International Horn Society’s Newsletter. One of his recent publications include a new piano reduction of Franz Strauss’ 2nd Horn Concerto. Currently, Anspach is a doctoral candidate at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

LESLIE BELL

Leslie Bell is a horn player and teacher from Alabama. Sher received her bachelor’s in music performance at The University of Alabama in 2019. She continued her education at The University of Florida, where she received her master’s in music performance in 2021. While she was attending The University of Florida, she regularly played with the Gainesville Symphony Orchestra and the Ocala Symphony Orchestra as fourth horn. In May of 2024, Leslie received her doctorate in music performance at The Florida State University. She currently serves as the Adjunct Horn Professor at The University of North Florida and section member of the Ocala Symphony Orchestra. Leslie strives to make a positive impact on all her students through her teaching and her performances.

TRAVIS BENNETT

Travis Bennett joined the faculty of Western Carolina University in 2006. He is an active chamber and orchestral musician, performing regularly with the Asheville Symphony and other regional ensembles. He serves as the Area Representative of North Carolina for the International Horn Society, and has hosted the Southeast Horn Workshop twice (2009,2019). In 2019, Dr. Bennett released his first solo album, Collage, which includes several works that have never been recorded before.

JAMES BOLDIN

James Boldin is Professor of Music at the University of Louisiana Monroe, where he holds the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Endowed Chair in Music. He is active as a soloist and chamber musician, and performs with the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Rapides Symphony Orchestra, and Monroe Symphony Orchestra. As an advocate for new music, Boldin has commissioned and premiered numerous compositions. He has authored three books, published dozens of articles, reviews, and musical arrangements, and currently serves as Publications Editor for The International Horn Society. He is proud to be a Yamaha Performing Artist. For more information, visit jamesboldin.com.

LISA BONTRAGER

Lisa Bontrager has performed throughout the United States, Europe, South America, Central America and Japan, including tours with the Millennium Brass Quintet, the Pennsylvania Wind Quintet and MirrorImage horn duo. Bontrager served as featured artist at the Southeast Horn Workshop, the International Women’s Brass Conference in Toronto, the Western United States Horn Symposium in Las Vegas, and the Western Illinois Horn Workshop. As a tenor hornist with the Brass Band of Battle Creek, she has toured and recorded extensively. She currently plays with the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, Penn’s Woods Music Festival, Punta Gorda Sym and has subbed with the Baltimore, Chautauqua, Harrisburg and Binghamton symphonies. Bontrager has taught in Greece, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan, Brazil and Paraguay and at the Interlochen Arts Camp. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita at Penn State where she received the 2008 Faculty Scholar Medal for the Arts and Humanities.

ANNIE BOSLER

Dr. Annie Bosler has performed at The Grammys, American Music Awards, and can be heard on many motion pictures, video games, and theme park rides. Named a TED Educator in 2017, Dr. Bosler co-wrote How to practice… for just about anything which received over 50 million views and gave a TEDx talk about facial rehabilitation and brain plasticity She published two books College Prep for Musicians (2018) and In Tune: Exercises to Improve a Musician’s Performance and Quality of Life (2023) as well as produced/directed the documentary 1M1: Hollywood Horns of the Golden Years. She wrote Tianjin Juilliard’s Music Discovery curriculum, served as the secretary/treasurer of the IHS, and co-hosted the 2015 IHS Symposium. She is professor of horn at CSUN and is married to LA Studio hornist Dylan Hart.

BRAZILIAN HORN ENSEMBLE

Aiming to promote Brazilian music, six horn players from different regions of the country, as well as a percussionist, created the Brazilian Horn Ensemble. His debut took place at the School of Music of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN, in 2019. In the same year, BHE

acted as a contributing artist at the 51st IHS SymposiumGhent, in addition to performing at the VI Meeting of the Brazilian Association of Horn players, in Barra Mansa-RJ. In 2023 the group returned to the stage, at the 55th IHS Symposium – Montreal. In 2024, BHE will perform as a guest group at the 56th IHS Symposium – Fort Collins.

CHRISTOPHER BRIGHAM

American horn player, educator and Holocaust researcher, Christopher Brigham is currently living in Cologne, Germany, with an active freelance career, private teaching studio and is a faculty member of New England Music Camp. Christopher obtained his bachelor’s degree in Horn Performance from the Hartt School at the University of Hartford in 2013 under Dr. David Wakefield and master’s degree in Solo Performance at the Folkwang Universität der Künste with Frank Lloyd until 2017. He went on to study Orchestral Performance with Norbert Stertz and Jan Golebiowski at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold in 2021. He has performed in a variety of worldrenowned concert halls in Belgium, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA. He enjoys an eclectic career of chamber music and orchestral playing with such groups as the American Horn Quartet, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, Duisburger Philharmoniker, Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden, WDR Funkhaus Orchester and more.

EMILY BRITTON

Emily Britton, adjunct professor of horn at Western Kentucky University and Campbellsville University, is a passionate instructor and performer. She is on the faculty of the Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts and has previously taught at the University of Louisville and the University of Evansville. Dr. Britton’s busy freelance schedule includes serving as Principal Horn of the Owensboro Symphony and Indianapolis Chamber Orchestras, frequent appearances in the Louisville Orchestra and Nashville Symphony Orchestra, and studio work in Nashville. Dr. Britton was a member of the USAF Heritage of America Band from 2010 to 2015, stationed at JB Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Virginia. She was awarded second place in the collegiate division of the IHCA in 2009. Dr. Britton holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Florida State University.

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

JOHANNA BURIAN

Johanna L Burian is an active freelance horn player and private lesson instructor in the Denver metro area. She performs in orchestras, chamber ensembles, musical and opera pits and occasional indie rock recording sessions. Johanna holds a Master of Music in Horn Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and a Bachelor of Music from DePauw University. When she isn’t making music, Johanna enjoys hiking and exploring Colorado and the desert Southwest with her musician partner and teenage twins.

JULI BUXBAUM

Dr. Juli Buxbaum is the Assistant Professor of Horn and Assistant Department Chair at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. An avid chamber musician, Juli has also toured with groups internationally in Brazil, Japan, Switzerland, and Germany. She has served as faculty for chamber festivals such as the Brass Institutes of America, FIMUS Internacional, and the Saarburger Serenaden. Orchestral engagements include third horn with the Jackson Symphony and regular appearances with regional orchestras such as Arkansas Symphony. Juli is also a passionate educator and researcher, particularly with an interest in increasing access to horn pedagogy resources. Juli received both a DMA and MM in Horn Performance from Arizona State University and holds a BM in Music Education from Oklahoma State University. Her primary teachers include Lanette Lopez-Compton and Dr. John Ericson.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HORN CLUB

The Central Washington University Horn Club is made up of university students, regardless of major, interested in playing the horn. The CWUHC performs 1-2 full concert programs per year, has released two CDs, and has been featured at numerous Northwest Horn Society workshops, Washington Music Educators Association conferences, and symposia of the International Horn Society. The ensemble also maintains an active outreach program, promoting the horn and its music in Washington’s schools. Jeffrey Snedeker, director.

VIVIAN YU-HSUAN CHANG

Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, Dr. Vivian Yu-hsuan Chang is an active hornist, collaborative pianist, researcher, and educator. She was a member of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and Lubbock Chamber Orchestra, serving as the Acting Principal Horn for the 2023-24 season. As an advocate for diversity and inclusion in music, Dr. Chang is involved with the Chromatic Brass Collective. Besides performing, she is interested in various research topics, including music theory, pedagogy, and cognition.

Dr. Chang completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree and Certificate in Theory Pedagogy at Texas Tech University as a Helen DeVitt Jones Graduate Fellowship recipient. She is excited to relocate to Myrtle Beach, SC, and begin her term as an Assistant Professor of Music at Coastal Carolina University this Fall.

COBALT QUARTET

Founded in 2017, Cobalt Quartet is a professional horn quartet comprised of hornists and educators, Jena Gardner, Katie Johnson-Webb, Caroline Steiger and Rose Valby. In August 2018, Cobalt Quartet won the professional division of the International Horn Society’s Horn Quartet Competition. Members of Cobalt can be heard performing across the United States and hold positions at Western Illinois University, Texas State University, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and in the United States Air Force Band of the West. Through their performances and master classes, the Cobalt Quartet is dedicated to educating, engaging, and entertaining audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

DEVIN COBLEIGH-MORRISON

Raised in Pinckney, Michigan, Dr. Devin Cobleigh-Morrison is the Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Louisville School of Music hornist of the Louisville Faculty Brass Quintet, and artist faculty at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Recently, he was employed with the Lancaster Festival Orchestra, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s faculty wind quintet, Wingra from 2019-2022. Cobleigh-Morrison and previously served as faculty at Washburn University, performing in both the faculty woodwind and brass quintets, has held various chairs with orchestras nationwide, and has performed with the Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Kansas City, and Omaha Symphonies, Louisville Orchestra, among others. His primary teachers include Elizabeth Freimuth, Randy Gardner, Dan Grebois, Tom Sherwood, Dale Clevenger, and Alice Render. Dr. Cobleigh-Morrison is frequently published arranger and editor through the Vertias Musica Publishing Company.

COR CAMERATA

Created in 2023, Cor Camerata’s purpose is to bring classical horn into the future and introduce a new audience to the magic of the horn.

We hope you enjoy the nostalgia, as we push the boundaries of the horn to display the extension of range in both high and low registers in our arrangement of The Prince of Egypt.

Horns:

Dr. Brianna Volkmann - Rico Kühn W293

Charles Blomgren - Conn 12DS

Tatiana Delk - Conn 8D

Jessica Blomgren - Conn 11DES

Blake Sullivan - Yamaha 671

Alyson Byers - Yamaha 871D

Fun fact: Our arranger is a member, meaning parts are tailored to each player’s specialties. Do you like high horn? Low horn? Jazzy growls?…The string part? That can be arranged. Pay attention, can you identify players’ favorite techniques?

ZACHARY COOPER

Zachary Cooper is Assistant Professor of Horn and Coordinator of Brass at Butler University. He is principal horn of the Carmel Symphony and Richmond (IN) Symphony and is an active freelance and studio hornist in Indianapolis. Previously, he was principal horn with the Missoula Symphony, associate principal horn with the Helena Symphony, and has performed with more than two dozen orchestras across North America. He is an advocate for chamber music and is co-founder of Entropy, a horn and trombone duo. Commissioning new works is a passion and has been the focus of his scholarly research. Supported works have included composers Paul Basler, Alexis Carrier, Aliyah Danielle, Austin Hammonds, Tyler Kline, Catherine Likhuta, Amy Riebs Mills, Shawn Okpebholo, Anthony Plog, and Jeff Scott. Learn more at www.zcooperhorn.com

JAMES CURRENCE

James Currence is a horn player and teacher in the greater West Tennessee area, serving as 4th horn of the Jackson Symphony, as well as holding teaching positions at Union University in Jackson and Rhodes College in Memphis. Mr. Currence is also a regular substitute musician for the Memphis Symphony and the Memphis Brass Quintet and is currently completing a Doctoral degree at the University of Memphis. Mr. Currence also performs as Principal Horn with Orchestra Sul Ponticello in Decatur, Alabama, and has performed with acts such as Il Volo, Celtic Thunder, and Jay Clifford of Jump, Little Children. In his off time, Mr. Currence enjoys spending his time quietly at home with his partner, Maggie. Mr. Currence holds degrees in Horn performance from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Winchester, Virginia and Lynn Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton, Florida.

ALIYAH DANIELLE

Aliyah Danielle is a dynamic artist with a unique approach that can be summed up in one word: unconventional. The winding roads of Aliyah’s diverse interests and experiences converge to form the heart of her creations, which seek to tell stories through sound and blend genres to create new, interesting sonic textures. A collaborator at heart, Aliyah’s mission is to use her art to pose questions and start

conversations surrounding issues embedded in our world’s cultural and social systems.

Aliyah enjoys a multifaceted career including performing, composing, arranging, orchestration, producing, and teaching. Primarily performing as a singer and french horn player, she frequently experiments with genre-fusion and performs music influenced by funk, neo-soul, gospel, jazz, classical, and other contemporary styles. She received her Master of Music in Contemporary Performance (Production Concentration) from Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Spain, and also holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.

ANDREA DENIS

Dr. Andrea Denis joined the faculty of Stephen F. Austin State University in the Fall of 2021 as Assistant Professor of Horn. She graduated with her doctorate from Texas Tech University and her Bachelors and Masters of Music from Stephen F. Austin State University. Prior to her appointment at SFA, she taught at numerous other colleges and public schools throughout Texas and performed as a freelance musician in the DFW area. Dr. Denis currently performs as principal horn with the Longview Symphony and performs regularly with the Stonefort Wind Quintet and the SFA Faculty Brass Quintet. She is also a strong advocate for new horn music and is often premiering new works and working with composers to promote their compositions.

ROB DETJEN

Rob Detjen is the Assistant Professor of Music—Horn at the University of Southern Mississippi. Rob grew up in Southeast Alaska and holds degrees from the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Oregon. Dr. Detjen is an active educator and performer. Previously he taught at Harold Washington College, Jackson State University, Jacksonville University, Millsaps College, and Pittsburg State University. Rob serves as fourth horn of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and second horn of the Meridian Symphony Orchestra and Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra. In addition to these appointments, Rob has performed with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, Kansas City

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Omaha Symphony, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, and South Dakota Symphony.

DUO LUPO

Duo Lupo is passionately engaged in commissioning, arranging, and performing innovative music for Saxophone and French Horn. They were prominently featured at the 2023 World Saxophone Congress and have presented recitals across the Midwest.

ERIN AND ROSS

The dynamic writing/performing duo, Erin & Ross is a oneof-a-kind musical experience. Their original New Kind of Old sound, distinctive for its unique instrumentation featuring guitar, French horn, and vocals. Its seamless blend of genres results from a synthesis of their diverse musical and life experiences. For over five years the duo has delighted audiences from Nashville’s The Bluebird Cafe to the stage at the 55th International Horn Symposium with their catalog of over 50 original tunes and a wide range of re-imagined standards. She is also completing an ethnographically informed biography of her mentor, Froydis Ree Wekre. Their continuing musical, educational, and creative journey can be followed on their website, erinandrossmusic.com, and on Instagram, @erinandrossmusic.

OLIVIA ESTHER

Canadian-Portuguese horn player, Olivia Esther, is a sought after performer, recording artist, producer, and educator having worked with many of Canada’s finest orchestras, theatre companies and festivals including the Canadian Opera Company, Winnipeg Symphony, Symphony Nova Scotia, Festival of the Sound, TD Toronto Jazz Festival, and Mirvish Productions. Olivia’s latest projects include the artistic collaboration with CBC producer emeritus and composer, David Jaeger, leading the Canadian-Brazilian chamber jazz group, Ona Ensemble, and producing community outreach with her pro-am horn ensemble, Sonic Horn Revolution. Olivia is a member of the brass faculty at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada.

RANDALL FAUST

For over four decades, Randall Faust has been active in The International Horn Society, as both a Composer and a Hornist. He has served the I.H.S. in many roles-and currently Coordinates the Composition Contest and the Meir Rimon Commissioning Assistance Project. Recordings of the music of Randall Faust are available on various labels including MSR Classics, Summit Records, Crystal Records, Albany Records, and ACA Digital Recordings. As a hornist, he has performed in various ensembles including the Camerata Woodwind Quintet-whose recording of the Quintet No. 2 by Anthony Iannaccone may be heard on Crystal Records. Having taught at three different universities, as well as at Interlochen, he and his wife-Sharon Faust-look forward to seeing you and many former students at the Exhibit booth for Faust Music.

RADEGUNDIS FEITOSA

Radegundis Feitosa has been developing a career of important accomplishments. He was the first president of the Brazilian Horn Association and has recorded the first CD of a Brazilian brass player playing standard European classical repertoire with piano, entitled “Universal”, as much as the first CD featuring improvisation on the Horn by a Brazilian player, entitled “Radegundis Tavares”. Radegundis hosted the first International Horn Symposium in Latin America – IHS49. He did his undergraduate and graduate courses in the Federal University of Paraiba and had as his Horn professor Cisneiro de Andrade.

Radegundis has been premiering many works for Horn and has acted as a soloist playing traditional repertoire, virtuosic works, and Brazilian popular music. Since 2008 he is full time professor of Horn at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte and has released in June of 2019 his third solo CD entitled “Sounds from my home”. Since August 2021 Radegundis is the President of the International Horn Society.

LISA FORD

Lisa Ford has been Principal Horn of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra since 1993. Previously Assistant Principal Horn of the San Diego Symphony, Lisa is an active chamber musician and soloist, and is a member of the new music ensemble Gageego!.

Senior Lecturer at the Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg, Lisa also coaches brass and chamber music, and is engaged in mental training and student health subjects.

Lisa graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy, the Norwegian State Academy of Music and was also a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Her main teachers have been Frøydis Ree Wekre, Dale Clevenger, Norman Schweikert and Julie Landsman.

Lisa is a professional coach with a diploma in Catalytic Coaching and also works with the mindset program Friendlyeyes. Lisafordhorn.com

JENA GARDNER

Jena Gardner is Associate Professor of Horn at Western Illinois University. Dr. Gardner’s teaching has been described as “warm...and infused with curiosity and passion.” Her expertise in holistic horn pedagogy was recognized in 2023 with WIU’s prestigious Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Gardner has performed worldwide with prestigious ensembles such as the Chicago Lyric Opera and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She is a member of the Camerata Woodwind Quintet, Lamoine Brass Quintet, and the award-winning Cobalt Horn Quartet. In 2021, Dr. Gardner explored overuse injury prevention and rehabilitation in brass pedagogy, and presented her findings to the International Horn Society and the International Women’s Brass Conference. Her expertise in brass performance wellness inspired the publication of BrassInjury.com, a resource for musicians, students, and educators. She holds a DMA from Northwestern University.

RANDY GARDNER

A veteran of 22 years as Second Horn in The Philadelphia Orchestra, Randy Gardner is known as an outstanding teacher, clinician and chamber musician. You will find his students in top orchestras, military ensembles and teaching positions globally. Gardner is currently Artist-In-Residence at Temple University following a distinguished tenure as Professor of Horn at The University of Cincinnati. He has performed with many major American orchestras including all of ‘the big 5’. The author of the acclaimed “Mastering the Horn’s Low Register” and “Good Vibrations: Masterclasses for

Brass Players”, he presents “Modular Music Masterclasses” workshops in university settings (see randygardnerhorn. com). Gardner was honored to receive an IHS Punto Award in 2018 and currently serves on the IHS Advisory Council.

SADIE GLASS

Early music specialist, Sadie Glass leads a varied career as a performer and educator, playing across North America with period-ensembles including Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Portland Baroque, American Bach Soloists, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, and Seattle Baroque. Recent solo appearances include Mozart K.412 with horn quartet, Quadre (2022), and Telemann’s Double Horn Concerto with Seattle Baroque (2023). On the modern horn, Sadie is tenured with the Monterey Symphony and has performed with orchestras throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including the San Francisco Symphony. Sadie is also the Horn Professor and Brass-Percussion Program Director at the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music in Stockton, CA. During the summer, Sadie is on faculty at the Kendall Betts Horn Camp. Outside of music, Sadie enjoys family time and loves to travel

TYLER H. GOODWIN-SOUFFRONT

Tyler H. Goodwin-Souffront is a hornist based in Hickory, North Carolina. Tyler is the Adjunct Professor of Horn at Lenoir-Rhyne (NC) and Converse (SC) Universities. In addition, he is the Instructor of Horn in the Clover, Fort Mill and Spartanburg School Districts in South Carolina teaching nearly 90 students. Aside from teaching, GoodwinSouffront is the Fourth Horn of the Brevard Philharmonic (NC), Symphony of the Mountains (TN), Johnson City Symphony Orchestra (TN), and is the Acting Second Horn of the Salisbury Symphony (NC).

BRAD GRANVILLE

Dr. Brad Granville will begin an appointment as Assistant Professor of Horn at Eastern Kentucky University this fall, having previously served as Adjunct Instructor of Horn at Youngstown State University. He also serves as Third Horn of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and previously held positions with the Britt Festival Orchestra and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. He is a frequent guest of

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the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. As a pedagogue, Dr. Granville has presented guest masterclasses and recitals throughout the United States. His academic research focuses upon political influence on horn repertoire and the study of Flow Theory, and he has had his research published by the International Horn Society. Dr. Granville has studied with Denise Tryon, Oto Carrillo, Bruce Henniss, and Nicholas Perrini.

GREEN BAY HORNS

Residents of Northeast Wisconsin, Green Bay Horns contribute to several orchestras and chamber ensembles. Andrew Parks has been on faculties of UW-River Falls and UW-Eau Claire. He engraves music for Verdi, Mayr, Meyerbeer Editions, and the Music of Douglas Hill in the IHS Store. Stephen Taylor, originally from Los Angeles, lived in New Hampshire performing principal with the New Hampshire Philharmonic, Wichendon Winds, and Quint-Essential Winds. Kelly Haselhuhn is in the Marquette Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Anchorage Symphony and toured internationally with Eurobrass. Philip Klickman is the Director of Bands at St. Norbert College, and has taught at Frostburg State University in Maryland. Alex Riemer, finance manager at a paper converting company, is a past member of Northshore Concert Band and Prairie Brass Band in Chicago.

PAULA GUIMARÃES

Born in Salvador, Bahia, she began studying horn at the Adventist Music Conservatory. She performed in several countries around the world in addition to several Brazilian states with the Youth Orchestra of Bahia through the Neojibá project. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from Nicholls State University (Louisiana, USA, 2014) and a Master’s degree in Music Performance from the University of Chichester (Chichester, UK, 2016). She participated in master classes/individual lessons led by world renowned horn players, such as Luiz Garcia, Ignacio García, Will Sanders, Andrej Zust, Jeff Nelsen, Sarah Wilis, Matías Piñeira, Jörg Brückner, and Katy Woolley.

Participated in many international music festivals, IHS Symposiums, and won the competition for young soloists organized by the Brazilian Horn Players’ Association in 2016. Holds a chair at the Federal University of Bahia Symphony Orchestra since 2018, since 2020 she has been a founder member of the Octeto Feminino do Brasil, and since 2023 she has been a member of the Brazilian Horn Ensemble. In 2024 she was accepted into the prestigious international Academy Music Conservatory program, having been coached by Laurens Woudenberg and selected for an artistic residency at the University of Michigan, USA.

JESSICA AND MATTHEW HAISLIP

Matthew Haislip is Assistant Professor of Horn and Jessica Haislip is Instructor of Oboe at Mississippi State University. They perform as principals in the Starkville Symphony and as section members in the North Mississippi Symphony. Jessica is additionally Principal Oboe of the Monroe Symphony (LA) and Matthew is a member of Quintasonic Brass, Meridian Symphony, the Missouri Symphony Orchestra’s summer season, and is on faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Matthew’s compositions include Dueling Fundamentals for Two Horns, published by Mountain Peak Music and four compositions published by WaveFront Music, including the Rhapsody for oboe, horn, and piano the duo performed with pianist Jooyeon Chang at this symposium. His website is www.matthaislip.com.

KATEY HALBERT

Hornist Katey J. Halbert’s vibrant personality and passion for music inspire both as a teacher and performer. Residing in Northwest Arkansas, she is currently Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. At home on the concert stage, she has performed as a soloist, orchestral musician, and chamber musician throughout the world. In the recent years she has performed in Bangkok, Thailand with the Lyrique Quintette, as principal horn in the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, and as a soloist for the International Women’s Brass Conference. She is currently the horn player and Executive Director of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Wild Prairie Winds, and the Treasurer for the International Alliance for Women in Music.

MARTIN HACKLEMAN

Martin Hackleman is recently retired from the UMKC Conservatory of Music in Kansas City in 2022. Prior to that, he worked in these ensembles and institutions. 1971-1972 Studied at University of Houston. Other teachers include, Barry Tuckwell and Roland Berger.

From 1972-1974 Principal Horn, Calgary Philharmonic, Calgary Alberta, Canada, 1974-1983 Principal Horn, Vancouver Symphony, Vancouver British Columbia, 1983-1985 Member of Canadian Brass, 1985-1989 Member of Empire Brass, 1989- 1999 Principal Horn, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, 1999 -2000 Principal Horn, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, 2000 -2012 Principal Horn, National Symphony Orchestra, 2012-2022 Faculty, UMKC Conservatory of Music, Kansas City.

Mr Hackleman’s other performing and teaching experience is: 1972-1975 Red Lodge, Montana, Brass Faculty, 1974-1976 Tidewater Brass Quintet, St Mary’s City, Maryland, 20022006 Teacher/Performer, Mendez Brass Institute, 2008-2011 All Star Brass, Banff Center, Alberta, Canada, 2000-2012 Washington Symphonic Brass, 2000-2003 Faculty, Asian Youth Orchestra, 1985-1989 Faculty, Boston University, 1974 -1983, 1989-1999, Faculty, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Mr Hackleman has recorded over 45 CDs.

THOMAS HIEBERT

Thomas Hiebert is Professor of Music at California State University, Fresno, where he has taught since 1987.He has concertized widely as a recitalist on both valved and natural horn with his wife, Lenore Voth Hiebert. He has also performed with many orchestras, including the Boston Lyric Opera, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Nebraska Chamber Orchestra, Lincoln Symphony, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, as principal horn of Fresno’s Orpheus Chamber Ensemble , and as acting principal of the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra. Complementing his performance activities, Dr. Hiebert has published extensively on the 18th-century horn—including in The Horn Call, the Historic Brass Society Journal, Early Music, and The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments. For The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians he has written or revised twelve biographical entries on horn players.

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NATALIE BROOKE HIGGINS

Natalie Brooke Higgins, a prize-winning horn performer and educator, is currently Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Nevada, Reno and founding member of both the Alias Brass Company and BrassHaus. An affiliate artist with the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass, Dr. Higgins has performed with such world class orchestras as the National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, South Dakota Symphony, Southwest Florida Symphony, American Festival Orchestra, Banff Festival Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, Reno Philharmonic and Reno Chamber Orchestra. Based on her innovative achievements, service to her community, and commitment to inspire the next generation of musicians and music educators, Natalie has been recognized as one of Georgia Trend Magazine’s “40 under 40” honorees. A sought-after clinician and horn soloist across the country, Natalie received her Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of MissouriKansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, Master of Music from George Mason University, and Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.

TECHNICAL SERGEANT MICHAEL HILL

Technical Sergeant Michael Hill hails from Spring, TX (Houston). He received his Bachelor of Music degree in Horn Performance from the University of MissouriColumbia in 2012, studying under Dr. Marcia Spence, former Commander and Conductor, 531st USAF ANG Band. During this time, he performed as a soloist and section hornist with various university ensembles, as well as several local musical organizations.

Michael’s first professional appointment was as 2nd Horn with the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, a position he held for 5 seasons. Michael was also a prize winner at numerous state, national, and international music competitions to include: the Mid-South Horn Workshop, Missouri Music Teachers Association, Music Teachers National Association Solo Competitions, and the International Horn Symposium. Subsequently, Sergeant Hill began his graduate studies at Indiana University and was a student of Dale Clevenger and Jeff Nelsen. He also served as an apprentice in brass repair to Richard Seraphinoff, and performed as assistant principal horn in the Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as hornist in

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numerous student-led ensembles. Sergeant Hill held the position of Adjunct Professor of Horn at Lone Star CollegeMontgomery. During this time he also established a private teaching studio of seventy students and occasionally performed with the Arkansas Symphony, Southeast Texas Symphony, and Kingwood Pops Orchestra. He received his Master of Music degree in Horn Performance from the University of Missouri with a full-tuition scholarship. While there, he again studied with Dr. Marcia Spence, and was inducted into the Pi Kappa Lambda honor society.

Sergeant Hill joined the US Air Force in 2018, earning a position with theUSAF Band of Mid-America, Scott AFB, Illinois. During this period, he performed as a soloist, section hornist, and brass quintet member in over 250 performances across the Midwest. He also performed with the St.Louis Symphony and Kansas City Symphony Orchestras. Michael was the recipient of the prestigious Non-Commissioned Officer Academy John L. Levitow award. In May of 2022, Sergeant Hill was offered a position with the USAF Academy Band in Colorado Springs, CO. His wife, Rebecca, and his two sons reside with him there as he currently performs as a premier bandsman with the Concert Band, Ceremonial Band, and Stellar Brass Quintet.

HORNS OF MONTANA

Horns of Montana, led by Dr. Elizabeth Schmidt, is comprised of student performers from the Montana State University Horn Ensemble and the University of Montana. This initiative was built out of a desire to unite horn students across Montana, working to close geographical barriers and celebrate shared passions for the instrument. The ensemble focuses on highlighting new music for this instrumentation, including works by members of the group as well as music inspired by the Montana landscape. After a successful debut performance at the Northwest Horn Symposium in 2023, the group is excited to bring Montana inspired music to the international stage at IHS56!

LAUREN HUNT

Dr. Lauren Hunt is the Linda VanSickle Smith French Horn Chair and Director of Brass Studies at Interlochen Center for the Arts. Her professional career began when she won first prize in the International Horn Competition of America

in 2013. She performs regularly in the horn section of orchestras including Ballet West, Utah Symphony, Utah Festival Opera, and Artosphere Festival Orchestra.

Hunt can be heard on an album of Beethoven’s chamber works for winds released in 2019 on the Naxos label. Other recent chamber music appearances include at the Marlboro Music Festival, Northern Neck Chamber Series, Norfolk Festival, Appalachian Chamber Music Festival, the Phoenix Chamber Music Festival, and a chamber recital at Carnegie Hall in 2017. Learn more at laurenhunthorn.com.

STUART IVEY

Dr. Stuart Ivey is the Assistant Director of Bands and Lecturer in Ensembles at Baylor University, where he serves as Associate Director of Athletic Bands, conductor of the Concert Band, and teaches courses in conducting. Dr. Ivey’s education includes a Doctor of Arts degree from Ball State University with a primary emphasis in Wind Conducting and secondary emphasis in Trombone Performance. Dr. Ivey holds a Master of Music in Trombone Performance from the University of Missouri and a Bachelor of Music Education from Auburn University. Prior to his time at Ball State, Dr. Ivey taught in the public schools of Alabama for six years.

JOSEPH JOHNSON

Joseph Johnson is a musician and educator originally from Long Island, NY. He recently received his masters degree in Horn Performance from the University of Florida where he served as the studio graduate assistant. Outside of working in the horn studio, he was a staff member for the Gator Marching Band and was a freelancer in the Gainesville area. He has performed with the Gainesville Symphony, Valdosta Symphony and North Shore Symphony Orchestras, the Northern Symphonic Winds, and a multitude of chamber ensembles and UF British Brass Band.

Johnson is currently in the second year of study for his DMA in Horn Performance at the University of Georgia, studying with Dr. James Naigus and Dr. Jean Martin-Williams. Johnson received his Master’s in Performance from the University of Florida studying with Dr. Paul Basler, and received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education with a Performance

Certificate from the Crane School of Music where he studied with Dr. Lauren Becker. During his time at Crane he also studied organ under Dr. Michelle Martin-Atwood.

TARA JOHNSON

Tara Johnson is a freelance performer and teacher in Nashville Tennessee. She is the horn instructor at Belmont University, also teaching aural skills courses. She has maintained a private horn studio in the Nashville area for over 10 years with several students achieving honors with the Tennessee All-State Orchestra. Tara currently holds the position of 2nd Horn in the Owensboro Symphony and is an active player with the Nashville Symphony, Nashville Opera, Evansville Philharmonic, Huntsville Symphony, Chattanooga Symphony, Orchestra Kentucky, and more. Frequently performing on recording sessions in Nashville, Tara can be heard on several soundtrack recordings for movies, video games, television shows, theme park recordings, etc. Tara holds degrees from Belmont University and Middle Tennessee State University.

MARTIN D. KING

Dr. Martin D. King is Assistant Professor of Horn and Music Education at Washington State University. An active and versatile performer, King has performed with symphonies including the Guangxi, Spokane, Yakima, Mid-Columbia, Washington Idaho, Tuscaloosa, and Starkville Symphonies. He has performed and given lectures at regional and international horn symposia and writes program notes for the Washington Idaho and West Texas Symphonies. He has recorded two solo albums, Solitary Freedom and The Phoenix. He is a founding member of the Pan Pacific Ensemble, which won the American Prize for Chamber Music in 2022 and has recorded three albums with Albany Records: Feng, ironhorses, and Ambiguous Traces. Dr. King received a DMA in Horn Performance from The University of Alabama and previousl taught middle and high school band.

MARILYN BONE KLOSS

Marilyn Bone Kloss played horn in her community orchestra for more than thirty years and is its music librarian. She earned BME and MM degrees at Indiana University, taught public school music and freelanced, and later

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earned degrees in engineering and technical writing at Northeastern University and worked in software and technical writing before retiring. She is a founding and lifetime IHS member, served two terms on the Advisory Council, was awarded the IHS Service Medal of Honor in 2013, is assistant editor of The Horn Call, and publishes the Cornucopia newsletter.

JENNIFER KUMMER

Jennifer Kummer has maintained an incredibly diverse music career in Nashville for more than 20 years. As Principal Hornist on thousands of recording sessions, she can be heard on film, television, and video game scores, publishing company tracks, and artist albums taking part in virtually every musical style imaginable. In addition to recording sessions, she holds positions as Principal Horn of the Nashville Opera and the Gateway Chamber Orchestra, 3rd Horn of the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra and performs frequently with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. She has been a featured artist and clinician for international and regional conferences. Mrs. Kummer holds degrees from Western Illinois University and Middle Tennessee State University, and studied at the University of Southern California with Vincent DeRosa. She is the horn instructor at both Lipscomb University and Tennessee State University.

PETER KURAU

Peter Kurau is Professor of Horn at the Eastman School of Music and performed for 30 years as a member of the horn section the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra— 11 years as Assistant/Associate/Utility horn, and the last 19 as principal horn, retiring from the latter position on September 2023. He has been honored by the International Horn Society as a recipient of the Punto Award, and has served on the IHS Advisory Council, and as Secretary/Treasurer, and Vice-President of the Society. He was the host of the 1997 symposium, held at the Eastman School. His alumni hold positions in major orchestras, military ensembles throughout the United States, including the US Army Field Band, the US Army Band [“Pershing’s Own”], the Marine Band [“President’s Own”], the US Navy Band, and the orchestras/symphonies of Utah, Calgary, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Pacific, Syracuse, Rochester, Charlotte, and Tulsa, among others, and at major universities, including

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the Eastman School and Colburn School. In 1997, he was selected by the United States Information Agency to serve as an Artistic Ambassador, presenting concerts and classes in Kazakstan, Serbia-Montenegro, Macedonia, and Syria. He has performed and taught at numerous music festivals brought the US, Europe, and Asia, and has served as an adjudicator for the Jeju International Horn Competition, the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, the IHCA, and the competitions sponsored by the IHS. He resides with his wife of 45 years, soprano Pamela Kurau, in Honeoye Falls, NY, along with “several’ feline companions.

LANTA DUO

The Lanta Horn Duo, comprised of Katy Ambrose and Lauren Hunt, has a social justice mission that has led to commissions of new works and performances in the United States and abroad. The duo has toured the Midwest and the state of Utah for recital performances and masterclasses. Lanta has also presented and performed at IHS51 and the International Women’s Brass Conference, and they look forward to returning to IHS this summer.

Katy and Lauren bonded over a shared world view and common life experiences: both were raised by band director parents and both had extensive prior experience working in music education programs in disadvantaged communities. They are also both passionate about entrepreneurial musicianship. The program presented this summer is excerpted from Lanta’s forthcoming album.

AMY LAURSEN

Dr. Amy Laursen is the Associate Professor of Horn and Theory at the University of South Dakota. She performs with the low brass trio, Trio di Velluto, the USD Chamber Winds and Faculty Brass Quintet, and various orchestras in Iowa, Montana, and Texas. Previously, Dr. Laursen taught at Henderson State University. She completed her DMA in 2015 at the University of North Texas.

SCOTT SCHIFFER LEGER

Scott Schiffer Leger is a performer, teacher, and content creator currently performing in the Louisville Orchestra as

Associate Principal/Third Horn. Prior to joining the Louisville Orchestra, Scott performed four seasons as a horn fellow in the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, FL., and held the position of Principal Horn of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra in Ithaca, N.Y.

Scott maintains an online presence as an artist and educator producing content for his YouTube channel, Instagram, and TikTok pages. Under the username @scottlegerhorn, he serves an audience of over 150,000 accounts, and has created over 1,000 videos garnering tens of millions of views.

Scott holds degrees in music performance and education from the Yale School of Music and Southern Methodist University.

HANXUAN LIANG

Hanxuan Liang was born in China in 1992. At the age of twenty-one, Hanxuan won both academic positions with MÃ¼nchner Rundfunkorchester and Lucerne Festival Academy. One year later, he was appointed Third Horn of Sinfonieorchester Liechtenstein. Since 2022, he has been an instructor at the Central Conservatory of Music, China. And has presented recitals and masterclasses around Europe and China. Hanxuan received his bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Central Conservatory of Music, China, Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland and Hochschule Musik Freiburg, Germany. His primary teachers include Prof. Radovan Vlatkovic, Prof. Bruno Schneider, Prof. Jose-Vicente Castello and Prof. Xiao-ming Han. As a soloist, he performed works by Mozart, Strauss with Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, Jenaer Philharmonie, and Theater Nordhausen/Loh-Orchester Sondershausen. In 2019, he debuted R. Wagner Siegfried’s horn call at the Konzerthaus Freiburg, Germany.

BENJAMIN LIESER

Benjamin Lieser is the Horn Professor in the School of Performing Arts at the University of Central Florida. He is currently principal horn of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra (Melbourne, FL), second horn of the Bach Festival Society Orchestra, and performs frequently with the Orlando Philharmonic. He is the Florida Area Representative for the International Horn Society and hosts the annual Florida

French Horn Festival. He is also the scholarship program coordinator for the IHS.

Dr. Lieser has been a featured soloist with the OFUNAM orchestra in Mexico City, and performed as a contributing artist at the International Horn Symposiums, the International Women’s Brass Conference, the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, and the Southeast Horn Workshops. He has performed with the Walt Disney World Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, the Jacksonville Symphony, the Cincinnati Opera, and the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra.

ERIKA LOKE

MU1 Erika Loke is the Horn Section Leader for the U.S. Naval Academy Band and serves as the editor for the Horn Call’s Military Matters column. Her dissertation “A Survey of Works for Horn and Fixed Media 1968-2016” is currently the definitive resource for horn players interested in fixed media electronics. She holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern California, a Master of Music from Wichita State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Maryland. Her teachers include Louise MacGillivray, Dr. Steven Gross, James Thatcher, Dr. Kristy Morrell, Dr. Nicholas Smith, Gregory Miller, and Philip Munds.

KATHERINE LUCENA

Katherine Lucena has distinguished herself as a soloist with the Merit School of Music Wind Symphony and the Chicago Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. With eight years of experience on the faculty of the Merit School of Music, Katherine has significantly contributed to the development of young musicians in band and brass education.

BRENDA LUCHSINGER

Dr. Brenda Luchsinger is an Associate Professor at Alabama State University, an HBCU in Montgomery, AL. She performs with the Tuscaloosa and Montgomery Symphonies, Sinfonia Gulf Coast (FL), and Alabama Shakespeare Festival Orchestra. Luchsinger was the first American horn player certified by the Suzuki Association of the Americas, serves on the International Suzuki Association’s Brass Committee,

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and is lead developer of the Suzuki Horn Method. In addition to her home studio, she established a Brass for Children outreach program at ASU. She is a frequent clinician at national and international conferences, in-demand as an adjudicator, and a board member of Clef Works, an arts advocacy organization, specializing in bringing unique and diverse music education experiences to the community. Dr. Luchsinger is an IHS Area Representative and News Editor for The Horn Call. Her teachers include Charles “Skip” Snead, Paul Basler, and Patrick Miles.

ALLISON LYTTLE

Allison Lyttle is a current Doctorate of Musical Arts candidate in Horn Performance, Pedagogy, and Literature at James Madison University. She is an active freelancer, playing with several regional orchestras including the Richmond Symphony and the Virginia Symphony. She holds degrees from Denison University and Indiana UniversityBloomington, and has performed twice at the Imani Winds Chamber Music Institute in New York City.

ABRAM MAMET

Abram Mamet: Lauded as D.C.’s major jazz French horn player by the Washington Post, and named one of 2023’s “artists to watch” by DCist, Abe Mamet is a composer and instrumentalist committed to using his music to ground himself, his fellow musicians, and his audiences more deeply in the spaces they occupy daily. That commitment involves exploring the use of the French horn in grooveoriented improvised music (informed by the traditions of jazz/creative music/Black American Music) and expanding the technical and theoretical limitations of that instrument. In March 2023, Abe took part in 577 Records’ “Sounds of Freedom” Residency in Canale Monterano, Italy. www.abrammamet.com

JEAN MARTIN-WILLIAMS

Dr. Jean Martin-Williams is the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Horn at the University of Georgia. Graduates of the UGA Horn Studio are now in tenure-track positions, in the D.C. military bands, in symphony orchestras, active as music therapists and music educators as well as in

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a multitude of other professions. For over thirty years she has performed and presented master classes around the world. Her discography includes The New York Pops, the New York Chamber Symphony, and the Atlanta Symphony. In her long tenure at UGA she has mentored multiple new faculty and each spring she presents seminars at Juilliard on the Artist/Teacher at a university. These experiences have given her good perspective on this lecture topic.

MONICA MARTINEZ

Dr. Monica Martinez is Assistant Professor at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She is a passionate educator and freelance musician who regularly performs with regional orchestras, chamber ensembles, and teaches masterclasses/clinics to musicians of all levels. Recently, she was elected to the Advisory Council of the International Horn Society.

KATHERINE MCBAIN

Katherine McBain was appointed Senior Lecturer of Horn at the University of North Texas in 2023. She earned a DMA in Horn Performance and Literature at the Eastman School of Music in 2008. She previously earned a Master of Music degree from Eastman, a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Houston, and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Texas at Tyler. An active performer and recitalist, McBain has performed with various orchestras across the US. With an interest in new solo repertoire for horn, McBain has commissioned two new pieces, one of which, Mountain Sketches by Paul Johnston, won the International Horn Society Composition Contest in 2014. She has taught at the University level since 2005, having held previous posts at Eastern Illinois University, Lamar University, Stephen F. Austin State University, University of Texas at Tyler, University of Rochester, and Nazareth College.

CAITI BETH MCKINNEY

Dr. Caiti Beth McKinney has built a thriving, multi-faceted career as a chamber and orchestral horn player, educator, researcher, and activist. She is the founder of REPresent, an open access database of works for horn written by composers from underrepresented backgrounds. Caiti

Beth is the adjunct Professor of Horn at Florida International University and is the Fourth Horn with the Palm Beach Symphony and the Florida Grand Opera.

ISABELLE MENEGASSE

Isabelle is a horn player from Belo Horizonte, the city where she started her music studies in the “March 12th Music Band”. She has a bachelor’s degree in music, a graduation in Music Education and she’s post graduated in Music Therapy. Through the years Isabelle has been enjoying many important Music Festivals in Brazil as a scholarship holder and, as a guest musician, she has performed with Minas Gerais Symphony Orchestra, Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra and Rio de Janeiro Opera House. During the4 years she lived in São Paulo, where she studied with Luiz Garcia and also played at Experimental of Repertoire Orchestra and Mozarteum Brasileiro Academic Orchestra. As a horn teacher, Isabelle worked at the conservatory of her city (CEFART-MG) and in the Conservatory of Tatuí (SP). Now-a-days she works at the National Symphony Orchestra in the Fluminense Federal University and she’s getting her master’s degree in “Musical Practice Teaching”. She also plays in the Brazilian Horn Ensemble, Octeto Feminino do Brasil and Jazzmin’s Bigband.

MIRRORIMAGE

MirrorImage, acclaimed horn duo of Lisa Bontrager and Michelle Stebleton, has been featured in international venues and on the recordings that they spearheaded: MirrorImage at the Opera, MirrorImage on Safari, and Harambee: The Horn Music of Paul Basler, released on the MSR Classics label. Multifaceted musicians and professional teachers, they have commissioned nearly two dozen pieces for two horns, creating a worldwide renaissance of the art of duo horn playing. Their perfectly blended sound and style comes from the training they received at the University of Michigan; both are products of the famous Louis J. Stout horn studio.

MOMO AND ALVIN

Fueled by mutual admiration and creative desperation, Momo (hornist) and Alvin (jazz guitarist) first engaged in the challenges of cross-genre collaboration in 2020.

Satisfaction was found in inventing improvisatory “games” and arranging Brazilian and traditional pop songs, some of which were published in the debut EP “In The Meantime”(2023). Their collaborative model is to learn and play by ear and heart, prioritizing loyalty to personal taste and individuality over genre, structuring pieces as sequences of shapes, events, and dialogues, and holding space for structured spontaneity. Momo and Alvin’s second album “Among Other Things” (August 2024) invites the audience to an inner “happy place” of children’s games and songs, sunlight and warmth, roundness and kindness, and the mundane and wonderful, where colorful original compositions highlight the resonance between the players.

CHARITY MORRISON

Charity Morrison is a horn player, composer, and creative whose work draws on a diverse life experience and multicultural upbringing. She currently works as Artist-inResidence at Mirabella, a luxury retirement community, where she programs and presents weekly solo and chamber recitals and lectures. Charity has recently performed with the Phoenix Symphony, ProMusica Arizona, the West Valley Symphony, and the Scottsdale Philharmonic.

As a composer and improviser on horn and piano, her works emphasize expressive melodies and lyricism, often featuring elements of poetry and prose. Charity studied at the University of North Texas with Dr. Stacie Mickens, graduating summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts in Music and dual minors in English and Chinese. She is completing a Masters in Horn Performance at Arizona State University with Dr. John Ericson.

BRIANNA NAY

Dr. Brianna Nay is Adjunct Instructor of Horn at Troy University in Troy, Alabama. She is a horn player and educator based in Tallahassee, Florida. Dr. Nay is the fourth horn of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and has performed with Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, and various chamber groups including Fountain Five Woodwind Quintet. Brianna has presented and performed at regional horn conferences and International Horn Society Symposia. She premiered Michelle

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Stebleton’s new piece for solo horn, ...of Hildegard, at the 2023 International Horn Society Symposium in Montreal, Quebec. Recently, Brianna has been invited to perform Robert Schumann›s Konzertstuck for Four Horns and Orchestra with the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Ciudad de Asunción in Asunción, Paraguay in July 2024.

DAN NEBEL

Dr. Dan Nebel is an accomplished French hornist, church organist, music director, and educator whose diverse career has taken him across the United States. Currently the principal horn of the Monterey Symphony, horn instructor at Colorado State University Pueblo, and organist at Arvada United Methodist Church, he served as a bandsman with the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West for five years. Mr. Nebel currently freelances throughout Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and California. Nebel has held positions with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Grand Opera, North State Symphony, and Fort Collins Symphony. Nebel recently a Doctorate of Music at the University of Northern Colorado specializing in postural studies of horn players and holds degrees in music performance from the Eastman School of Music and Wichita State University.

TARRE NELSON

Tarre Nelson is based in Tallahassee, Florida. They are currently pursuing a Doctor of Music (DM) from Florida State University. They have performed throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Dominican Republic. They have previously worked with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBCSSO), the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO), and Ensemble Dal Niente. An avid supporter of chamber music, Tarre founded the Fountain Five Wind Quintet (F5) while studying at FSU. In 2023, the F5 were named finalists in the Music International Grand Prix competition in New York City. Tarre’s primary instructors include Jim Smelser, Steph Jones, Beccy Goldberg, and Michelle Stebleton. They hold a Bachelor of Music (BM) from DePaul University and a Master of Music (MM) from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

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NU CORNO

Established in 2015, the NU CORNO Ensemble has established itself as the premiere horn ensemble for the commissioning and performance of new works for large horn ensemble. Throughout the ensemble’s rich history under the direction of Artistic Director Steven Cohen, NU CORNO has commissioned and premieres over 35 works, presenting their world premieres as a featured ensemble at the 47th, 48th, 50th, 51st, 54th, and 55th International Horn Symposiums with a roster of internationally recognized horn players who come together to bring these new works to life annually. Striving to push the boundaries of the genre and further expand the repertoire, NU CORNO has founded new collaborations to bring arrangements of complete symphonic works, as well as jazz repertoire to the forefront. The ensemble gave the premiere of Ethan James Dulsky’s arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition for Conical Tubes and Friends in IHS54 and will present the premiere of Mr. Dulsky’s arrangement of Holst’s The Planets at IHS56. The ensemble’s other collaborations include NU CORNO Jazz, which premiered 7 new compositions and arraignments for horn ensemble from a global collective of jazz composers and arrangers under the direction of Dr. Steven Schaughency. Most recently, NU CORNO introduced College Corno at the 2024 Mid-South Horn Workshop, an endeavor which provides students the opportunity to experience the professional environment of NU CORNO though rehearsal and performance.

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY HORN ENSEMBLE

Members of the Oklahoma State Horn Studio have won jobs in the Philadelphia Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, and Dubuque Symphony Orchestra. Many others teach in music programs throughout Texas and Oklahoma. One recent graduate is a manager in the offices of the Chicago Symphony. The OSU Horn Studio often performs and competes in regional and international horn workshops and most recently has won the University Horn Ensemble Competition at the 54th International Horn Symposium in 2022 and the 2021 Northeast Horn Workshop and 2021 Northwest Horn Symposium Ensemble Competitions. At OSU, horn players are guided whichever their passion for music takes them, and they all receive the instruction to become the best player and person that we can provide.

HEIDI OROS

Heidi Oros is a freelance hornist in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Heidi earned her BM and MM at Ithaca College and has performed with various regional orchestras in addition to playing second horn with La Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México. Heidi’s passion lies in playing chamber music. She is a founding member of “i venti dementi,” a woodwind chamber ensemble, and “Kuro Winds,” a woodwind quintet. Heidi is a co-author of Keys to Transposition: A Method for the Teaching & Learning of Transposition on the Horn and she teaches private horn lessons in Trumansburg, New York. Heidi is on the faculty for High Range Magic.

PACIFIC HORN ENSEMBLE

The Pacific Horn Ensemble, from Stockton, CA, is comprised of students studying at the Conservatory of Music at the University of the Pacific with Professor Sadie Glass. We are current students, alumni, and friends of the studio, including Edgar Leyva, Rory O’Regan, Donald Parker, Jada Ramos, Braydon Ross, Owen Sheridan, Skylar Warren, and Yolanda Zheng. Pacific Horn Ensemble features members with varying degrees, including performance, composition, education, and music therapy. We will be performing works by some of our favorite living composers.

ROBERT PALMER

Robert Palmer is currently the Director of Athletic Bands at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, WV. Prior to his work at WVWC, he worked at The Music Center/A Plus Guitars as the head of the wind division. He was a doctoral student at Florida State University where studied with Michelle Stebleton.

In 2019, he premiered three new works for the instrument in Gent, Belgium during the 51st International Horn Symposium. Additionally, he is working on recording and releasing the first album of solo repertoire written specifically for the Wagner tuba.

He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in composition and horn performance from Western Illinois University. His Doctorate of Music is from FSU, where he

studied horn with Stebleton. He lives in Bridgeport, WV with his wife Bekah and three children: Gavin, Sophia, and Kaitlyn.

ANDREW PELLETIER

Andrew Pelletier is an internationally active soloist and clinician, Grammy Award winning chamber musician, and Past President of the International Horn Society. He has appeared as a solo artist at 13 International Horn Society Symposia and has presented solo performances in 30U.S. States, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Mexico, and Thailand. With Southwest Chamber Music, he won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Classical Recording (small ensemble category). Active in the world of contemporary music, he has premiered over 60 works for the horn. He has a B.M. from the University of Southern Maine and an M.M. and the D.M.A. from the University of Southern California, he has recorded for MSR Classics, Centaur Records, Cambria Master Classics, Koch International, and Delos labels. Since 2004, he has served as the Professor of Horn at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, where he is also the Chair of the Department of Music Performance Studies and was named Professor of Creative Arts Excellence in 2020.

PFT DUO

PFT Duo is a chamber ensemble consisting of hornist Kristen Ronning and trombonist Martin Gelwasser. PFT Duo is committed to the creation and performance of new works for brass instruments. Through innovative programming, PFT Duo engages diverse audiences across the Midwestern United States.

MATTHEW REYNOLDS

Matthew Reynolds is the Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Oklahoma. His teachers were Jeffrey Powers at Baylor University, Dr. Nicholas Smith, and Dr. Kristy Morrell at the University of Southern California. Before his teaching position at OU, he taught freelance private lessons for 10 years to students of all ages, and continues to do so in his free time. He is currently the 4th horn of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and has played with many other professional orchestras such as the Tulsa Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Waco Symphony, Wichita Grand Opera,

Downey Symphony, and Los Angeles Doctors Symphony. He has also and continues to be a freelance musician, playing all over the cities he lives in performing in smaller groups such as church services, pop gigs, and more.

BRUCE ROBERTS

Bruce recently retired from the San Francisco Symphony after 35 years of service. He has been an active chamber musician and has played many studio sessions at Skywalker sound stage in Marin County. Since 2010, Bruce has been designing and building horns with the goal of promoting a greater ease of playing. His consultation and repair business, Horn Forensics, aids players in exploring options with either their current equipment or new designs. To date, Bruce has designed ten different configurations of double and descant horns. To see these designs and other horn topics, visit hornforensics.blogspot.com.

KRISTEN RONNING

Kristen Ronning is a horn player and educator currently located in Iowa City, Iowa. She has performed with ensembles across the Midwest, including the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, and Adrian Symphony Orchestra. Kristen is a sought-after educator, teaching horn at St. Ambrose University and through the Quad City Symphony’s Private Lesson Program in addition to maintaining her own private studio. Her primary teachers include Dr. Andrew Pelletier and Jon Boen. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Iowa with Dr. Katy Ambrose.

MAX ROSEN

Max Rosen is Principal Horn of St Catherine’s Players and a Freelance Hornist in the New York Metropolitan Area. Having performed in a variety of opera and theater orchestras, symphonies, and wind ensembles, he is best known for his soft, delicate timbre. Rosen’s passion is for early and liturgical music, with an emphasis on the purity of the classical horn. He has performed several prominent works on period instruments, including Haydn’s London Symphonies, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Wagner’s Das Rheingold. His teachers include Javier Gandara, Anneke Scott, Peter Reit, and Shelagh Abate.

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SAERON TRIO

Formed in 2020, the Saeron Trio is passionate about commissioning and performing contemporary music by composers who have been historically marginalized and underrepresented. Trio members Sean Yancer horn, Misook Yun soprano, and Caroline Ottmanns piano were awarded a University Research Council Grant from Youngstown State University for a project titled Beyond Auf dem Strom - Diversifying Repertoire for High Voice, Horn, and Piano Ensemble. The trio has commissioned and premiered works by Elliott Bark, Caro Haxo, Andrea Reinkemeyer, James Wilding, Kay Rhie, KeeYoung Kim, and Kevin Scott.

The Saeron Trio has given recitals at Youngstown State University, University of Akron, University of Kentucky, Kent State University and the Oregon Music Teachers Association Convention.

ALEXIS SCZEPANIK

Dr. Alexis Sczepanik is the Assistant Professor of Horn at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA and serves as the IHS Area Representative for Louisiana. Before coming to NSU, she taught at Ouachita Baptist University, Midwestern State University, Weatherford College, and served as a teaching fellow at the University of North Texas. She maintains an active performing schedule as 4th horn with the Rapides Symphony, a member of the NSU Faculty Woodwind Quintet and regularly performs with other orchestras in the region including the Marshall Symphony, Texarkana Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, and South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Sczepanik earned a D.M.A. from the University of North Texas, M.M from The University of Texas at San Antonio and B.M. from Texas State University.

SEGO LILY HORNS

The Sego Lily Horns (SLH) are a Western States, US-based ensemble of professional women Horn players. Founded in 2016, they have performed as guest artists with many local ensembles. In 2022, SLH presented a lecture recital at IHS56 (Kingsville, TX) and recorded their first album in collaboration with Don A. Abernathy in 2023. Individual members of SLH juggle robust teaching studios, successful

freelancing careers, and strive to be positive influences in their communities. The Sego Lily Horns are excited to be a part of IHS56. For individual bios, please see our website atwww.segolilyhorns.com.

MATT SHEVRIN

Matt Shevrin has maintained an active freelance career in classical, jazz and non-traditional ensembles. He currently appears with the Northwest Symphony Orchestra and with jazz big bands and combos in the Seattle area. He has been a regional soloist at the 2018 and 2023 Northwest Horn Symposia. His compositions and arrangements were performed there as well as for other performing venues. He received his bachelor’s degree in music performance from USC and Master’s degree from the University of Oregon. His first solo recording, The Cusp or Aries (1988), was reviewed by Jeffrey Agrell in the Horn Call. www.shevrinhorn.weebly.com

JENNIFER RATCHFORD SHOLTIS

Jennifer Ratchford Sholtis is the Professor of Horn at Texas A&M University-Kingsville and the recent host of the 54th International Horn Symposium. She is a passionate supporter and advocate of the International Horn Society’s vision, mission, and goals and has served in three leadership roles, the Texas Area Representative and currently as the United States Area Representative Coordinator and IHS Advisory Council. Her students have attended and performed in several symposia throughout the years and successfully competed in many competitions. Dr. Sholtis has influenced horn pedagogy in Texas through 27 years of Javelina Horn graduates, school clinics, TMEA, and horn symposia. She thrives on sharing her knowledge with her students, inspiring and encouraging them to prepare the next generation of horn players.

BERNARDO SILVA

Bernardo was born in Porto, Portugal, and is one of the most prominent Portuguese horn players. Studied with Jonathan Luxton and Ab Koster, in Lisbon and Hamburg, and attended classes with Radovan Vlatkovic and Hermann Baumann, among others. Bernardo is member of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Porto Casa da Musica, in Portugal since 2000. He has performed as a soloist, in recitals,

chamber music and orchestra in many countries, such as Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Canada, Holland, Poland, Germany, England, Finland, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Russia, Brazil, Taiwan and Mexico. Bernardo teaches at the University of Aveiro and ESMAE - Escola Superior de Musica e Artes do Espectaculo do Porto, in Portugal. He frequently guides masterclasses in Portugal and abroad. He is regularly invited to be jury of national and international horn competitions. He was awarded the 1st Prize in the Farkas Competition organized by the IHS in 2002. His discography includes several solo works, chamber music and as an orchestral musician. Bernardo is also a very active chamber musician, often performing in a duo with piano and in horn quartet. He is a founding member of the Trompas Lusas quartet. The group frequently performs at concerts in Portugal and abroad. He is Vice-President of the International Horn Society.

Was born in Porto and is one of the most prominent Portuguese horn players. Studied with J. Luxton and Ab Koster, in Lisbon and Hamburg, and attended classes with R.Vlatkovic and H.Baumann, among others.

Bernardo is soloist of the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música. He has performed as a soloist, in recitals, chamber music and orchestra in many countries in Europe, Asia, South and North America.

Bernardo teaches at the University of Aveiro and ESMAE, in Portugal. He’s regularly invited to be jury of national and international horn competitions. He was awarded the 1st Prize in the Farkas Competition in 2002. His discography includes several solo works, chamber music and as an orchestral musician. He is a founding member of the Trompas Lusas quartet. He’s Vice-President of the IHS.

MIKE SIMPSON

Michael Simpson is a teacher, conductor, composer, and performing musician in the Pacific Northwest. He holds bachelor’s degrees in music and education, and a Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Washington, Seattle, where he studied horn with Christopher Leuba. Simpson studied jazz improvisation with legendary saxophonist Don Lanphere. Mike has performed with Karryn Allison,

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New York Voices, Bobby Shew, Jiggs Whigham, Wycliffe Gordon, Pete Christlieb, John Pizzarelli, and Frank Sinatra, Jr. Simpson is a previous winner of the International Horn Symposium Jazz Horn competition and has presented improvisation performances and workshops at regional and international Horn Symposia. He has published works for horn ensemble, horn quartet, and horn soloist. Mike has been inducted into the Washington State Music Educators Hall of Fame.

MARIE SMITH

Dr. Marie Smith is an avid teacher and performer. She teaches horn students of all ages and diligently develops confident and engaging musicians. Marie is an Assistant Instructional Professor at Pittsburg State university where she teaches music history and horn. An enthusiastic ensemble performer, Dr. Smith has performed with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Tulsa Symphony, Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Tulsa Signature Symphony, Tulsa Opera, Wichita Opera, Opera in the Ozarks, and Utah Festival Opera. Marie holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music, a Master of Music degree from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Utah State University. Her primary teachers include Professor W. Peter Kurau, Dr. Maria Serkin, Dr. Joseph Falvey, and Steve Park.

PATRICK SMITH

A Hans-Hoyer/Buffet Group Performing Artist, Patrick Smith is associate professor of horn and music history at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. An internationally acclaimed horn player, music educator, lecturer and clinician, Patrick actively challenges and stimulates students in both performance and academic settings. He is an alumnus of the Aspen and Brevard Music Festivals and has performed with numerous professional and regional ensembles. He appeared as a soloist with the Emerson String Quartet and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2008. An expert on jazz French horn history and repertoire, Smith is the author of Chronicle of a Phantom: The Julius Watkins Story, which chronicles the life and legacy of the first great American jazz French horn artist. Patrick earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Music and Bachelor of Music

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Education degrees from the University of Florida, and his Master of Music in horn performance from the Hartt School of Music. His teachers include Bruce Atwell, Paul Basler, and David Jolley.

CHARLES SKIP SNEAD

Charles “Skip” Snead serves as the Director of the Music School and Professor of Horn at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, with appearances in Egypt, Romania, the United Kingdom, and Cuba, in addition to regional horn workshops and International Horn Society Summer Symposia. He has been a featured artist with ensembles including the Alexandria Symphony in Alexandria, Egypt; the State Orchestra of Romania; the British Horn Society; the Monroe Symphony; the Macon Symphony; the Tuscaloosa Symphony; and Shreveport Summer Music Festival Orchestras. As an orchestral performer, Skip has played six seasons with the Jacksonville Symphony, and a wide range of other orchestras through out the Southeastern United States.

In addition to the above, Skip was a founding member of the internationally recognized ensemble, the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet (TAHQ) with colleagues, Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, and David Ohanian. The TAHQ has performed throughout the United States and Europe and has been a featured ensemble at events and venues including the Britten-Pears Festival in Aldeborough, England, the Royal Wigmore Hall in London, the British Horn Society Festival, and the International Horn Society Summer Symposium. He has recorded with the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet, the Classic Brass, the Kentuckiana Brass and Percussion Ensemble, and has solo recordings issued by Centaur Records, Albany Records and MSR Classics.

In addition to his work as a performer, Skip is internationally recognized as a teacher and clinician. He has given master classes throughout the United States and Europe, serves on the executive board of the International Horn Competition of America, and has served a five-year term on the Center for the International Exchange of Scholars for the Fulbright Senior Specialists Peer Review Committee. He was given the “Regents’ Award for Excellence in Teaching” by Murray State University (1988), and the “Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award” by the University of Alabama (2005).

His principal teachers include Merwin Crisman, William Capps, Karen Thornton, and John Dressler, He was also heavily influenced by additional studies with Phillip Farkas and Dale Clevenger.

JEFFREY SNEDEKER

A Board of Trustees Distinguished University Professor at Central Washington University, Jeffrey Snedeker currently teaches horn, music history, and directs the CWU Horn Ensemble. Jeff has been a featured artist and presenter at conferences and festivals on six continents and is recognized as a leading performer and scholar of the horn, with three books, over 50 published articles, five solo recordings, and over 30 years as Principal Horn of the Yakima (WA) Symphony Orchestra. A Past President of the International Horn Society, he continues to serve the society in several capacities, and is currently President of the Northwest Horn Society. He has also performed with groups including the Seattle Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Utah Symphony, the Seattle Baroque and Portland (Oregon) Baroque orchestras, as well as several film and video game scores.

JUSTIN STANLEY

Dr. Justin Stanley is Assistant Professor of Horn at Tennessee Tech’s School of Music and a founding member of American-Prize finalist chamber ensemble Some Assembly Required

At Tennessee Tech, Justin is principal horn with the Bryan Symphony Orchestra, and hornist in the Brass Arts Quintet and Cumberland Quintet. Additional recent engagements include the Asheville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Huntsville, Newport and Eugene symphonies. He led the horn section at the 2023 Colorado Mahlerfest, performing Mahler’s 2nd Symphony and Musgrave’s Phoenix Rising. Justin was principal horn with Orchestra NEXT for their 2021 production and studio recording of the Nutcracker. Justin was Instructor of Horn for the 2022-2023 school year at the University of Oregon, and assisted with multiple regional symposia in his previous role on the board of the Northwest Horn Society.

CAROLINE STEIGER

Caroline Steiger (D.M.A.) is the Associate Professor of Horn at Texas State University. She is a versatile musician, performing with orchestras (Detroit Symphony, the Toledo Symphony, the San Antonio Symphony and San Antonio Philharmonic), chamber groups (Cobalt Horn Quartet, Steiger Duo) and as a soloist. Caroline has a passion for performing new and unknown music and bringing the composer’s vision to life. Prior to teaching at Texas State, Caroline taught at SUNY Potsdam as Visiting Assistant Professor of Horn and University of Michigan and Penn State as a graduate instructor. Her primary teachers are Adam Unsworth, Bryan Kennedy, Lisa Bontrager, Corbin Wagner, and Soren Hermansson.

MICHELLE STEBLETON

Michelle Stebleton, horn, is the Professor of Horn at Florida State University. Her musically centered solo and chamber performances can be heard on four compact discs with MSR Classics: Harambee: The Horn Works of Paul Basler; Marathon, a groundbreaking recording of all unaccompanied music for horn; and MirrorImage at the Opera and MirrorImage on Safari, recordings of her horn duo with Lisa Bontrager. At FSU, Professor Stebleton maintains a studio of 25-32 horn students. She has been awarded the Teaching Incentive Program Award, two Undergraduate Teaching Awards, and five large research grants. She currently serves on the Advisory Council of the International Horn Society and the Board of Advisors of the International Horn Competition of America (IHCA).

Ms. Stebleton, a Holton-Leblanc Artist Clinician, is a sixtime prize winner in various divisions of the American Horn Competition (now the IHCA). She has traveled the globe as a chamber artist and clinician, having performed in several dozen countries. She is in demand as an artist-in-residence for her artistry, her superb teaching, her outgoing demeanor, and her mediocre Spanish! Professor Stebleton received B.M. and M.M. degrees from the University of Michigan, where she studied with Louis J. Stout and Lowell Greer. She holds a diploma from the Prague Mozart Academy.

YI-HSUN TANG

Dr. Yi-Hsun Tang, a distinguished horn performer and educator from Taiwan, recently earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in Horn Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa under Dr. Katy Ambrose. With a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music under David Jolley and an enriching exchange program at the Amsterdam Conservatorium with Herman Jurrissen, she boasts a diverse musical background. Formerly freelancing in Shenzhen, she showcased her exceptional talent with orchestras such as the Shenzhen Grand Theater Orchestra and the Macao Symphony Orchestra. Her dedication to excellence is evident through participation in esteemed festivals, Chautauqua Music Institute, Sarasota Music Festival, and Utah Music Festival. Dr. Tang’s recording project dissertation, “The Sound of Formosa,” serves as a beacon for raising awareness of Taiwanese composers and their vital contributions to horn and piano music.

MICHAEL THORNTON

Michael Thornton holds concurrent appointments as Principal Horn of the Colorado Symphony and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He was previously Principal Horn of the Honolulu Symphony. Michael Thornton is Professor of Horn at the University of Colorado Boulder, and serves on the faculties of the Colorado College Summer Music Festival and Boston University Tanglewood Institute.

RICHARD TODD

Concert Artist, Recording Artist, Orchestral Artist, Chamber Artist, Jazz Artist, Studio artist, Composer, Arranger, Teacher, Published Author – Richard Todd’s career can best be described as unparalleled. He has been soloist at Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Sydney Opera house, and Walt Disney Concert Hall among his many appearances. He is a graduate of USC where he studied with Waldemar Linder and the legendary Vincent DeRosa. He served for 35 years as principal with the LA Chamber Orchestra after stints in Utah and principal in New Orleans.

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Todd has premiered a number of horn concerti, including Canticle To The Sun by Kenneth Fuchs and Rhapsody for Horn and Orchestra by Craig Russell. He was also handpicked by his mentor Gunther Schuller to record his horn concerto in 1992 and the Brahms Trio in 2015 shortly before his death.

His jazz performances and recordings have been highly praised by both audiences and critics alike. His studio career includes over 2,000 movies, TV, record dates, and jingles. For a more detailed list of artists, recordings, and collaborators, please visit his website at www.richardtoddmusic.com

Richard Todd is currently Associate Professor of Horn at the Frost School of Music, after teaching at Cal Arts, UCLA, USC, and University of Indiana. He is a BuYet Artist and Designer for Hans Hoyer Horns, and has a signature mouthpiece line with Osmun Music.

GILBERT TREVINO

Gilbert Trevino, hailing from Roma, TX, is a rising star in the world of classical music. With an impressive resume of professional experience, Gilbert has made a name for himself as a talented horn player.

Currently, Gilbert is a member of the Asbury Brass Quintet and serves as a Sub for the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. Previously, he held the position of Principal Horn with the Kingsville Symphony Orchestra. His performances have taken him to esteemed venues such as Powell Hall in St. Louis, MO, where he showcased his skills as Principal Horn with Sinfonia Winds at the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia 57th National Convention.

A dedicated student of music, Gilbert earned his Bachelor of Music in Horn Performance from Texas A&M UniversityKingsville (TAMUK) in 2023. He is currently pursuing his Master of Music in Horn Performance at the University of Cincinnati under the guidance of esteemed teachers such as Dr. Margaret Tung and Elizabeth Freimuth.

With his unparalleled talent and passion for music, Gilbert Trevino is a force to be reckoned with in the world of classical music. Keep an eye on this rising star as he continues to captivate audiences with his thrilling and captivating performances.

TRIO SAERON

Formed in 2021, Trio SaeRon’s mission is to commission and perform new works for horn, soprano, and piano by under-represented composers. Hornist Sean Yancer has recently performed with the New York Philharmonic and Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and served on the faculties of Indiana University, University of Cincinnati CollegeConservatory of Music, and Youngstown State University. Sean received degrees from The Ohio State University and the University of Michigan, with additional studies in Oslo, Norway with Froydis Ree Wekre. Lyric soprano Misook Yun, praised for her clarity and virtuosity, has performed with numerous orchestras and opera companies. She teaches at Youngstown State University, ArsDocta International Music Festival, and Summer Music Studies in Hungary. Caroline Oltmanns is a pianist, presenter, and pedagogue. She performs as a soloist with orchestra, as a recitalist, and as a chamber music collaborator in the United States, Switzerland, Germany, the U.K., South Africa, Canada, and China.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HORN ENSEMBLE

The University of Alabama Horn Ensemble is open to both majors and non-majors enrolled at the University. The group performs multiple concerts per year and enjoys playing a wide variety of literature from traditional horn ensemble compositions through arrangements of popular music and rock songs, with a number of new arrangements done specifically for the ensemble. The largest incarnation of the ensemble numbers 32 in a typical year, and from that subgroups are drawn comprising groups of 8, 16, and 24.

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC HORN CHOIR

The CCM horn choir is an active ensemble that performs recitals and concerts frequently. The horn choir is comprised of members of the CCM horn studio (University of Cincinnati: College-Conservatory of Music).

MARCELO DAS VIRGENS

Marcelo das Virgens is a horn player of Londrina State University Symphony Orchestra and Brazilian Horn Ensemble. Besides, enjoy to teach privately or at music festivals.

As a guest horn player, contributed with Camerata Florianópolis, Blumenau Chamber Orchestra, Jaraguá do Sul Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra Filarmonica Polifonia de Curitiba, Camerata Antiqua de Curitiba, Orquestra Sinfonica do Espirito Santo e Orquestra Sinfonica do Paraná. Marcelo won the second prize at the First Young Soloists Competition – Otonio Benvenuto.

His education includes private lessons with Samuel Hamzem, a degree in Music Education and a master’s degree in Horn Performance.

BRIANNA VOLKMANN

Dr. Brianna Volkmann (she/her) is an emerging orchestral and chamber musician and avid music educator. She currently serves as the Adjunct Professor of Horn at Missouri Western State University, and as principal hornist of the Kansas City Civic Orchestra and the Kinnor Philharmonic. She is also a regular substitute member of the Kansas City, Omaha, Wichita, Topeka, and St. Joseph Symphonies. She served three years as the hornist of Plaza Winds, the graduate fellowship woodwind quintet at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, where she recently completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Horn Performance. She holds prior degrees from Indiana University (MM) and Baldwin Wallace University (BM). Her primary teachers include Alberto Suarez, Denise Tryon, Martin Hackleman, Jeff Nelsen, Dale Clevenger, Richard Seraphinoff, and Jesse McCormick.

KATE WARREN

Kate Warren is a freelance hornist and music educator based in New Haven, CT. As an educator Kate is passionate about creating resources for music students and works extensively within social media to promote music and music education through her instagram page @katewarrenmusic. Kate has just completed a Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship for the Yale School of Music’s Music in Schools Initiative, working within the public schools in New Haven County to enrich their music programs.

KATIE JOHNSON-WEBB

Katie Johnson-Webb is the Associate Professor of Horn at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and frequently performs with the Knoxville Symphony and other regional ensembles. Katie has given recitals and masterclasses at universities across the United States and Canada. In May 2020, Katie released her first CD, La Loba on the Summit Brass label with pianist, Kirstin Ihde. La Loba received the third prize award in the American Prize Competition and third prize in the Ernst Bacon Award for American Music Competition. As an active chamber musician, Katie is a member of the Tennessee Brass Quintet and a founding member of the Cobalt Horn Quartet, winners of the 2018 International Horn Society Horn Quartet Competition–Professional Division. Katie completed her graduate degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

MASTER SERGEANT GERALD L. WELKER

Master Sergeant Gerald L. Welker is in high demand as a performer, teacher, and clinician, having performed as a guest artist and having held numerous master classes at several universities throughout the U.S., Europe, and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Sergeant Welker earned both his bachelors and masters degrees in horn performance from the University of Alabama. He held the graduate teaching assistantship and performed as principal horn with the Alabama Wind Ensemble, the symphony orchestra, and the contemporary ensemble. Along with his duties at the university, Gerald maintained a busy performing schedule. He was principal horn with the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Associate Principal/3rd

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Horn with the Macon Symphony Orchestra, and the Assistant Principal Horn with the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra. He was also the principal hornist of the Orvieto Musica Music Workshop in Orvieto, Italy for two summers.

Sergeant Welker has performed as a soloist with the Alabama Wind Ensemble, the Marquette Wind Ensemble, the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, the Quincy Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Academy of Music Horn Ensemble, the United States Air Force, Band of Mid-America, and the United States Air Force Academy Band. Gerald has performed as a featured artist at numerous workshops, most notable being the 37th Annual International Horn Society Summer Symposium, the 2009 Southeast Horn Workshop, and twice for the Hornswoggle Workshop, held at Hummingbird Music Camp in Jemez Springs, NM. He has been named both the National Federation of Music Club’s Brass Soloist of the Year, and a 2001 Yamaha Young Performing Artist. He was also the top-prize winner at the 2001 American Horn Competition (University Division). In 2007, Sergeant Welker was named the 2nd Prize Winner of the International Horn Competition of America (Professional Division). Along with other honors, Gerald has performed on numerous occasions with the world-renowned TransAtlantic Horn Quartet, including a live performance on BBC Radio in the UK. Since 2006, he has held the position of Principal Horn with the United States Air Force, Band of Mid-America, The United States Air Force Academy Band, and The United States Air Force Band, Europe based in Ramstein, Germany. Currently, he performs as a hornist with the United States Air Force Academy Band in Colorado Springs, CO, where he also serves as a Drum Major.

DEREK J. WRIGHT

Dr. Derek J. Wright is an accomplished hornist based in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. He plays 3rd horn with the awardwinning Dallas Winds and the West Texas Symphony and has performed with major orchestras including the Fort Worth Symphony and the Dallas Symphony. Dr. Wright is also a co-owner of Houghton Horns, where he has contributed to the design of Verus horns and mouthpieces. He frequently speaks on instrument design and acoustics at educational institutions, sharing his expertise and passion for music.

LUCCA ZAMBONINI

Appointed in 2010 as Associate Principal Horn of the Campinas Symphony Orchestra - São Paulo, Dr. Lucca Zambonini also has served as Horn Solo and invited horn player in major orchestras throughout his career, such Badisches Staatstheater, Baden-Baden Philharmonic, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Brazilian Symphony Orchestras.

Lucca teaches and play among several music festivals, competitions and workshops around the world, he also has founded two music projects called: “Zambonini Cultural Institute” - to teach music appreciation music basics and musical instruments to families who don’t have access to music education with more than 700 students; “Horn Academy” - an on-line horn lessons platform with more than 300 students.

In addition to music, Lucca loves reading and studying about technology, sports, theology and education. Together with his beautiful wife, the violist Erica, they have 3 children, Elena, Eduardo and Estevan. If he’s not working, you will most likely find him having fun with his family.

IAN ZOOK

Ian Zook is Professor of Horn at James Madison University and is an active orchestral and solo performer, appearing in concerts throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. He is a frequent substitute musician with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra, as well as many regional orchestras across the East Coast. He holds degrees from the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill and the University of Michigan, and has performed at the Staunton, Verbier, Pacific, Sarasota, AIMS in Graz, and Aspen Music Festivals, and the National Orchestral Institute. His solo album, Musica Incognita, includes sonatas by Sylvan, Damase, Bassett, and Bowen, and he currently writes the Horn on Record article series for the monthly IHS newsletter Horn & More.