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Julia Hasbrouck Clay Hometown/current town: Bladenboro, NC/West Laurens, NY Instrument: Piano and French Horn Age when musical studies began: 9 for piano, 12 for horn Education: BS from Skidmore College; studied at Stetson Univ.; Univ. of Oklahoma; Yale Graduate School of Music and Art Employment: Adjunct Professor Colgate Univ., Hartwick College, SUNY-Oneonta, SUNY-Binghamton; faculty, Brevard Music Center, Hartford (CT) Conservatory Collaborations: NC Symphony, OK City Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Bridgeport Symphony, Syr. Symphony, Albany Symphony, Northeast Philharmonic (Scranton, PA); Principal Horn Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra, Catskill Symphony, Utica Symphony, Schenectady Symphony, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra (Ithaca), Colgate Univ. Orchestra, Hamilton College Orchestra, Catskill Brass Quintet, Catskill Woodwind Quintet, Ithaca College Faculty Brass Quintet; soloist, NE Brass Conference; frequent recitalist and concerto soloist with several orchestras; numerous ‘free-lance’ engagements with organizations such as the MV Choral Society Influences: Dennis Brain’s recording of Mozart Horn Concertos and Philip Farkas, whose book ‘The Art of Horn Playing’ was the ‘bible’ from which I learned to play the horn, and last, but not least, the Brevard Music Center in NC where I played in an orchestra for the first time and where I met Carleton Clay, composer, trumpeter, and my husband of 58 years, to whom I became engaged on our first date! Following retirement from active horn playing twelve years ago, I have put my passions into work developing a 2 ½ acre garden that has been featured in magazines and garden tours, painting and making art, and serving as a Hospice volunteer, an experience as soulful as music-making.
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