54th INTERNATIONAL HORN SYMPOSIUM

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

August 1-6 ▪ 2022

International
Horn Society
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Greetings......................................................................2
Schedule.......................................................................5
Concert Programs.........................................................10
Presentations...............................................................23
Competitions...............................................................34
Advertiser Index...........................................................35
Featured Artists............................................................37
Guest Artists................................................................44
Contributing Artists.......................................................46
Ensemble Artists..........................................................58
Collaborative Artists......................................................61
Symposium Credits.......................................................62
Exhibitors List, Maps, Food...................... Inside Back Cover

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 An Exciting Time the for Texas A&M University
School of Music
Dear International Horn Symposium Participants, Performers, and Presenters:

It is our pleasure to welcome you to Texas A&M University-Kingsville for the

54th International Horn Symposium! On behalf of our School of Music and the
University, we welcome you to our beautiful campus and we hope you will
thoroughly enjoy all of the musical, educational, and social activities presented
this week.
Hosting this event is a great honor for our University and the School of Music and
it reflects the hard work and dedication of our music students, faculty, staff, and
alumni. We are particularly proud of our horn professor, Dr. Jennifer Sholtis, who is
the organizer and host for this symposium. She has been a staunch advocate for
the “horn world” and she continues to be a great role model for our students. She
and her students have been working diligently to prepare for this event.
It is a very exciting time for the Texas A&M-Kingsville School of Music as we
have recently moved into our new state-of-the-art music facility. Our comprehen-
sive music programs include bachelor’s degrees in music education, performance, piano pedagogy, and
jazz studies along with master’s degrees in music education, performance, and conducting. Many of our
students and ensembles have competed in and been selected to perform at conferences and competitions
at the state, regional, national, and international levels. Our TAMUK Horn Quartet has won the IHS Horn
Quartet Competition twice in the past eight years. We hope you will find our facilities, faculty, staff, and
students accommodating and supportive of the many concerts, recitals, masterclasses, presentations,
workshops, clinics, and exhibits featured during IHS54.
We hope that you enjoy your visit with us in South Texas and that you have a chance to enjoy some of
the rich culture and heritage that our area has to offer. We thank you for attending the 54th International
Horn Symposium and we hope that you will leave with recharged batteries, passion for the horn overflow-
ing, and new musical ideas and inspiration.

Paul Hageman, Director, School of Music,

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Experiencing the Untamed Horn at IHS54

Welcome one and all to IHS54! I am thrilled to serve as your host of the 54th
International Horn Symposium, the first in-person symposium since 2019. Along
with you, I am looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and to making new
ones. Grab a refreshment from the Laptop Bar and sit and chat at any of the Lobby
Café tables throughout the building. South Texas evenings are quite nice, so join us
for nightly post-concert activities at the east entrance to the music building for
Veranda After Dark. Enjoy the live music of our TAMUK student ensembles and
jump on stage for impromptu performances. The mic is open to all!
You are in Cowboy country now. Explore the area! It is the inspiration for the
symposium theme Untamed Horn. I challenged the presenters and performers to
be inspired too, resulting in an unprecedented number of original compositions and
premieres for horn. Untamed Horn theme also embodies our intrepid attitude as
horn players and our free and expressive approach to all our performances!
Let your experiences at the symposium inspire you in all future endeavors with
the horn and leave the week planning your next symposium adventure!
Y’all have fun now!

Jennifer Ratchford Sholtis

Host of IHS54

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 An IHS Symposium is a Life-Changing Experience

Dear colleagues and friends,

It is with great pleasure that on behalf of the Advisory Council of the Interna-
tional Horn Society, I welcome all of you to IHS54!!!
The annual IHS Symposia are wonderful and inspirational horn events. This
year’s in person symposium is even more special since our last one was in 2019.
At long last we again get to surround ourselves with people who love all aspects
of the horn. I cannot wait to visit with as many of you as possible throughout this
week!
It is remarkable how symposia hosts have been organizing this event since the
late 1960’s. What horn player can imagine; they might someday take on the im-
measurable challenge of hosting an international symposium? Only for the love of
this wonderful instrument and the people who play it do we gladly decide to ac-
cept this role. Besides all the preparation that is normally a host’s job, these past
years have been even more difficult considering the context in which we live. I would like to thank Jennifer
Sholtis and the IHS54 team for a terrific job and the Texas A&M University Kingsville for all the support.
Bravi!
An IHS Symposium is a life-changing experience!!! It is always great to hear people from various parts
of the world perform, present, teach, and share. I also love to visit our exhibitors to try instruments and
mouthpieces, see the latest accessories, and dig through the most recent music and publications. This
week I plan to sleep as little as possible and enjoy IHS54 as much as possible! I encourage each and ev-
ery one of you to do the same!
Do not hesitate to talk to anyone from the IHS staff and tell us your ideas, thoughts, or suggestions to
make our organization better. Together, as a horn community, we can do wonderful things!
Wishing you an amazing week and I look forward to seeing you around!

Radegundis Tavares
President, International Horn Society

Welcome to the 54th International Horn Symposium! If you are not a member of the
International Horn Society, you should join! You would have received a discount to attend
this Symposium and other sponsored events. Other benefits include:
• Subscription to The Horn Call magazine, published 3 times each year.
• Receive the E-newsletter every month (you should do this now - it’s free!)
• Scholarships and Competition support.
• Unlimited access to our website with:
o Networking: including Teacher Database, Jobs, Free Classifieds, Section Listings
o Media: including Horn Excerpts, European Style Survey, Caruso Method
o Publications: The Horn Call (with index of back issues), Newsletters
o Programs: International Symposia, Workshops, Competitions, Composition Projects
• Access to our Thesis Lending library
• Access to funding for the commissioning of new works for Horn
• Support of Commission Works by Major Composers
• Support of Horn players in countries where economic conditions prevent membership
• Networking opportunities with thousands of Horn players worldwide.
You are a member already? Please show this information to a friend. You wouldn’t want them to
feel left out. Our International Family of Horn Players is just waiting to meet all of you!

Join on-line at: www.hornsociety.org

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1:00 – 5:00 PM Registration Open MUEB Lobby
1:00-10:00 PM Lynch Hall Check-in Lynch Hall Lobby

1MONDAY

SCHEDULE
8:00 AM Registration Open MUEB Lobby
9:00 AM Exhibits Open (Lunch 1:00-2:00 PM)
10:00 AM Opening Ceremony PH
1:00 PM Lobby Café Open Laptop Bar
1:00 PM University Horn Ensemble Competition PH
1:00 PM Presentation – Edward House ▪ Practical Approach to RM 158
Performance Anxiety
1:30 PM Concert – Trio di Velluto ▪ Luchsinger ▪ Schaffer ▪ Holmes ▪ HornPipe Duo RH
2:00 PM Presentation – Chris Brigham ▪ Olga’s Last Call RM 171
2:30 PM Presentation – Ian Zook ▪ Virtuoso Brothers Bedřich & Zdeněk Tylšar RM 173
3:00 PM Presentation – Layne Anspach ▪ Piano vs Orchestra RM 171
3:00 PM Discussion – Marilyn Bone Kloss ▪ Adult Amateur Session RM 156

MUEB ▪ Music Education Building

PH ▪ Performance Hall │ JONES ▪ Jones Auditorium │

3:30 PM Presentation – Steven Cohen ▪ A Commissioner’s Journey RM 173
4:00 PM Adult Amateur Reading Session/Mass Ensemble – Chris Brigham RM 156
5:00 PM University/Pro Mass Ensemble Rehearsal RM 156
8:00 PM Featured Artist Concert - Barbara Jöstlein Currie ▪ Jennifer PH
Montone ▪ Julia Pilant
6:00 PM Exhibits Close

10:00 PM Veranda After Dark – Post Concert Social Activity MUEB East Veranda

2TUESDAY │ RH ▪ Recital Hall

8:00 AM Registration Open MUEB Lobby
8:00 AM IHS Area/Country Representative Meeting RM 158
8:00 AM Group Warmup
Jonas Thoms ▪ Intonation Warmup RM 156
Michelle Stebleton ▪ Double-Dip your Warmup PH

8:30 AM Presentation – Maddy Tarantelli ▪ Integrating Theory into RM 171

Fundamentals of Brass Playing

9:00 AM Exhibits Open (Lunch 1:00-2:00 PM)
9:00 AM Lobby Café Open Laptop Bar
9:00 AM Presentation – Peggy DeMers ▪ Alphorn 101 PH
9:00 AM Presentation – Caiti Beth McKinney ▪ In the Forest I Wound my Horn RM 173

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10:00 AM Featured Artist Presentation – Ricardo Matosinhos ▪ How to Improve PH
Your Playing by Following a Different Path
10:00 AM Concert - Lieser ▪ Halbert ▪ Buxbaum ▪ Denis RH
10:00 AM Presentation – Johanna Lundy ▪ Mindfulness for Audition Preparation RM 158

SCHEDULE
11:00 AM Horn Ensemble Showcase – FSU ▪ ISU ▪ ULM PH
1:00 PM Presentation – Juli Buxbaum ▪ Develop the Expressive French RM 158
Musical Style
1:00 PM Lecture Recital – Sego Lily Horns and the Ladies Reeding Society RH
1:00 PM Frizelle Orchestral Excerpts Masterclass – Andrew Pelletier RM 156
2:00 PM Featured Artist Presentation – Barbara Jöstlein Currie ▪ How to Get PH
What You Want When You’re Not Getting Paid: Untold Story of the MET Orchestra

2:00 PM Jazz Horn Competition Jazz RM

2:00 PM Natural Horn Competition RH
2:00 PM Presentation – Brianna Nay ▪ Are You Smarter than a 1 Year Music Major
st
RM 171
2:30 PM Presentation – Mary Elizabeth Garza ▪ A Holistic Approach to Warming Up RM 173
3:00 PM Presentation – Leslie Bell ▪ Preventing Playing Injuries RM 171
3:30 PM Presentation – Andrew Pelletier ▪ Bel Canto or ‘Can Belt-o’ RM 173
4:00 PM Opera Excerpt Masterclass with Barbara Jöstlein Currie PH
4:00 PM Adult Amateur Reading Session/Mass Ensemble – Chris Brigham RM 156
5:00 PM University/Pro Mass Ensemble Rehearsal RM 156
6:00 PM Exhibits Close
7:30 PM Texas All-Star Horn Professors Horn Choir PH
8:00 PM Featured Artist Concert – Anneke Scott ▪ Pan Ye ▪ Luiz Garcia PH
10:00 PM Veranda After Dark – Post Concert Social Activity MUEB
East Veranda

3WEDNESDAY
8:00 AM Group Warmup – Lanette Compton ▪ Drop the Beat 2.0 RM 156
8:00 AM Documentary - Gabriella Ibarra/Israel Oliveira ▪ Latinoamericahorns RH
8:30 AM Presentation – Michael Mikulka ▪ Strategies for Performers Who Would RM 171
Would Like to Compose
9:00 AM Exhibits Open (Lunch 1:00-2:00 PM)
9:00 AM Lobby Café Open Laptop Bar
9:00 AM Presentation – John McGuire ▪ Wellness and Self-Care for Artists RM 173
9:00 AM Concert - Pelletier ▪ Zambonini ▪ Hughes PH
10:00 AM Featured Artist Presentation – Pan Ye ▪ Your Mindset – Your Success PH
10:00 AM Presentation – Greta Richard/Scott Wise ▪ Sousa Isn’t All Bad RM 158

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11:00 AM Horn Ensemble Showcase – NSU ▪ OSU ▪ UTRGV PH
1:00 PM Frizelle Orchestral Excerpt Competition RM 156
1:00 PM Presentation – Randy Gardner ▪ Mastering the Horn’s Low Range, Part 1 RM 158
1:00 PM Concert – PIVOT ▪ Mustang Quartet ▪ USAF Band of the West 4tet PH

SCHEDULE
1:30 PM Concert - Palmer ▪ Boldin ▪ Nelson ▪ Montelongo RH
2:00 PM Presentation – Jeb Wallace ▪ Seven Habits of Highly Effective Practicing RM 171
2:30 PM Presentation – Bill Schaffer ▪ Issues & Strategies for the Aging Horn Player RM 173
3:00 PM Premier Soloist Masterclass with Nobuaki Fukukawa and Matias Piñeira PH
3:00 PM Presentation – Wendy Bartel ▪ The Beginning RM 171

3:30 PM Presentation – Sonja Reynolds ▪ Invite, Include, & Inspire: Create a RM 173

Supportive Horn Community

4:00 PM Concert – Mexican Music for Horn RH

4:00 PM Natural Horn Masterclass with Anneke Scott PH

4:00 PM Presentation – Erin Futterer ▪ On Your Own Terms RM 181

5:00 PM University/Pro Mass Ensemble Rehearsal RM 156
6:00 PM Exhibits Close

7:30 PM University Horn Ensemble Winner PH

8:00 PM Featured Artist Concert – Kristina Mascher-Turner ▪ Denise Tryon PH
Nobuaki Fukukawa
10:00 PM Music on the Rocks Podcast with Chris Castellanos MUEB 2nd Floor Lounge

10:00 PM Veranda After Dark – Post Concert Social Activity MUEB East Veranda

4THURSDAY
8:00 AM Group Warmup – Rachel Hockenberry ▪ Daily Warmup Routines RM 156

8:00 AM Presentation – Derek Wright ▪ What is BIAS? What Can It Tell Us RM 171

About Horn Playing?

9:00 AM Exhibits Open (Lunch 1:00-2:00 PM)

9:00 AM Lobby Café Open Laptop Bar

9:00 AM Concert – Futterer/Falzone ▪ Ross ▪ Snedeker ▪ Silva ▪ Nebel PH

9:00 AM Presentation – Rachel Constantino ▪ The Golden Echo 1 and RM 173

Fixed Media Preparation

10:00 AM Concert – Martinez ▪ Blanchard ▪ Zook RH

10:00 AM Lecture Recital – The International Horn Society Composition Contest 2020 PH

10:00 AM Lecture Recital – Katy Ambrose ▪ Works Written by Two Notable RM 158

African-born Composers

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 11:00 AM Horn Ensemble Showcase – TSU ▪ UT ▪ TAMUK PH
1:00 PM Featured Artist Presentation – Marshall Sealy ▪ How to Make a PH
Living Out of What You Love
1:00 PM Presentation – Randy Gardner ▪ Mastering the Horn’s Low Range, Part 2 RM 158
1:30 PM Concert – Wright ▪ Ockerman ▪ Hockenberry ▪ McCullough ▪ Joy RH

SCHEDULE
2:00 PM Featured Artist Presentation –Anneke Scott ▪ The Wonderful World of PH
the 19th Century Natural Horn

2:00 PM Presentation – James Boldin ▪ Behind the Scenes at The Horn Call RM 171

2:30 PM Presentation – AJ Bernal ▪ Program Notes: Should I Just Search Online? RM 173

3:00 PM Orchestral Excerpt Masterclass with Pan Ye and Denise Tryon PH

3:00 PM Presentation – Daniel Nebel ▪ Guide to Optimizing Body Use for Horn RM 156
3:00 PM Presentation – Rusty Holmes ▪ Mental Fitness for Musicians RM 171
3:30 PM Presentation – Nikolette LaBonte ▪ Borroff on Borroff RM 173
4:00 PM Adult Amateur Reading Session/Mass Ensemble – Chris Brigham RM 156
5:00 PM University/Pro Mass Ensemble Rehearsal RM 156
6:00 PM Exhibits Close

7:00 PM Commission Spotlight Concert – Mascher-Turner ▪ Tryon ▪ NUCORNO PH

8:00 PM Featured Artist Concert – Ricardo Matosinhos ▪ Matias Piñeira PH

10:00 PM Veranda After Dark – Post Concert Social Activity MUEB East Veranda

5FRIDAY
8:00 AM Youth Days at IHS54 Registration Open MUEB Lobby

8:00 AM Group Warmup

Andrew Pelletier ▪ Checking the Templates PH

J Bernardo Silva ▪ Strong and Healthy Warmup RM 156

8:30 AM Meeting – Eldon Matlick ▪ American Vienna Horn Society RM 171

9:00 AM Exhibits Open (Lunch 1:00-2:00 PM)

9:00 AM Lobby Café Open Laptop Bar

9:00 AM Concert – Tung ▪ Ambrose ▪ Constantino ▪ Shires ▪ Chang PH

9:00 AM Presentation – Joel Ockerman ▪ Natural Harmonics and the RM 173

Contemporary Horn

9:30 AM Featured Artist Panel with Sarah Willis’ Horn Hangout PH

10:00 AM Concert – LaBonte ▪ Cummings ▪ Garza RH

10:00 AM Lecture Recital – Jeffrey Snedeker ▪ Hand and/or Valve – A Sequel RM 158

11:00 AM Concert – THE TEXANS from Horns United PH

1:00 PM A Celebration of Kerry Turner – NUCORNO PH

1:00 PM Presentation - Briana Pepilascov-Childers ▪ Effective Practice Ideas and RM 158

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2:00 PM Presentation – Karen Houghton/Janet Nye ▪ Helpful Horn Hacks PH

2:00 PM Presentation – Brenda Luchsinger and Kristofer Sanchack ▪ Unlocking RM 171

the Mysteries of Working with an Accompanist

2:00 PM Youth Days Solo Competition RH

SCHEDULE
2:30 PM Presentation – Annie Bosler ▪ New Embouchure Pedagogy RM 173

3:00 PM Jazz Horn Masterclass with Chris Castellanos and Marshall Sealy PH

3:00 PM Presentation – Ashley Beyer ▪ Choosing a College Music Program RM 171

3:00 PM Youth Days Horn Quartet Competition JONES

3:30 PM Presentation – Lucca Zambonini ▪ Brass Methods and Horn Pedagogy RM173

For Band Directors

4:00 PM Adult Amateur Reading Session/Mass Ensemble – Chris Brigham RM 156

5:00 PM Youth Days at IHS54 Picnic Lobby Café and MUEB East Veranda

5:00 PM IHS54 Texas BBQ Roundup The Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Center

6:00 PM Exhibits Close

6:00 PM Youth Days Mass Horn Ensemble Rehearsal PH

7:00 PM Concert – PHAT Horn Big Band PH

8:00 PM Featured Artist Concert – Marshall Sealy ▪ Chris Castellanos PH

10:00 PM Veranda After Dark – Post Concert Social Activity MUEB East Veranda

6SATURDAY
8:00 AM Group Warmup

Ashley Beyer ▪ Youth Days Warmup and Techniques Session PH

Johanna Lundy ▪ Warmup for Flexibility RM 156

8AM-12PM Celebration of Kingsville Tours Begin ▪ Signup for Group Times MUEB Lobby

9:00 AM Exhibits Open (Lunch 1:00-2:00 PM)

9:00 AM Lobby Café Open Laptop Bar

9:00 AM ATSSB All-State Etude Clinic – Mike Garza PH

9:00 AM 5A-6A All-State Etude Clinic – Karen Houghton ▪ Janet Nye JONES

9:00 AM General Meeting of the International Horn Society RH

10:30 AM Youth Days Solo/Quartet Masterclass with Ricardo Matosinhos ▪ PH

Kristina Mascher-Turner ▪ Luiz Garcia

1:00 PM Lecture Recital – Karl Kemm ▪ The Story of the Horn – an Historical PH

Instrument Journey

2:00 PM Youth Days Mass Horn Ensemble Rehearsal PH

3:00 PM Exhibits Close

3:00 PM IHS54 “Happy Trails” Finale – All Participant Mass Horn Ensembles PH or JONES

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MONDAY
MONDAY 8/1
IHS54 Opening Concert
The Crust Around Emptiness Lowell Greer
10:00 AM Performance Hall John Collins

Greetings
Dr. Jennifer Sholtis – Host of IHS54
Dr. Paul Hageman – Director of TAMUK School of Music Heroine An Anthem for Low Horn Adam Wolf
Dr. Dolores Guerrero – Dean of College of Arts and Sciences Rusty Holmes (horn) ▪ Lauretta Bloomer (piano)

Midwest Alphorn Performance

The Great Migration Gina Gillie
American Overture Joseph Wilcox Jenkins, Brenda Luchsinger and William Schaffer (horns)
arr. James Emerson Kristofer Sanchack (piano)
TAMUK Horn Ensemble and Alumni
Vignettes Steven Winteregg
In Memoriam for Horn Colleagues Departed Erica
Long I Stood James Naigus Andrea
Christopher
Solo Español Dante Yenque HornPipe Duo: Heather Thayer (horn) ▪ Jennifer Amox (flute)
Bernardo Silva Lauretta Bloomer (piano)

Ondas for Solo Horn Jeff Scott

Margaret Tung

Andre de Sapato Novo Andre Correa

Lucca Zambonini

Frevos from Duda’s Concertinos Maestro Duda Featured Artist Concert

Radegundis Tavares
Barbara Jöstlein Currie ▪ Jennifer
Burning Leaves (Premiere) Fernando Deddos Montone ▪ Julia Pilant
Based on the poem Burning Leaves by Louise Glück

Horns: Allison DeMeulle, Bernardo Silva, Jennifer Sholtis, 8:00 PM

8:00 PM Jones Auditorium
Performance Hall
Johanna Lundy, Lucca Zambonini, Margaret Tung, Michelle
Stebleton, Nancy Joy, Susan McCullough, Radegundis Tavares
▪ Piano: Kathia Bonna
Concerto in Re G.Ph. Telemann
for 3 Corni da Caccia arr. Thomas Jöstlein
Vivace

Jöstlein Currie ▪ Montone ▪ Pilant

Trio di Velluto ▪ Luchsinger ▪ Schaffer ▪
Intermezzo from Op 35 Reinhold Gliere
Holmes ▪ HornPipe Duo
Verdant Place (Premiere) Liri Ronen
1:30 PM Recital Hall
Barbara Jöstlein Currie ▪ horn
Fanfare Riley Brule
Sonata Op 7 Jane Vignery
La Mia Storia Anna Segal Allegro
Lento ma non troppo
PRIDE Marie Antionette Douglas Allegro ben moderato
Trio de Velluto: Amy Laursen (horn) ▪ Todd Cranson (tuba) ▪
Jamie Lipton (euphonium)
Julia Pilant ▪ horn

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Songs by William Grant Still ed. Alexa Still
CONCERT PROGRAMS
Bayou Home
If You Should Go
Song For The Lonely

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

(Freely based on Richard Strauss)
Eric Terwilliger CONCERT PROGRAMS
Songs by William GrantJennifer
StillMontone ▪ed.
horn Alexa Still
Bayou Home
If You Should Go Intermission
Song For The Lonely
Concerto for 2 Horns, M.C56 Franz Joseph Haydn
Till Eulenspiegels
(attributed to lustige
FrancescoStreiche Eric Terwilliger
Antonio Rosetti)
(Freely basedAllegro
on Richard Strauss)
maestoso
Adagio
Jennifer Montone ▪ horn
Allegretto

Intermission
Montone ▪ Jöstlein Currie

Majaliwa
Concerto Paul Basler
for 2 Horns, M.C56 Franz Joseph Haydn
(attributed to Francesco Antonio Rosetti)
Allegro maestosoMontone ▪ Pilant
Adagio
Deep Inside the Sacred Temple
Allegretto G. Bizet
from The Pearl Fishers arr. James Boldin
Montone ▪ Jöstlein Currie
Flower Duet L. Delibes
Majaliwa
from Lakmé Paularr.
Basler
G.L.Harvey
Montone
Pilant ▪▪ Jöstlein
Pilant Currie

DeepLandscapes
Inside the
Landscapes for Sacred
Horn Temple
for Horn
Trio Trio
and Piano James G.James
Bizet Naigus
Naigus
from The Pearl Fishers arr. James Boldin
Jöstlein
Jöstlein.
Currie .
CurrieMontone .
▪ MontonePilant
▪ Pilant
Flower Duet L. Delibes
from LakméGloria Engle & Aram Arakelyanarr. G.L.Harvey
▪ Piano
Pilant ▪ Jöstlein Currie

Landscapes for Horn Trio James Naigus

Jöstlein Currie ▪ Montone ▪ Pilant

Gloria Engle & Aram Arakelyan ▪ Piano

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TUESDAY 8/2
TUESDAY 8/2
Lieser ▪ Halbert ▪ Buxbaum ▪ Denis Illinois State University Horn Choir
Rachel Hockenberry - Professor/Director

10:00 AM Recital Hall Fanfare for 8 Horns Catherine Likhuta

Shenandoah Traditional, arr. Mica Redden

Three Miniatures Tara Islas
Flowing May the Road Rise Madeline Lee
Haunting
Cheerful Long I Stood James Naigus

Miniatures Sy Brandon Rising Hope A Prayer for Ellen Megan Vinther

Flowing
Anticipation Avengers Theme Alan Silvestri, arr. Ryan Burns
Longing
Uncertainty Horns: Ryn Bradison, Ryan Burns, Daniel Castillon, Lydia
Frolic Cermak, Kizzie Cobden, Alicia Cruz, Franklin Daviau, Cassidy
Benjamin Lieser (horn) ▪ Bora Cho (piano) Fairchild, Peter Gao, Lucy Harazin, Allison Hoffman, Nate
Parson, Joanna Sieczka, Nicholas Steffenhagen, Matt
Tutterow, Scott Whitman
Sherwood Legend Elizabeth Raum
The Swashbuckling Hero
The Pensive Romantic
University of Louisiana Monroe Horn Ensemble
The Unabashed Scoundrel
James Boldin - Professor/Director
Katelyn Halbert (horn) ▪ Bora Cho (piano)

Eine Kleine Hornmusik W.A. Mozart

Hummingbird (world premiere) Steven Bryant
arr. Sean A. Brown

Dawn Jenni Brandon Adrift in the Expanse Nick Fife

Juli Buxbaum (horn) ▪ Gloria Engle (piano)
El Viaje Aliyah Danielle

Horns: Jeremi Jenkins, Daniel Kennedy, Jackson Lair, Kaden

McDermott, Chris Perdue, Katherine Phillips

Horn Ensemble Showcase

11:00 AM Performance Hall

Sego Lily Horns and the Ladies
Florida State University Horn Choir Reeding Society
Michelle Stebleton - Professor/Director
1:00 PM Recital Hall
TBA (Premiere) Robert Palmer

Ragamuffin (Premiere) Nathan Pawelek Chamber Work Adventures – Lecture Recital

Leslie Bell, Brianna Nay, Tarre Nelson - Graduate Assistants
The Sego Lily Horn Quartet along with members of the
Horns: Adam Agonoy, Shari Antmann, Leslie Bell, Ann
Carraway Caruthers, JP Collins, Patrick Creegan, Alexandro Ladies Reeding Society successfully produced and
Garcia, Ashlie Green, Cory Kirby, Allison Kirkpatrick, Keenan performed during the unpredictable musical
Krieger, Brianna Nay, Tarre Nelson, Abigail Odom, Luis environment of the past two years. Now the Ladies of
Oquendo, Jordan Perkins SLHQ and LRS will be sharing their recipes for breaking
free from the traditional mindset of small chamber
ensembles regarding repertoire instrumentation
preparation presentation and performance. This lecture
recital will also include audience-friendly mashups of

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WEDNESDAY, 8/3
non-classical themes and melodies commissioned for Variations pour le Cor Charles Zeuner
our ensemble by local Utah composers.
Anneke Scott ▪ horn
Sego Lily Horns: Sonja Reynolds, Wendy Koller, Maddy
Tarantelli, Laura Huggard Intermission
Peregrine Rose Trio: Lori Shepherd (clarinet), Rose Johnson
(flute), Cassandra Bendickson (bassoon)
Cello Suite No 1 G Major BWV 1007 JS Bach
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Texas All-Star Horn Professors Horn Menuet I-II
Gigue
Choir
Pan Ye ▪ horn
7:30 PM
7:00 PM Jones Auditorium
Performance Hall
Rondo in B Flat Arnold Cooke
Amazing Grace Traditional
arr. Sterling Proctor Three Pieces Osvaldo Costa de Lacerda
Cantiga
Harvest Light James Naigus Seresteira
Dança Ritual
Texas Medley Thomas Singletary
Fantasiestücke Op 73 Robert Schumann
Horns: Peggy Demers (Sam Houston State), Andrea Denis
(Stephen F Austin), Justin Gonzalez (Trinity), Sean The Dark Side (Premiere) Fernando Morais
Holmes (Texas Lutheran), Rusty Holmes (Blinn College),
Patrick Hughes (UT Austin), Kenneth Iyescas (TAMUCC), Luiz Garcia ▪ horn
Monica Martinez (UTRGV), Orlando Medrano (TAMIU), Stacie
Mickens (UNT), Mike Morrow (TAMU Commerce), Curtis Lauretta Bloomer & Katia Bonna ▪ Piano
Simmons (Concordia College), Caroline Steiger (Texas State),
Heather Test (TCU), Gerry Wood (UT Arlington)

Featured Artist Concert

Anneke Scott ▪ Pan Ye ▪ Luiz Garcia

8:00
8:00 PM
PM Jones Auditorium
Performance Hall

Andante e Polacca Friedrich Kuhlau

Sonata Op. 11 Hendrik Coenraad Steup

Allegro brillante
Andantino espressivo
Rondo Allegro

Grande Sonata Op 34 Ferdinand Ries

Larghetto
Andante
Rondo

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WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY8/3
for Tenor & Horns

8/3
Pelletier ▪ Zambonini ▪ Hughes

9:00 AM Performance Hall Light Cavalry Overture Franz von Suppe

arr. Leigh Martinet

Time for Five C. D. Wiggins

Niggun (world premiere) Cory Brodack
Director: Ted Beagley ▪ Tenor: Douglas Flores
Nigunim (1982) Lev Kogan Horns: Anselmo Bailon, Phillip Coleman, William Duncan,
Yah, Ribon Douglas Flores, Jelsson Flores, Carley Johnson, Luke Niedens,
Freilach (Merry Dance) Lane Royer, Adreanna Thrift

Songs of Liberty (world premiere) Randall Faust

Bold Champions: We Cannot Escape History! Oklahoma State University Horn Choir
Lincoln and Liberty Lanette Lopez Compton - Professor/Director
Andrew Pelletier (horn) ▪ Aram Arakelyan (piano)
Still Waters Drew Phillips
Monodia 2 Ernani Aguiar
Hallelujah Leonard Cohen, arr. Jonathon Miller
España V. Buyanovsky as performed by PTX arr. Bryce Richard

Horn Call Natural Horn E. Brown Time After Time Cyndi Lauper ▪ Rob Hyman
arr. Jacob White
André de Sapato Novo A. Correia
Lucca Zambonini (horn) Pure Imagination Leslie Bricusse ▪ Anthony Newly
arr. Brian Piper
Festa no Quilombo Gilson Santos
Vassi Only In Sleep Ēriks Ešenvalds
Ìràntì trans. Josiah Courtney
Jongo
Patrick Hughes (horn) ▪ Aram Arakelyan (piano) Horns: Jonatan Alfaro, Hope Ayers, Josiah Courtney, Ben
Edwards, Bella Eneff, Lucas Hamilton, Raquel Hernandez, Kloe
Kueckelhan, Elizabeth Shuping, Annie Smith, Cameron Taylor

UTRGV Horn Choir

Dr. Monica Martinez - Professor/Director
Horn Ensemble Showcase
Grand Canyon Octet Eric Ewazen
11:00 AM Performance Hall Allegro maestoso
Andante appassionato
Lento-Allegro molto
Northwestern State Univ of Louisiana Horn Choir
Kristine Coreil - Professor/Director Tristan Fantasy Richard Wagner
arr. Herman Jeurissen
Procession of the Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov
Nobles from “Mlada” arr. Mort Shafer Canticle and Flourish James Naigus

Gestalt Joseph Cooper Horns: Jordy Arevalo, Rodrigo Barrera, Brittany Cruz, Daniel
Garza, David Gutierrez, Josue Juarez, Johnnie Lopez, Bryan
Dixieland Horns arr. Leigh Martinet Rodriguez, Charlie Romero, Roberto Salas, Maximus Valdez

Appaloosa (world premiere) Samuel Stokes

Theme from John Williams

Schindler’s List arr. Dick Meyer

Hunting Songs arr. John Humphries

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PIVOT ▪ Mustang Horn Quartet ▪ USAF
Band of the West Quartet Mexican Music for Horn

1:00 PM Performance Hall 4:00 PM Recital Hall

Liquefact Graeme Rosner Rapsodia Bambuco Gabriel Soto Mendez

No 3 Op 6 No 2
Terraform Jenni Watson Jonathan Wilson (horn)
PIVOT
Dakota Corbliss (horn) ▪ Matthew Castner (saxophone) Ariles de aguas profundas Rodrigo Lomán
(world premiere)
Bluebells (world premiere) Mica Redden Daniel Flores (horn)

Sleepy (world premiere) Alexander Shuhan Scherzo Javier G. Compeán

Claire Hellweg (horn)
Pax in Nomine Domini (world premiere) Scott Wise
(after Marcabru) En el único lugar Edgar Dorantes Dosamantes
Mustang Horn Quartet Keith Eitzen (horn)
Greta Richard ▪ Alexander Shuhan ▪ Jeb Wallace ▪ Scott Wise
Sonata for 4 Horns Carlos Chávez
Program TBA
Malagueña Ramírez and Galindo
USAF Band of the West Horn Quartet arr. Alfonso Cosme
SrA Rose MacKenzie ▪ A1C Corey Simmel ▪ A1C Joshua Cote ▪
A1C Tyler Neufer La Llorona Popular arr. Alfonso Cosme

Pinotepa Álvaro Carrillo arr. Alfonso Cosme

Rio Bravo Quartet ▪ Aram Arakelyan (piano)

Palmer ▪ Boldin ▪ Nelson ▪ Montelongo

1:30 PM Recital Hall

IHS54 University Horn Ensemble

Echoes of Abyssus Robert Palmer Winner
for solo Wagner Tuba

Romance for Wagner Tuba Gina Gillie 7:30

7:30 PM Performance
PM Jones Auditorium
Hall
Siegfried & Fafnir Ricardo Matosinhos
Robert Palmer (horn) ▪ Bora Cho (piano) Program TBA
Mood Swings Kenneth Amis

Two Movements (world premiere) Erika Raum

Molto Moderato
Presto con spirito
James Boldin (horn) ▪ Richard Seiler (piano)

Luna Boliviana for solo horn Michelle Stebleton

Tarre Nelson (horn)

Sights and Sounds Randall Faust

of the Symposium
Robert Palmer & Vanessa Montelongo (horns) ▪
Bora Cho (piano)

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Intermission
Featured Artist Concert
Kristina Mascher-Turner ▪ Denise Tryon ▪
Nobuaki Fukukowa West Side Story Selections

Prologue
8:00 PM
8:00 PM Jones Auditorium
Performance Hall Cool
Something’s Coming
Promenade
A Horn Cries Out... Blues
Mambo
Heroine Adam Wolf Cha-Cha
Maria
Denise Tryon ▪ horn Balcony Scene
Tonight
Der Hölle Rache W.A. Mozart Jump
from The Magic Flute arr. Höltzel/Turner America
Maria Tony Duet
Melody: Dance of the Blessed Spirits C.W. Gluck One Hand, One Heart
from Orfeo ed Euridice arr. Frøydis Ree Wekre A Boy Like That
The Rumble
Kristina Mascher-Turner ▪ horn Krupke
I Feel Pretty
Hope Springs Eternal Justin Bush Ballet Sequence
Somewhere
Sarabandish JS Bach, arr. Vince Norman I Have Love
Finale
Denise Tryon ▪ horn
Nobuaki Fukukowa ▪ horn
Sonata Op 13 (2019 version) Kerry Turner
Allegro
Gloria Engle ▪ piano
Andante
Allegro ma non troppo

Kristina Mascher-Turner ▪ horn

Out For A Stroll Brett Miller

Denise Tryon ▪ horn

"The Ecstasy of Gold" Ennio Morricone

from The Good, the Bad, arr. Josef Kahle
and the Ugly

Kristina Mascher-Turner & Denise Tryon ▪ horns

Lauretta Bloomer ▪ piano

Benjamin Tomlinson & Cristian Zavala ▪ percussion

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THURSDAY 8/4
THURSDAY 8/4
The International Horn Society
Futterer ▪ Ross ▪ Snedeker▪ Silva ▪ Nebel Composition Contest 2020
9:00 AM Performance Hall 10:00 AM Performance Hall

Program TBD Randall E. Faust ▪ Composition Contest Coordinator –

Erin Futterer (horn) ▪ Ross Falzone (guitar) Narrator – Conductor

Overtone Dream Op 86 Ricardo Matosinhos Honorable Mention-Virtuoso Division

Jeffrey Snedeker (horn) Jam and Toast for Solo Horn Aaron Houston
Parker Nelson (horn and commissioner)
Romance from Bianca et Fernando Vicenzo Bellini
arr. J-F Gallay Honorable Mention-Featured Division
Daniel Nebel (horn) ▪ Bora Cho (piano) Pianto for Horn Quartet Håkon Guttormsen
Bernardo Silva ▪ Johanna Lundy ▪ Lucca Zambonini ▪
Hornpipe for Solo Horn Luis Carvalho
Radegundis Tavares

Introduction and Galop Salvador Brotons

Honorable Mention-Featured Division
J. Bernardo Silva (horn) ▪ Bora Cho (piano)
Guiding Light for Horn Quartet Chase Hampton
or Four-part Horn Choir
Johanna Lundy ▪ Susan McCullough ▪ Margaret Tung ▪
Radegundis Tavares ▪ Lucca Zambonini ▪ Allison DeMeulle ▪
Randy Gardner ▪ Michelle Stebleton
Martinez ▪ Blanchard ▪ Zook
Prize-winning Composition-Featured Division
Invocation for Eight Horns Keaton Marek
10:00 AM Recital Hall
Bernardo Silva ▪ Lucca Zambonini ▪ Johanna Lundy ▪ Allison
DeMeulle ▪ Susan McCullough ▪ Margaret Tung ▪ Radegundis
Universe Sketches Nicholas Fife Tavares ▪ Randy Gardner ▪ Randall E. Faust (conductor)
Monica Martinez (horn)

Prelude from Suite Bergamasque Claude Debussy

trans. Brian Blanchard

Adagio and Allegro Elliott Blanchard Horn Ensemble Showcase

Finale from Ermanno Wolf Ferrari 11:00 AM Performance Hall

Concertino in Eb Op 34
Brian Blanchard (horn) ▪ Jihea Hong-Park (piano)
Texas State University Horn Ensemble
Sonata Op 21 Emil Hlobil Caroline Steiger - Professor/Director
Ian Zook (horn) ▪ Lauretta Bloomer (piano)
Program TBA

Horns: Bailey Akin-Jimenez, Alexis Baxter, Alexis Dunaway,

Cutter González, Dylan Greiner, Taylor Lovato-Cruz, German
Rangel, Daniel Robles, Devin Stone

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University of Texas Horn Choir
Patrick Hughes - Professor/Director Commission Spotlight Concert
Climbin' Patrick Hughes 7:00 PM Performance Hall
Long I Stood James Naigus
TBA

Horns: TBA The Marvelous and Intriguing Kerry Turner

Adventures of Cabeza de Vaca Op 92
for 2 Solo Horns and 2 Percussionists (world premeire)
TAMUK Horn Ensemble
Jennifer Sholtis – Professor/Director
Commission co-funded by the TAMUK Horn Society,
IHS54, and the Mier Rimon Commissioning Assistance
Dancer in the Dark Bjork Fund.
Kristina Mascher-Turner & Denise Tryon (horns) ▪ Benjamin
arr. Chris Castellanos
Tomlinson, Cristian Zavala, & Ramon Perez (percussion)

Appalachian Spring Aaron Copland

arr. Dick Meyer
Pictures at an Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky
Promenade arr. Ethan James Dulsky
Malaguena Ernesto Lecuona
Gnomus
arr. Dick Meyer
Promenade
Il Vecchio Castello
Aileron James Naigus
Promenade
Tuileries
Long I Stood James Naigus
Bydlo
Promenade
Horns: Isaias David Reyes, Gilberto Salinas, Gilbert Trevino,
Jesus Castillon, Austin Catache, Fabiola Diaz, Matias Rivera,
Ballet of Chicks in Their Shells
Crystal Ortiz, Nova Sepulveda Samuel Goldberg und Schmuyle
Promenade
Limoges Le Marche
Catacombs
Con Mortuis in Lingua Mortua
Baba Yaga
The Great Gate of Kiev
Wright ▪ Ockerman ▪ Hockenberry ▪ Joy ▪
McCullough Artistic Director: Steven Cohen ▪ Conductor: Ethan James
Dulsky ▪ Horns: Steven Cohen, Jeb Wallace, Gerry Wood,
1:30 PM Recital Hall Randy Gardner, Johanna Lundy, Steven Schaughency, Jeff
Snedeker, Alexander Shuhan, Stacie Mickens, Caroline
Steiger ▪ IHS54 Supporting Artist: Jesse Orth (Tuba), Kyle
Millsap (trumpet), Brandon O’Donohue (trumpet), Severin
Concert Etude Esa-Pekka Salonen Manley (trumpet), Perc: James Segovia, Domingo Garza,
Derek Wright (horn) Chris Sides, Meaghan Treviño

Air Jörg Widmann

Joel Ockerman (horn)

Vivid Dreams Kathy Likhuta

Rachel Hockenberry (horn) ▪ Gloria Engle (piano)

Five Songs Johannes Brahms, arr. Verne Reynolds

Der Jäger und sein Liebchen Op 28
So la𝛽𝛽𝛽𝛽 uns Wandeml Op 75
Weg der Liebe Op 20
Es rauschet das Wasser Op 28
Walpurgisnacht Op 75
Nancy Joy & Susan McCullough (horns)
Kathia Bonna (piano)

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Featured Artist Concert

Ricardo Matosinhos ▪ Matias Piñeira

8:00 PM Performance Hall

Mosaico No 3 for horn and piano Fernando Morais

Co-funded by IHS through The Meir Rimon
Commissioning Assistance Fund

Sequences for horn solo Kazimierz Machala

(premiere)

Pastoral Op 81 for horn solo Ricardo Matosinhos

Improviso Op 82 for horn solo Ricardo Matosinhos

Mirage Op.83 for horn solo Ricardo Matosinhos

Song without words Op 80a Ricardo Matosinhos

Gallimaufry Suite Jeffrey Agrell

I. Odd March
II. Quirky Waltz
III. Angular Variations
IV. Blue Caccia

Ricardo Matosinhos ▪ horn

Concerto in Eb KV 495 WA Mozart

Allegro moderato
Andante
Allegro vivace

Sonata in Eb Op 101 York Bowen

Moderato espressivo
Poco Lento Maestoso
Allegro con spirito

Matias Piñeira ▪ horn

Sehee Lee & Aram Arakelyan ▪ piano

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FRIDAY
FRIDAY 8/5
Tung ▪ Ambrose ▪ Constantino ▪ Shires ▪ Artistic Director and Conductor: Marc Lumley
Chang Horns: Catherine Dowd, Garrison Fox, Abby Golden, Juan
Jose Gonzalez III, Dylan Greiner, Ethan Gurwitz, Sean
Holmes, Cheryl Huddleston, Kurt Lautenschlager, Caiti Beth
9:00 AM Performance Hall McKinney, Tyler Neufer, Jonathan Paul, John Perez, Joseph
Pickett, Sophie Reel, Vera Elise Romero, Brayden Rooks,
Corey Simmel, Philip Sitterle, Coral Spicer, Kerry Turner
Gerald Wood, Sam Wood ▪ Perc: Meaghan Treviño, James
Ondas for solo horn Jeff Scott Segovia, Andre Barreto, Ramon Perez ▪ Rhythm Section: TBA
Margaret Tung (horn)

Sonatina Ruth Gipps

Katy Ambrose (horn) ▪ Bora Cho (piano)

TBA for Horn and Fixed Media Anthony Constantino

A Celebration of Kerry Turner
Rachel Constantino (horn)
1:00 PM Performance Hall
Taiwanese Themes (world premeire) Chia-lin Pan
IHS Meir Rimon Fund and UCA Research Council
Brent Shires & Vivian Yu-hsuan Chang (horns) ▪ Take 9 Fanfare
Terrie Shires (piano)
Raphael Awakens

Apollo

Rainbow on the Mesa

LaBonte ▪ Cummings ▪ Garza
Bronze Triptych
10:00 AM Recital Hall Intro and Comin’ Thru the Rye
Interlude-End of the Trail
The Stampede
Sonata No 2 Finnish Vitaly Buyanovsky
Animato espressivo e molto rubato Artistic Director: Steven Cohen ▪ Conductor: Alexander
Nikolette LaBonte (horn) Shuhan ▪ Guest Conductor: Jennifer Sholtis

The NU CORNO Ensemble: Annie Bosler, Brian Brown, Steven

Where the Boats Go Gala Flagello Cohen, Rachel Hockenberry, Benjamin Lieser, Lanette
Compton, Johanna Lundy, Kristina Mascher-Turner, Alan
Unapologetic Woman Dayton Kinney Mattingly, Stacie Mickens, Steven Schaughency, Jeffrey
Cathryn Cummings (horn) ▪ Lauretta Bloomer (piano) Snedeker, Michelle Stebleton, Caroline Steiger, Denise Tryon,
Kerry Turner, Jeb Wallace, Geoffrey Winter, Gerry Wood, Pan
Coba: An Ancient Mayan City Alice Gomez Ye ▪ Perc: Ramon Perez, James Segovia, Andre Barreto
for Solo Horn
Mary E Garza (horn)

PHAT Horn Big Band

7:00
7:00 PM
PM Jones Auditorium
Performance Hall
THE TEXANS from Horns United

11:00 AM Performance Hall Hey Where Jerry Ross

arr. Lenny Niehaus & Jim Emerson

Program TBA On the Street Where You Live Fredrick Lowe

arr. Lenny Niehaus & Jim Emerson

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Mercy Mercy Mercy Joe Zawinul Horn Chant Horn Song W. Marshall Sealy
arr. Phil Wilson & Jim Emerson
Ko,ko.le,le Traditional South African
A Little Minor Booze Willie Maiden
arr. Steven Schaughency Hasa Traditional Greek

Marshall Sealy ▪ horn

Here's That Rainy Day Jimmy Van Heusen
arr. Dee Barton & Eldon Matlick
Sway Pablo Beltran Ruiz & Luis Demetrio
arr. Sam Pilafian
No Moon at All David Mann Baroque and Blue Claude Bolling
arr. Steven Schaughency
Fly Me to the Moon Bart Howard
I Can't Stop Loving You Ray Charles arr. Nathan Tanouye
arr. Sammy Nestico
Shades of Jazz (world premiere) Nathan Tanouye
Moonlight in Vermont Karl Suessdorf Blues-ish
arr. James Emerson Waltzy
Samba-esque
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Sting
arr. Paul Murtha & Eldon Matlick Chris Castellanos ▪ horn

MacArthur Park Jimmy Webb Cristian Zavala (hand drums) ▪ Joseph Hernandez (piano) ▪
arr. Eldon Matlick Miguel Rodriguez (bass) ▪ Christian Torres (set) ▪ Horns:
Nancy Joy, Deryck Clarke, Susan McCullough, Marc Lumley
Coordinator/Director: Eldon Matlick ▪ Horns: Steven Cohen,
Mike Simpson, Jeff Snedeker, Jeff Nelsen, Steven
Schaughency, Nancy Joy, Jeb Wallace, Andrew Pelletier,
Patrick Hughes, Matthew Reynolds, Geoffrey Winter, Kristine
Coreil, Catherine Roche-Wallace, Skip Snead, Vivian Chang,
John McGuire, Peggy DeMers, Andrea Denis, Marc Lumley,
Monica Martinez, Orlando Medrano ▪ Jesse Orth (tuba) ▪
Rhythm/Perc: Joseph Hernandez (piano), Miguel Rodriguez
(bass), Christian Torres (set), Andres Barreto (guitar) ▪
(vibes) ▪ (congas) ▪

Featured Artist Concert

Marshall Sealy ▪ Chris Castellanos

8:00
8:00 PM
PM Jones Auditorium
Performance Hall

Horn Tribute to Irving “Duke” Jordan

Julius Watkins
Jordu

Horn Tribute to Hoagy Carmichael

Willie Ruff Mitchell Parish (text)
Stardust

Brief Intermission

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SATURDAY
SATURDAY 8/6
8/6
IHS54 Competition Winners Amateur Participant Ensemble
Showcase Chris Brigham ▪ Conductor

1:00 PM Recital Hall TBA

Natural Horn Competition Winner Professional Participant Ensemble

IHS Premier Soloist Competition Winner Magnificent Seven Elmer Bernstein

arr. Marc Papeghin
Youth Days Solo Competition Winners
Program and Performers TBA ▪
Sehee Lee (piano)
EVERYONE!!!
Jazz Horn Competition Winner
Program and Performers TBA ▪ Happy Trails to You Dale Evans
Rhythm Section: Joseph Hernandez (piano), Miguel Rodriguez Marie-Michélle Bertrand ▪ Conductor arr. Randall Faust
(bass), Christian Torres (set)

Pre-University and University Horn Quartet

Competition Winners
Performers and program TBA

IHS54 Happy Trails Finale

3:00
3:00 PM
PM Jones Auditorium
Performance Hall

Final Remarks
Jennifer Sholtis – Host of IHS54
Marie-Michélle Bertrand – Host of IHS55
Radegundis Tavares

University Participant Ensemble

Dr. Randall Faust ▪ Conductor

Silverado Bruce Broughton

arr. Steven Mahpar
A Fantasy on Melodies Randall E Faust
from the Old West (world premiere)

Pre-University Participant Ensemble

Jennifer Ratchford Sholtis ▪ Conductor

La Fiesta! Traditional
arr. Jennifer Sholtis

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MONDAY
MONDAY 8/1
8/1
Edward House ▪ Practical Approach to
professional horn players. Surprisingly, Strauss' 2nd
Performance Anxiety Horn Concerto Op. 14 has eluded wide public exposure
despite the existence of a piano reduction of the
1:00 PM RM 158 concerto by Strauss himself. Strauss made significant
changes between the original manuscript and his own
An interactive discussion about performance anxiety piano reduction particularly in the way the piano
and how to address it using tools and techniques from represents the orchestra. This presentation will explore
mental health counseling and coaching disciplines. these differences and seek to understand Strauss'
intent. The lecture will conclude with a performance of
Op. 14 with a new piano reduction of the original
Chris Brigham ▪ Olga’s Last Call orchestral manuscript.

2:00 PM RM 171
Marilyn Bone Kloss ▪ IHS54 Adult
An exploration of the orchestras in Auschwitz, their Amateur Session
functions and their horn players. We will be diving into
the history of the individual horn players that played in
3:00 PM RM 156
the orchestras during the Holocaust. And try to answer
the following questions: Where did they come from? An opportunity to meet and learn from each other.
Why were they there? What happened to them after Conversations on topics of interest to the attendees.
their imprisonment? We will also discuss horn players Possible topics: Auditioning for community ensembles ▪
who were displaced leading up to the war due to the Ensemble etiquette ▪ Founding and managing a horn
Third Reich’s antisemitic laws. Trigger Warning: please quartet or ensemble ▪ Appropriate equipment ▪
be aware that this is an ominous topic and some Maintaining instruments ▪ Health and medical issues.
attendees may find it disturbing.

Steven Cohen ▪ A Commissioner’s

Ian Zook ▪ Virtuoso Brothers Bedřich & Journey
Zdeněk Tylšar
3:30 PM RM 173
2:30 PM RM 173
Cohen discusses the In's and Out's of Creating New
Zook discusses the horn virtuoso brothers Bedřich & Works for the Horn
Zdeněk Tylšar and the Legacy of the
20th Century Czech Horn School

Layne Anspach ▪ Piano vs Orchestra

3:00 PM RM 171

Piano Versus Orchestra: Analyzing differences between

Franz Strauss' manuscript and piano reduction of his
2nd Horn Concerto Op. 14 and presenting a new piano
reduction based on the orchestral manuscript.

Modern performers esteem Franz Strauss' legacy as a

composer and hornist. One of his most notable
compositions is his Horn Concerto Op. 8 which has
garnered popularity among high school college and

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TUESDAY 8/2
TUESDAY 8/2
Jonas Thoms ▪ Intonation Warmup of our most beloved symphonic works and providing a
new perspective for several prominent audition
8:00 AM RM 156 excerpts.

Bring horns and join Thoms for a group warmup

Michelle Stebleton ▪ Double-Dip Your Featured Artist Presentation

Warmup
Ricardo Matosinhos ▪ How to Improve
8:00 AM Performance Hall Your Playing by Following a Different Path
Bring horns and join Stebleton for a group warmup
10:00 AM Performance Hall

Maddy Tarantelli ▪ Integrating Theory Horn playing is a magical art where creativity should
into Fundamentals of Brass Playing always be present not only in the performance but also
in the daily practice sessions. At first sight, flutter-
8:30 AM RM 171 tonguing, multiphonics, glissandi, split tones and other
extended techniques should not be present in our daily
practice session, or at least not in ones of the younger
Tarantelli demonstrates how to integrate Theory into
players. The same way practicing how to produce an
the fundamentals of brass playing.
ugly sound or an airy sound like the sub tone used in
jazz, doesn't seem to be wise. In this lecture I will
demonstrate that choosing different tracks that at first
Peggy DeMers ▪ Alphorn 101 sight might not make any sense at all, can unlock the
hidden powers of your horn playing. Be it by learning
9:00 AM Performance Hall how to fail or by learning how to press the hidden
triggers in our body, avoiding paralysis by analysis, as
DeMers presentation introduces the Alphorn and most of the time our body already knows how to do it.
teaches attendees how to play.

Johanna Lundy ▪ Mindfulness for

Caiti Beth McKinney ▪ In the Forest I
Audition Preparation
Wound my Horn: Gender
Instrumentation & the Horn in 10:00 AM RM 156
Orchestral Literature
Lundy discusses mindfulness for audition preparation.
9:00 AM Performance Hall

In the Forest I Wound My Horn: Studies in the Gender Juli Buxbaum ▪ Develop the Expressive
Semiotics of Horn in Classical and Romantic Orchestral French Musical Style
Literature, DMA Caiti Beth McKinney discusses how
instrumentation specifically through composers' use of 1:00 PM RM 158
the horn can communicate gendered meanings in
orchestral literature. Ranging from Haydn to Wagner Buxbaum discusses transcribing the Vocalise-Etudes of
Dr. McKinney examines works which feature prominent A.L. Hettich to Develop the Expressive French Musical
moments for the horn finding new meanings in some Style.

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Frizelle Orchestral Excerpt Masterclass Leslie Bell ▪ Preventing Playing Injuries
with Andrew Pelletier
3:00 PM RM 171
1:00 PM RM 156
Discover the world of injury prevention with an
All Frizelle Orchestral Excerpt Competitors are introduction to Body Mapping, Alexander
expected to attend. Pelletier will discuss the Technique, Feldenkrais Method, and general strategies.
competition process and procedures. Information will include the basics as well as scholarly
articles, books, and medical websites specific to
overuse injuries in musicians. Take home a handout
with lots of resources to continue exploring how YOU
can prevent injuries!
Featured Artist Presentation
Barbara Jöstlein Currie ▪ How to Get What Andrew Pelletier ▪ Bel Canto or ‘Can
You Want When You’re Not Getting Paid Belt-o’: What We Can Learn from
Studying the Great Tenors of the Past
2:00 PM Performance Hall 3:30 PM RM 173
Jöstlein Currie discuss the untold story of the MET
This lecture will focus on what horn players can
Orchestra.
discover from studying some of the great tenors of the
Golden Era; specifically Franco Corelli Mario Del
Monaco and Richard Tucker. Through listening to
Brianna Nay ▪ Are You Smarter Than a classic recordings and performances we will discover
First-Year Music Major? how we can improve our legato playing development of
our own sound and concepts of line and phrasing.
2:00 PM RM 171 Specific pieces from the horn repertoire will be
referenced and discussed in relation to the arias
Discover what it really takes to be a music major highlighted.
whether you are already there or on your way. From
practice tips to self-care tricks and strategizing time
and class-schedule management you will walk away
knowing how to be smarter than a first-year music
major! Opera Excerpts Masterclass
with Barbara Jöstlein Currie
Mary Elizabeth Garza ▪ A Holistic
Approach to Warming Up

2:30 PM RM 173 4:00 PM Performance Hall

Through exercises and discussion participants will Join Jöstlein Currie as she works with participants on
become more body aware learn how tension Opera Excerpts
throughout our body can affect our playing/how to play
with less of it learn about our breathe and posture.
Tools will be presented as things that can be
incorporated into practice as well as resources that can
be pursued further as needed. This is an approach I
found through my journey of injury recovery.

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WEDNESDAY 8/3
WEDNESDAY 8/3
Lanette Lopez Compton ▪ Drop the Beat -Orchestration resources
2.0: Wreak Everyone and Leave -Popular types of composition software (including a
free option)
8:00 AM RM 156 -Working with performers as a composer
-Creating and editing parts
Bring horns and join Compton for a group warmup -Recording and editing your music

Gabriella Ibarra and Israel Oliveira ▪ John McGuire ▪ Wellness and Self-Care
Latinoamericahorns Documentary for Artists

8:00 AM Recital Hall 9:00 AM RM 173

Originated by Israel Oliveira with the Coronahorns Musician's wellness is an under-researched topic
group, Ibarra and Oliveira will present a video despite obvious impacts to overall wellbeing. Students
documentary on the development and unification of however are at an age that they can start creating
Latin American horn community during the pandemic. habits to grow an understanding of self-care practices
that 1) are specific to musicians and 2) help them to
Directed by: Claudia Antonini * Executive production, keep making music in search of a career path that is
script and editing: Sandra Mara Munhoz Porciuncula healthy and sustainable. In this session Dr. John
* Images, video editing and postproduction: João McGuire will: 1) Explain the four dimensions of
Sauer * Legends: Laura Bocco and Amanda Francisco wellness as they relate to musicians: physical social
emotional and financial. 2) Facilitate discussion around
the principles of wellness for artists as taught at the
Michael Mikulka ▪ Strategies for university level. 3) Share resources to apply with
students, from a brief rehearsal break to long-term
Performers Who Would Like to Compose
tactics for struggling students.
8:30 AM RM 171

Writing music can seem intimidating but it is

something anyone can learn to do: as a performer you
already have many of the skills that help you become a Featured Artist Presentation
great composer! I have been on all sides of the
composition process: as a horn player who premieres Pan Ye ▪ Your Mindset – Your Success
new music as a composer / composition professor and
as a conductor of new music. This presentation
consists of a series of strategies for horn players who 10:00 AM Performance Hall
would like to learn how to compose (or become better
at it). Topics addressed will include: Pan Ye will share how using various mindset
techniques will help you discover your potential.
-How to create something from nothing (how to come
up with your first ideas)
-How to expand upon those initial ideas
-Common challenges/weaknesses for beginning
composers
Greta Richard & Scott Wise ▪ Sousa Isn’t
-Finding your compositional voice All Bad
-Creativity exercises
10:00 AM RM 158

As a member of the "President's Own" Marine Band in

Washington DC, I have heard all of the things that

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people surmise about military band jobs. I too had no
idea what I was signing up for when I won the audition
and signed on that dotted line! This lecture is designed
to be informative, fun, and an opportunity for Horn Premier Soloist Masterclass
players to hear the real deal on what it is like to play in
a military band. Scott Wise, a hornist with an Air Force with Matias Piñeira & Nobuaki Fukukawa
Band, will also speak about the different career paths
in the military and his life as a dual
musician/composer.
3:00 PM Performance Hall
Randy Gardner ▪ Mastering the Horn’s
Join Piñeira and Fukukawa as they work with the
Low Range, Part 1 finalists of the IHS Premier Soloist Competition
1:00 PM RM 158

Part 1 will be a presentation of low register Wendy Bartel ▪ The Beginning –

fundamentals for all hornists whether high or low Literature for Young Horn Players
hornists students or professionals who wish to enjoy
the many benefits that come with low register 3:00 PM RM 171
proficiency. Air movement tone production
embouchure basics smoothly transitioning through The Beginning: When I started teaching horn I had
registers flexibility practice tips and tricks of the trade virtually no music for young horn players. Twenty-
and more will be discussed. seven years later my library now includes over 150
pieces for horn and piano for "beginners". I would like
to share with you which pieces are my favorites and
Jeb Wallace ▪ Seven Habits of Highly why. I would also like to tell you why many of these
Effective Practicing pieces will continue collecting dust until I retire. I
welcome new and experienced teachers alike as well
2:00 PM RM 171 as composers and publishers of educational music to
join me in a discussion about what criteria make a
Wallace discusses seven habits of highly effective piece good for beginners and if the criteria have
practicing changed since the invention of horns made for
children.

Bill Schaffer ▪ Issues & Strategies for

the Aging Horn Player Sonja Reynolds ▪ Invite, Include, and
Inspire: Create Supportive Horn
2:30 PM RM 173 Community
We spend a lot of time thinking about and creating 3:30 PM RM 173
pedagogical strategies for students and focusing on the
development of young players. As we reach middle age Reynolds discusses the path to creating a supportive
and beyond however there are new challenges that horn community.
present themselves and it is often difficult to find
resources advice and solutions. For me I first noticed
issues in my early thirties and now at sixty-two I am
finally finding solutions for many of them. In addition
to laying out my personal challenges and describing
the solutions that have worked for me I will also be
sharing an online platform (free) for those of us who
have aged out of most competitions to gather and
provide each other with a forum to compare notes and
share strategies we have found effective.

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Natural Horn Masterclass

with Anneke Scott

Join Scott as she works with finalists of the Natural

Horn Competition.

Erin Futterer ▪ On Your Own Terms

A lecture recital featuring original music in various

4:00 PM RM 181

genres that delves into the self-exploration necessary

to truly find one's own musical voice and the journey
of learning to use this voice. My partner Ross and I will
demonstrate and discuss the ways that the Horn's own
journey through time has played a role in our writing
and performance and deeper understanding of music.

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THURSDAY
THURSDAY 8/4
8/4
Rachel Hockenberry ▪ Daily Warmup 19th centuries. Ignatius Sancho one of the earliest
Routines known Black British composers was born into slavery
on a slave ship in the Middle Passage. He was given
8:00 AM RM 156 formal musical training while enslaved as a butler in
London to the Duke and Duchess of Montagu and
This class will be lead in the style of daily warmup would have almost certainly been writing horn parts
classes at Illinois State University. We will begin with for Olaudah Equiano also a formerly enslaved musician
chromatic scales to get air moving through the horn. in London. Francis Johnson was a famous bandmaster
This will be followed by a solfege exercise. Class will bugler and composer in Philadelphia during the early
continue by utilizing several lip slur and natural horn 19th century. Johnson was himself a horn player though
exercises from Fred Teuber's Progressive Studies in more widely known as bugler and bandleader and best
Flexibility and Range Development for Horn as well as known as the first Black musician to have music
several exercises developed by Dr. Rachel Hockenberry
published. Both of these transcriptions are aimed toward
and her teachers. From lip trills to multiple tonging
high register to low register this comprehensive intermediate horn players to increase the diversity of
warmup will prepare you for a great day of playing! offerings available to young players.

Derek Wright ▪ What is BIAS? What Can Randy Gardner ▪ Mastering the Horn’s
It Tell Us About Horn Playing? Low Range, Part 2

8:30 AM RM 171 1:00 PM RM 158

"What is BIAS and what can it tell us about French Part 2 is a masterclass targeting important orchestra
horn playing?" BIAS (the Brass Instrument Analysis excerpts that are frequently required in auditions for
System) is a piece of software/hardware and can all positions of an orchestra section. Understanding of
analyse different aspects of a brass instrument. But is the musical goals along with technical keys and
there anything it can tell us that can help improve our practical tips to achieve those goals
performance or pedagogy? for each passage will be discussed. Selected
performers will be guided toward achieving excellent
performance of this important repertoire. This session
Rachel Constantino ▪ The Golden Echo 1 will see the practical outcome of information presented
in Part 1.
and Fixed Media Preparation

9:00 AM RM 173

Constantino discusses The Golden Echo 1 and fixed

media preparation. Featured Artist Presentation
Marshall Sealy ▪ How to Make a Living Out
Katy Ambrose ▪ Works Written by Two of What You Love
Notable African-born Composers of the
18th and 19th Centuries 1:00 PM Performance Hall

10:00 AM RM 158 Sealy shares his experiences of life as a freelance

artist, discuss the traditional and non-traditional
This lecture-recital presentation introduces my new aspects of horn playing, and challenge us to create a
transcriptions for horn and piano of works written by career that extends beyond expectation.
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James Boldin ▪ Behind the Scenes at The
prevent injury and promote better breath control. Bring
Horn Call your instruments for a hands-on experience.

2:00 PM RM 171
Rusty Holmes ▪ Mental Fitness for
Boldin discusses the little seen aspects of publishing
The Horn Call. Musicians
3:00 PM RM 171

Player, teacher, motivational speaker Holmes discusses

mental fitness for musicians.
Featured Artist Presentation
Anneke Scott ▪ The Wonderful World of the Nikolette LaBonte ▪ Borroff on Borroff:
19th Century Natural Horn Edith Borroff’s Musicology and her
Sonata for Horn and Piano
2:00 PM Performance Hall
3:30 PM RM 173
Scott discusses the lesser known history of the Natural
Horn in the 19th century. In the presentation LaBonte will discuss the Sonata for
Horn and Piano by Edith Borroff examining the work
through the lens of Boroff's own musicological writings.
LaBonte will use quotations and insights from Boroff's
AJ Bernal ▪ Program Notes: Should I
own textbooks to illustrate how her Sonata for Horn
Just Search Online? and Piano (composed in 1954) directly reveals the
connection between her musicology career and her
2:30 PM RM 171 compositional one. LaBonte will perform the work in its
entirety to provide the audience with a complete
Bernal discusses approaches to preparing program picture of the massive structure and ingenuity behind
notes. this composition.

Orchestral Excerpt Masterclass

with Pan Ye and Denise Tryon

3:00 PM Performance Hall

Join Pan Ye and Tryon as they work with the finalists of

the Frizelle Orchestral Excerpt Competition.

Daniel Nebel ▪ Guide to Optimizing Body

Use for Horn

3:00 PM RM 156

Colorado freelance hornist Daniel Nebel will discuss

concepts drawn from body mapping and Alexander
Technique and his experience as a personal trainer and
yoga instructor on how to optimize the use of your
body as you play the horn by finding positions that

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FRIDAY 8/5
FRIDAY 8/5
Andrew Pelletier ▪ Checking the
Templates
Sarah Willis’ Horn Hangout
8:00 AM Performance Hall with IHS54 Featured Artist in
Bring horns and join Pelletier for a group warmup Panel Discussion

J Bernardo Silva ▪ Strong and Healthy 9:30 AM Performance Hall

Warmup
Join us for as Sarah Willis speaks with Featured Artists
about a variety of topics.
8:00 AM RM 156

Bring horns and join Pelletier for a group warmup

Briana Pepilascov-Childers ▪ Effective
Practice Ideas and Other Electronic
Eldon Matlick ▪ American Vienna Horn Resources
Society 1:00 PM RM 158
8:30 AM RM 171
Pepilascov-Childers discusses effective practice ideas
and other electronic resources.
Meeting of the American Vienna Horn Society

Karen Houghton and Janet Nye ▪ Helpful

Joel Ockerman ▪ Natural Harmonics and
Horn Hacks
the Contemporary Horn
2:00 PM Performance Hall
9:00 AM RM 173
Houghton and Nye discuss practical techniques to
Since the composition of the Horn Trio in 1982 by improve all aspects of horn playing.
György Ligeti, out of tune natural harmonics have
become increasingly common in contemporary horn
writing necessitating a need for horn players to
Brenda Luchsinger and Kristofer
understand the ways they are used. In this
presentation I will begin by examining some of the Sanchack ▪ Unlocking the Mysteries of
historical context for the use of natural harmonics in Working with an Accompanist
contemporary music followed by a comparison of
various methods of notation used by composers. I will 2:00 PM RM 171
finish by looking at musical examples showing how
composers have incorporated natural harmonics within This presentation will help you unlock the steps for
their music both in terms of melodic gestures as well achieving success when working with a collaborative
as within a harmonic context. It is my hope that pianist from the initial hire to the performance.
through this presentation that horn players may gain a Throughout you will be provided with unique
better understanding of notation practices and stylistic perspectives from both a hornist and pianist. We will
aspects of such works giving players more confidence discuss the specifics of preparing for your collaboration
to learn and perform them. tips for establishing and maintaining a professional and
musical relationship as well as many often overlooked
logistical considerations. Whether you are preparing for
your first collaboration or your fiftieth these are the

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things you can do to improve your performance studio, studio success, program cost, and outside
experience all while saving time and money! opportunities.

Annie Bosler ▪ New Embouchure Lucca Zambonini ▪ Brass Methods and

Pedagogy: What You Wish Your Band Horn Pedagogy for Band Directors
Director Told You in Middle School 3:30 PM RM 173
2:30 PM RM 173
Zambonini discusses brass methods and horn
pedagogy, including techniques and exercises as is
There is nothing more exciting and less controversial
helpful for Band Directors.
to talk about than embouchures, right? Well maybe
not. After performing nearly 100 embouchure changes
on students and professionals alike I have figured a
few things out!

Prepare for a mind-blowing face melting (not really)

fun time full of facial anatomy and custom designed
exercises to build strength and improve flexibility. You
will learn how to address muscle asymmetry and why
it matters have a better awareness of your body and
understand the balance within the tumultuous
relationship of the embouchure and the air. So bring
your friends their friends and their friends’ friends to
talk 21st century embouchure pedagogy!

Jazz Horn Masterclass

with Marshall Sealy and Chris Castellanos

3:00 PM Performance Hall

Join Sealy and Castellanos as they work with the

finalists of the Jazz Horn Competition.

Ashley Beyer ▪ Choosing a College Music

Program

3:00 PM RM 171

One of the biggest decisions you will make in your

career is where you choose to go to college. There are
many different considerations when choosing a
program and the hardest part is knowing what you
want. Having the information to make an informed
decision about your schooling can make a world of
difference later in your career. This presentation will
address the six main categories you need to consider
when choosing a college music program: teacher,

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SATURDAY 8/6
SATURDAY 8/6
Ashley Beyer ▪ Youth Days Warmup and
Techniques Session
Karl Kemm ▪ The Story of the Horn – An
8:00 AM Performance Hall Historical Instrument Journey
Bring horns and join Beyer for a group warmup 1:00 PM Jones Auditorium

The Horn has a rich and diverse history. Many

Johanna Lundy ▪ Warmup for Flexibility instruments from the past or around the world have
affected the modern Horn. This presentation
8:00 AM RM 156 showcases the earliest types of lip-blown instruments
explaining their cultural origins, function, and
Bring horns and join Pelletier for a group warmup symbolism. Also showcased are the recent horns,
which reflect modern responses to progressive musical
languages.
ATSSB Texas All-State Etude Clinic led
by Mike Garza
9:00 AM Performance Hall

Youth - Grab your horn and music for tips and tricks on
the 1A-4A All-State etudes. PARTICIPANT MASS ENSEMBLE REHEARSALS

5A-6A Texas All-State Etude Clinic Youth Days Mass Horn Ensemble
Jennifer Sholtis ▪ Conductor
led by Janet Nye and Karen Houghton
▪ 8/5 @ 6:00 PM in PH
▪ 8/6 @ 2:00 PM in PH
9:00 AM Jones Auditorium

Youth - Grab your horn and music for tips and tricks on Amateur Mass Horn Ensemble
the 5A-6A All-State etudes. Chris Brigham ▪ Conductor
▪ 8/1 @ 4:00 PM in RM 156
▪ 8/2 @ 4:00 PM in RM 156
▪ 8/4 @ 4:00 PM in RM 156
▪ 8/5 @ 4:00 PM in RM 156

Youth Days Solo/Quartet University Mass Horn Ensemble

Dr. Randall Faust ▪ Conductor
Masterclass ▪ 8/1 @ 5:00 PM in RM 156
▪ 8/2 @ 5:00 PM in RM 156
with Kristina Mascher-Turner and ▪ 8/3 @ 5:00 PM in RM 156
Ricardo Matosinhos ▪ 8/4 @ 5:00 PM in RM 156

Pro Mass Horn Ensemble

10:30 AM Performance Hall TBA ▪ Conductor
▪ 8/6 @ 2:00 PM in RM 156
Join Mascher-Turner and Matosinhos as the work with
the finalists of the Youth Days Solo and Quartet
Competition and the University Quartet Compeitition. MASS ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Happy Trails Finale Concert on 8/6 @ 3:00 PM

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2 TUESDAY
9:00 AM University Quartet Competition JONES

1:00 PM Professional Horn Ensemble Competition JONES

2:00 PM Natural Horn Competition – Sehee Lee, piano RH

L’Automne Jean Baptiste Victor Mohr
Douze Grands Caprices Op 32 JF Gallay
Sonata No 2 (1802) Luigi Cherubini
Sonata in Eb Op 28 Franz Danzi

2:00 PM Jazz Horn Competition RM 181

3 WEDNESDAY
11:00 AM IHS Premier Soloist Competition – Sehee Lee, piano RH
Concerto No 1 Op 11 Richard Strauss
Adagio and Allegro Robert Schumann
Finalists: Serina Turrieta and Jonathan McGarry

1:00 PM University Horn Ensemble Competition JONES

2:00 PM Frizelle Orchestral Auditions Contest RM 156

5 FRIDAY
2:00 PM IHS54 Youth Days Solo Competition – Sehee Lee, piano RH

3:00 PM Pre-University Quartet Competition JONES

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The annual Symposium

is the time each year that
“All Things Horn” are available
to you in one convenient location!
• Horns and Horn repairs
• Music - New and old standards
• Consultations
• Military Band representatives
• Cleaning Equipment, Cases, Supplies,
Gig Bags and Mutes
• Music Stands, Mouthpieces, Valve Caps,
Valve Oil & All the latest cool things
Visit the Exhibitors in rooms 151, 152, 160, 200

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Chris Castellanos , a native of Las Vegas, NV, has enjoyed prosperous and
eclectic musical career. Upon joining the Las Vegas Philharmonic at the age of 18,
Chris quickly established himself as a top call freelancer on the Las Vegas Strip,
playing 1700 shows over a 6-year run of Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular,
as well as backing countless headliners on the Las Vegas Strip - most notably:
Placido Domingo, Pavarotti, Frank Sinatra Jr., Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Peter
Cetera, Weird Al Yankovic, Yes, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Ricky Martin, Jour-
ney, David Foster and Andrea Bocelli.
In late 2003, Chris found his passion as a chamber musician after joining the
Dallas Brass for a 6-year tenure touring the U.S. and abroad. In 2009 Chris
joined the prestigious Boston Brass as Hornist, Arranger and Co-Owner, with
whom he presently tours the world with over 180 days per year. In addition to
his duties with the Boston Brass, Chris is a very active soloist and is dedicated to the promotion of new,
unique music for the horn. Most recently, Chris recorded the premiere of Tony Labounty’s “Prophecy” for
horn with the UNLV Wind Orchestra under Klavier records to high acclaim and rave reviews. To quote Fan-
fare Magazine “How Castellanos has any lip left at the end is beyond me, by quite some way, this is the
best horn playing I have heard in years”.
As an educator, Chris has covered every state in the US as well as 36 countries. Clinics and masterclass-
es include The Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music, The Sibelius Academy (Finland), The Bruckner
Academy of Music (Austria), Yong Siew Toh Conservatory (Singapore), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland,
The Royal Academy of Music (London), The Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts and many more. Addi-
tionally, Chris serves on the International Artist Advisory Council for Mahidol University's College of Music
in Thailand.
Chris is proud to serve as a performing artist for the Yamaha Music Corporation, giving clinics, concerts
and masterclasses worldwide. He currently resides in Utah where he enjoys spending his time with his wife
and two children.

Barbara Jöstlein Currie joined the Met Orchestra in 1998, as Assistant Horn. A
year later, she won the 4th Horn position, which she has held since1999. Growing up in
Chicago and studying with former CSO musicians Phil Farkas and Nancy Fako, she left
for New York to study with former Met Principal Horn, Julie Landsman, at the Juilliard
School on a full scholarship. When she was a sophomore, she was the runner-up in the
Third Horn audition with the San Diego Symphony which led to the opportunity to spend
a year with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra as their Associate and Third Horn.
Recently, Barbara has performed frequently at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los An-
geles Philharmonic, and with the San Diego symphony during the summer season, as
well as playing one complete season as Second Horn with the San Diego Symphony. 
Barbara has been on the horn faculty at the Bard College Conservatory and also
teaches at the Mannes Prep division. She has given master classes at many universi-
ties such as Colburn, Indiana University, Cincinnati Conservatory, University of Illinois as well as in Japan
and Europe as well as for many international festivals such as Youth
Orchestra of the Americas, LessonFace and for Marcus Bonna’s Lyra Bragança during the pandemic.
Barbara is also active in the recording industry, playing both horn and Wagner tuba in movies such as True
Grit and Contagion, and with musicians such as Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga and Sting, and has also recorded
soundtracks in both NYC and Los Angeles.

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Luiz Garcia, a Brazilian horn player, was born in São Paulo in 1971 and began his
musical education at an early age. Thanks to a generous scholarship from the Vitae
Foundation, he was able to attend the renowned Juilliard School of Music in New York
and after that the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he graduated in 1995
with distinction having studied with Charles Kavalovski. While still a student in Boston,
Luiz substituted on many occasions with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops Or-
chestras. In 1995 he joined the Empire Brass, touring the world and recording for the
Telarc label. He returned to Brazil in 1997 to join the São Paulo State Symphony Orches-
tra (OSESP) as principal horn, holding this position until 2001, when he began his career
in Europe. Under the guidance of his mentor, Stefan Dohr, Luiz started performing regu-
larly as guest principal horn in orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Staatskapelle
Berlin, Bavarian Radio, Cologne Radio, Frankfurt Radio, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande,
Tonhalle Zurich, Mahler Chamber, among others under the most renowned conductors. Most recently he per-
formed as guest principal horn with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.  Between 2002 and 2006 he was also
a guest artist of the German Brass.
Luiz has served on the faculty of many festivals, including the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, Instrumen-
ta Verano in Mexico, Boston University Tanglewood Institute and the Campos do Jordão International Fes-
tival in Brazil. He was horn professor at the State of Rio de Janeiro Federal University (Unirio) from 2009
to 2014, principal horn of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2014 as well as principal horn of
the Sao Paulo Opera from 2012 to 2014. During the 2008-2009 season he served as guest solo horn of the
Berlin Staatskapelle for the complete Mahler cycle, both in Vienna and New York. As of december 2014 he
regained his post as principal horn of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP).

Nobuaki Fukukawa is Professor of Tokyo College of Music with an active

and varied performing career. “Nobuaki is naturally gifted and charismatic mu-
sician with a wide musical range.” -Paavo Järvi-
The winner of the 77th Music Competition of Japan (horn division) in 2008,
Fukukawa has performed as a soloist with NHK Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra
di Padova e del Veneto, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyoto Symphony
Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Hiroshi-
ma Symphony Orchestra, Yokohama Sinfonietta, Hyogo Performing Arts Center
Orchestra and more. 
Fukukawa is invited to concert halls all over the country for concert series
and music festivals, La Folle Journée au Japon and Spring Festival in Tokyo to
name a few. Having a passionate concern for expanding the horn’s repertoire,
Fukukawa has frequently commissioned and given the world premiere for new
horn works. Several dozen pieces have been specially composed for him.
Fukukawa’s activities as soloist extend to period instruments. He performed as a guest principal horn
player with Bach Collegium Japan. In recent years, he focused on chamber music as a member of “Harmo-
niemusik”, an ensemble featuring top members of the NHK Symphony Orchestra. He is also a member of the
all-star virtuosi group “Tokyo Sextet”. Fukukawa’s recitals, concerto and chamber music concerts have been
broadcasted on domestic TV networks such as NHK, TV Asahi, and Fuji Television, as well as foreign channels
in Germany and Italy.
Fukukawa served as the principal horn player at the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra since he was twenty
years old. Fukukawa released his solo CD “Rhapsody in Horn”series(1-3), “Absolutely Fukukawa” and “Mo-
zart Horn Concertos”on King Records, Japan.

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Ricardo Matosinhos studied with professor Ivan Kučera at the Esproarte and
with Bohdan Šebestík at the Superior School of Music and Performing Arts in Portugal.
He was recipient of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation scholarship and recognized
as Student of the Year 2003-2004. In 2012 he received his master degree from the
Universidade Católica Portuguesa and in 2021 his doctorate degree from the Universi-
ty of Évora.
Curiosity about horn in jazz led to lessons with saxophonist Mário Santos and has
influenced his compositional style ever since. His works have been recognized in several
composition contests both in Portugal and abroad and he has written teaching materials
for a variety of instruments. Ricardo has taught masterclasses and workshops all over
Europe and has performed as guest with the Filarmonia das Beiras Orchestra, Musicare
Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra do Norte, Remix Orchestra, and the Remix Ensemble
and Orquestra Nacional do Porto. Ricardo is currently teaching at the Academia de Música de Costa Cabral in
Oporto.He is a member of the International Horn Society, the SPA and the GDA.

Jennifer Montone joined The Philadelphia Orchestra as principal horn in 2006,

and is currently on the faculties of The Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard
School. She was formerly the principal horn of the Saint Louis Symphony, associ-
ate principal horn of the Dallas Symphony, third horn of the New Jersey Symphony.
and performer/faculty at the Aspen Music Festival and School. Named the Paxman
Young Horn Player of the Year in London in 1996, she has since won many solo
competitions and awards, including an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2006 and
a 2013 Grammy Award for her recording of Penderecki’s Horn Concerto entitled
Winterreise. She has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philhar-
monic, Cleveland Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. She
performs regularly at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, La Jolla SummerFest, Strings Festival,
and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and is a coach at the New World Symphony. A native of northern
Virginia, Ms. Montone was in the National Symphony Fellowship Program, where she studied with Edwin
Thayer, was a fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center, and attended the Marlboro Music Festival. She is a
graduate of The Juilliard School as a student of Julie Landsman.

Julia Pilant is the Assistant Principal Horn of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
and a horn instructor at Bard College Conservatory of Music. Before joining the Met,
Ms. Pilant was Principal Horn with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra for 10 years.
She then returned to New York City where she performed frequently with the Or-
pheus Chamber Orchestra, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, the Orchestra
of St. Luke’s, American Symphony Orchestra, the Stamford Symphony, and various
Broadway shows. In addition, she has played principal horn for the Saito Kinen and
Tokyo Opera Nomori music festivals and the Mito Chamber Orchestra in Japan under
music director Seiji Ozawa. She has also been a guest artist with the Chamber Mu-
sic Society of Lincoln Center, as well as a participant in the Classical Tahoe, Affinis
(Nagaoka, Japan), Santa Fe, Mainly Mozart, La Jolla Music Society SummerFest,
Steamboat Strings, Festivale di Due Mondi (Spoleto, Italy), Bard, and OK Mozart
music festivals. In 1994, she won the American Horn Competition.  As an equally
enthusiastic music educator, she has given several master classes in schools and festivals across the coun-
try including the Juilliard School, Interlochen Arts Camp, and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.
Ms. Pilant received her Bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music as student of Verne Reynolds,
and her Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the Juilliard School where she studied with Julie Landsman. 

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Matias Piñeira was born in Chile and started to learn the French horn at the age
of seven under the mentorship of his maternal grandfather, Antenor Piñeira. In 2000
he began his private studies with maestro Edward Brown and at the same time he
was invited to be part of the National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Chile. He sub-
sequently studied the instrument at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and
attended masterclasses, among others at German Brass and with Ignacio García, the
solo hornist of Staatskapelle Berlin. In 2005 he joined the National Youth Symphony
Orchestra as soloist with a scholarship. The next year, he won a scholarship position
and was invited to participate in the Campos do Jordão winter festival, Brazil. In this
period, he was also taking lessons with the most prominent musicians of the greatest
European and American orchestras. In 2008, at the age of 19, he won the position
of Solo Horn of the Symphonic Orchestra of Chile where he stayed as permanent
member for the following five years. In the same year Maestro Ignacio García, Solo
Horn of the Berlin State Opera, invited him to take private lessons in Berlin, Germany. In this time, Matias
was recognized by the Chilean press and musical critics as one of the best soloists of the season, through
numerous awards. In 2014 he was part of the Orchestral Academy of the Berlin State Opera, under the
baton of Maestro Daniel Barenboim. In 2015, under the mentorship of Ignacio García, he won the position
of Solo Horn in the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, currently conducted by maestro Valery Gergiev.

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 ensemble including Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolu-
tionnaire et Romantique and the English Baroque Soloists, ensemble Pygmalion, The
Orchestra of the Sixteen, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, and the Dunedin Consort and
Players and many others. She is similarly in great demand as a guest principal horn
regularly appearing with orchestras and ensembles worldwide. 
Anneke enjoys an international solo career and discography embracing three cen-
turies of virtuosic horn works. Her expertise in baroque horn repertoire ensures that
she is frequently to be heard performing the famous obligato arias of composers such as Bach and Han-
del as well as solo concertos from this period. Her critically acclaimed solo recordings also include three
discs focusing on the music of the leading Parisian horn player of the nineteenth century; Jaques François
Gallay and, most recently, “Beyond Beethoven”, a recording of works for natural horn and piano written in
the wake of Beethoven’s sonata for these instruments. 
She teaches at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and
Dance, University of Birmingham and on the online teaching platform Play with a Pro.  In 2019 her first
volume of a series of “Historic Horn Handbooks” centered on the natural horn was published with future
volumes focusing on baroque and early valve horns planned for the coming years. In 2018 she was award-
ed Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music and in 2019 she was one of the recipients of the International
Horn Society “Punto Award”. In 2020, in light of her “Corno not Corona” lockdown projects, Anneke was a
recipient of Royal Philharmonic Society Enterprise Award which led to a series of filmed performances and
commentary on a cross section of key works for horns from the eighteenth to early twentieth centuries. 

W. Marshall Sealy is a native of New York City, he believes passionately in the

Horn and considers himself a Horn singer. He describes his Horn freelance career as
“a fulfilling profession playing classical, jazz and world music”. Marshall began his
Horn study at the age of 8 and as a young musician, he performed with the Long
Island Youth Orchestra and attended Manhattan School of Music and Ithaca Col-
lege, where he was awarded music and soccer scholarships. He also developed a suc-
cessful second career as a master craftsman of brass instrument repair, restoration
and custom modification. His extensive and varied performing career has included
the orchestras of the Opera Company of Boston, Boston Lyric Opera, Peter Nero and
the Philly Pops, the internationally acclaimed Les Miserables Brass Band, Aardvark
Jazz Orchestra, and Boston Jazz Composers Orchestra. In addition, he has been a so-

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loist with the Plovdiv Symphony (Bulgaria), the Brooklyn Symphony (NY), and the United States Air Force
Band of Liberty. He has toured with the Salute to Vienna Orchestra, Slavic Soul Party Brass Band, and the
John Philip Sousa Band. Marshall has played with the show orchestras of Tony Bennett, Joni Mitchell, Ber-
nadette Peters, and the pit orchestras of Dance Theatre of Harlem and Alvin Ailey Dance Company. He has
also performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Gateways Festival Orchestra, Soulful Symphony, and
Orquesta Filarmonica de Jalisco (Guadalajara, Mexico). 
His experience in Broadway pit orchestras has included Beauty and the Beast, Jekyll & Hyde, The
Lion King, and the national tours of Evita and Porgy and Bess. He has also performed with such notable pop-
ular artists as Lester Bowie, J.J. Johnson, Max Roach, Shirley Horn, Ray Charles and Paquito D’Rivera. Mar-
shall has appeared with the live television studio orchestras of the Essence, Emmy, and Grammy Awards,
and Christmas in Washington. He can be heard on recordings with Les Miserables Brass Band, George Rus-
sell, J.J. Johnson, Max Roach, Oliver Lake, Taj Mahal, Michael Jackson, Jay-Z, Nas, Will Smith, and Isaac
Hayes (in the film score of Shaft), and the 2021 film score of Dear Evan Hansen (Universal Studios). 
In addition to his performing career, Marshall has been Director of Music at the Harlem School of the Arts,
Horn Professor at Berklee College of Music (Boston), and Horn Instructor at the International Music Camp
(US/Canada). He has designed and delivered horn workshops and master classes in the United States, Mex-
ico, Saint Lucia (W.I.), South Africa, Bulgaria, Serbia, the Dominican Republic, and China.  His teachers have
included Julius Watkins, Willie Ruff, Jerome Ashby, and Brooks Tillotson. Marshall Sealy is the founder of Horn
Song (jazz/world music horn quartet) and was a founding member of the internationally renowned Imani
Winds. He owns and operates The Brass Shop, a brass instrument repair, restoration and modification business
specializing in Horns. He is a Conn-Selmer Artist/Clinician and a maker of brass mouthpiece sculptures.

Denise Tryon, originally from Roseville, Minnesota, graduated high school

from the famed Interlochen Arts Academy and received her Bachelor of Mu-
sic degree from the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) in Boston. As
a member of the Taiyo Wind Quintet, she won the Grand Prize in the Coleman
Chamber Competition and received the Presidential Scholarship while in the
Artist Diploma Program at NEC.
Tryon is the Associate Professor of Horn at University of Cincinnati CCM. She
served as Horn Professor of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore from 2007 –
2019. Since 2019, Tryon has been the 4th horn of the world-renowned American
Horn Quartet. Previously, Tryon was fourth horn of The Philadelphia Orchestra
(2009 - 2017), The Detroit Symphony (2003 - 2009) and second horn of The
Baltimore Symphony (2000 - 2003), as well as the Columbus Symphony and the
New World Symphony.
An active and accomplished educator, Tryon is sought after for her masterclasses. She has taught ex-
tensively in the United States, Europe, Asia, and South America. In 2009, Tryon founded Audition Mode, a
yearly horn seminar, with Karl Pituch. The seminar focuses on the skills horn players need to be successful in
orchestral auditions. Tryon has released 3 albums, SO•LOW (2015), A Pair of Aces (2017) and Hope Springs
Eternal (2020). These albums include 10 new commissions focusing on the low register of the horn.

Kristina Mascher-Turner, former principal horn of the Brussels Philharmonic Or-

chestra (Flemish Radio Orchestra), hails from Albany, Oregon and is once again based in
Brussels. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Douglas Hill) and the
Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin (Kurt Palm,) and also studied privately with Fergus
McWilliam of the Berlin Philharmonic. Early in her career, she was engaged in various
chamber and symphony orchestras, including the Odense Symfoniorkester in Denmark
and three tours as principal horn with the Gustav-Mahler-Jugendorchester under the di-
rection of Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, and Kent Nagano. She played full-time with the
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra for several years and is a regular guest with orches-
tras and ensembles around Europe.
Kristina joined the world-famous American Horn Quartet in 2009, with whom she has
toured and recorded extensively. She is also a member of the Ni Ensemble of Luxem-
bourg (First prizewinners at the 9th International Passau Competition) and performs with
husband Kerry Turner the Virtuoso Horn Duo. Their critically acclaimed CD‘s of works for

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two horns and chamber orchestra can be found on the Naxos and MSR Classics labels.  Ms. Mascher-Turner
has given master classes and performed in over 30 countries on six continents. She served as Vice Presi-
dent of the International Horn Society   from 2015-2021 and was editor of the IHS digital newsletter, “Horn
and More.” Horn aside, Kristina sings with a semi-professional vocal octet, has a passion for travel, food, and
languages, and is a certified Reiki master. Kristina performs on a Ricco Kühn W393X triple horn.

Pan Ye was born in 1987 in Tai Yuan, Shan Xi. At the age of 10, he started
horn studies with Bin Li, the hometown teacher. At the year of 12, he went to
The Attached School of Central Conservatory of China and studied with Chengx-
in Zhang for one year and Quan Wen for five years. In his youth, Ye Pan played
with the Chinese Youngster Orchestra and Chinese Youth Orchestra. At the age
of 18, Ye Pan went to Sibelius Academy to study with Kalervo Kulmala, the wind
teacher for the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, principal horn of the Finish Ra-
dio Orchestra for 30 years, and teacher at the Sibelius Academy for 40 years.
During his studies at the Sibelius Academy, he worked with many famous and
well-known orchestras in Nordic European countries, such as Helsinki Opera, Pori
Symphonittaä, Navia Youth Orchestra, Kirkkonummi Champer Orchestra, Go-
thenburg Academic Orchestra. He toured with these orchestra to Sweden, Amer-
ica, Venezuela, Germany, Abu Dhabi, Estonia, Cyprus. Ye Pan won the highest scholarship from Tempere
Pro Musica Foundation and graduated from Sibelius Academy as a Horn Performing Master Degree student
with a 25/25 score from 5 juries.
Since 2012, Ye Pan has been Principal Horn of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra under the
direction of Jorma Panula, Neeme Jarvi, Paavo Jarvi, Jukka Pekka Saraste, Esa-Pekka Salonen plus many
other great conductors, receiving favorable comments from all of them. Since 2017, Ye Pan has been
teaching at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.

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Miguel Garza is currently a Janet B. Nye has been blessed with
Band Director at Filemon B. Vela over twenty years of teaching and playing
Middle School in the Brownsville In- horn professionally. She especially enjoys
dependent School District where he starting beginners and working with them
directs the Concert Band and teach- into adulthood. She is known for her cre-
es all brass instruments. Recently, ative approach to teaching that fosters a
Mr. Garza was Adjunct Professor of sense of community among her students.
Horn at UTRGV in Brownsville, Tex- She has a very successful private studio
as. From 2001 to 2013, he served as with many students placing in the Texas
Principal and Associate Principal Horn of the Orquesta Sin- All-State ensembles and has many former
fonica de Galicia in Spain. During this tenure, he served as students that are teaching and performing professionally
professor of horn for the Orquesta Joven de la Sinfonica de today. As an active educational consultant for Houghton
Galicia and was a sought-after clinician throughout Spain Horns in Keller Texas, Janet, along with her colleague,
and Portugal. He has also been a member of the Colora- Karen Houghton, has presented engaging and informa-
do Symphony Orchestra in Denver as Assistant Principal tive horn pedagogy clinics at universities, music educator
Horn. Mr. Garza has played extensively with the Houston conventions and horn symposiums throughout the United
Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Houston Grand Opera States. They are co-authors of “Recipe For Success: A
and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Tenerife on the Canary balanced curriculum for young horn players,” a compre-
Islands. He has played under great conductors such as hensive method book for the first three to five years of
Christoph Eschenbach, Lorin Maazel, Eliahu Inbal, Benja- playing. The book has received international acclaim and
min Zander, Günther Herbig, Dennis Russell Davies, Marin is heralded as being “...the best and most extensive horn
Alsop, Andrew Litton, Jesus López Cobos and many others. method to come out in a long time.”   In addition to free-
A native of Brownsville, Mr. Garza received a Bachelor of lancing in the DFW area, Janet has held the fourth horn
Music degree from the University of North Texas under the position in the Waco Symphony and the second horn po-
guidance of William Scharnberg, Principal Horn of the Dal- sition in the Irving Symphony for over twenty years. She
las Opera. During this time he also studied with Gregory has toured for seven summers throughout Germany with
Hustis, former Principal Horn of the Dallas Symphony. Mr. the Christian brass ensemble Eurobrass and can be heard
Garza holds a Master of Music degree from the Shepherd on the 2006 GerthMedien Eurobrass recording: Give
School of Music at Rice University where he studied with Thanks To The Lord, Danket dem Herrn.  She received
William VerMeulen and Roger Kaza, Principal Horns of the her B.M.E from the University of Cincinnati College-Con-
Houston and St. Louis Symphonies. servatory of Music and her M.M. in Horn Performance
from Baylor University. Her teaching and playing has
Karen Houghton has been a pri- been strongly influenced by Koleta Tilson, Steven Gross,
vate horn instructor for over forty years. Michael Hatfield, Margaret Robinson, Gregory Hustis, and
Many of her former students now hold Haley Hoops. 
teaching and playing positions across the
country. Karen enjoys teaching all levels
and loves to see every student reach his
or her potential on the horn. Karen, along
with her colleague, Janet B. Nye, are highly
sought after horn pedagogues. Together,
they have presented engaging and infor-
mative clinics at universities, music educator conventions
and horn symposiums throughout the United States. They
are co-authorsof “Recipe For Success: A balanced curricu-
lum for young horn players,” a comprehensive method book
for the first three to five years of playing. The book has
received international acclaim and is heralded as being “...
the best and most extensive horn method to come out in
a long time.” Karen has held positions in orchestras in the
United States, Colombia and Germany. Currently, in addi-
tion to freelancing in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Karen is an
owner of Houghton Horns, a brass pro-shop in Keller, Texas
that was founded in 1985. As an educational consultant for
Houghton Horns, Karen maintains a large private studio and
has had over a hundred students place in Texas All-State
ensembles. Karen holds a degree in Horn Performance from
California State University, Long Beach. Her teachers and
mentors include: Ed Jackson, Fred Fox, James Decker, Phil-
ip Farkas, Michael Hoeltzel and William Scharnberg. 

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Katy Ambrose is the Visiting Assis- torate in music performance at Florida State University.
tant Professor of Horn at the University She is currently a graduate assistant, teaching various
of Iowa. During the Summers she is on undergraduate and graduate lessons, coaching under-
faculty at Kendall Betts Horn Camp and graduate chamber ensembles, leading group warm-ups
NOW SummerFest. In addition to teach- for the horn studio, conducting horn choir and performing
ing, she is an active soloist, chamber with various school ensembles. Leslie currently serves as
musician and orchestral player. Dr. Am- third horn for the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. She
brose has performed extensively around looks forward to continuing her work as a performer and
the world including tours in Great a teacher throughout Florida and surrounding states.
Britain, Germany, Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Mexico, Korea, Brazil, and the United States and AJ Bernal is an avid horn player and
has held positions with numerous orchestras. A passionate educator. Since 2013, AJ has maintained
chamber musician, Katy currently plays with the Universi- private horn and brass studios in the
ty of Iowa faculty brass quintet, the Lanta Horn Duo, and states of Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky.
Conica, a transcontinental natural horn quartet. She was a He is highly sought after as a private
co-founder of Seraph Brass and Izula Horns, was a mem- instructor; AJ’s students have received
ber of the Philadelphia Chamber Brass. As a soloist and superlative ratings at their respective
chamber musician she has been involved in commissions state solo and ensemble festivals. In
and world premieres of works by Alyssa Weinberg, Cather- 2020 and 2021, AJ had the opportunity
ine Likhuta, Shawn Okpebholo, Rene Orth, Sarah DuBois, to expand his teaching credentials at
Rachel Devorah Wood Trapp, Lucy Pankhurst, and Kather- Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he taught
ine McMichael. Outside of the classical setting, Ambrose undergraduate music theory. AJ is currently a doctoral
has played for Adele, Cee Lo Green, Andrea Bocelli, and as candidate at the University of Kentucky, where he was
a recording artist for NFL Studios. awarded the Lyman T. Johnson Diversity Fellowship to
continue his education. AJ holds a Master of Music from
Layne Anspach is a teacher, per- Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a Bachelor
former, and composer/arranger from of Music Education from Indiana State University (Terre
Bloomington, Indiana. He is a Sorley Haute). His teachers include Dr. Margaret Tung, Jennifer
Horn Artist and enjoys performing in Presar, Dr. Brian Kilp, and Donna Briggs.
a variety of ensembles, currently per-
forming as Fourth Horn in the Terre James Boldin is Professor of
Haute Symphony Orchestra along with Music at the University of Louisiana
occasional performance in orchestras Monroe, where he holds the Emy-
throughout the Midwest. As a chamber Lou Biedenharn Endowed Chair in
musician, he performs with brass quin- Music. He is active as a soloist and
tets, wind quintets, and particularly enjoys performing chamber musician, and performs
works for piano and winds. In addition to being the Ad- with the Shreveport Symphony
junct Instructor of Horn at Valparaiso University, Anspach Orchestra, Rapides Symphony
teaches at the Stafford Music Academy in Bloomington, Orchestra, and Monroe Sympho-
Indiana and maintains a private studio. Most recently, ny Orchestra. As an advocate for new music, Boldin has
Anspach served on faculty at the Csehy Summer School commissioned and premiered numerous compositions. He
of Music for the 2021 season. Anspach holds a Bachelor has authored three books, published dozens of articles,
of Music from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music reviews, and musical arrangements, and currently serves
and a Master of Music from The Ohio State University. He as Publications Editor for The International Horn Society.
is currently ABD for his Doctor of Music at Indiana Univer- He is proud to be a Yamaha Performing Artist. For more
sity’s Jacobs School of Music. His teachers include Richard information, visit jamesboldin.com.
Seraphinoff, Thomas Jöstlein, Bruce Henniss, Dr. Lin Foulk
Baird, and Debra Inglefield. Dr. Annie Bosler is a Los
Angeles freelance horn player and
Leslie Bell is a horn player and teacher horn professor at Colburn School for
from Decatur, Alabama. While studying for Performing Arts. She co-authored
her undergraduate degree at The Universi- College Prep for Musicians a book
ty of Alabama, Leslie performed in multi- for high school students, parents,
ple horn competitions at the Southeastern teachers, and counselors. As a
Horn Workshops and placed as a finalist in performer, she has toured with John
the Horn Quartet competition in 2019. She Williams’ Star Wars in Concert and with Josh Groban, and
continued her education at The University performed on Dancing with the Stars, The Ellen Show,
of Florida, working towards her master’s and PBS’s Live from Lincoln Center. Annie produced and
degree in music performance while regu- directed 1M1: Hollywood Horns of the Golden Years, a
larly playing with the Gainesville Symphony Orchestra as one-of-a-kind documentary film about the history of Los
fourth horn. In August of 2021, Leslie began her doc- Angeles studio musicians told through the eyes of the

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legendary Hollywood horn players. Annie is professor premiered over 25 works from a distinguished collective of
of horn at California State University, Northridge. She composers. He recently gave the world premiere of Kevin
served as the secretary/treasurer of the International Day’s “Windborne: Concerto for Horn” and his 2018 debut
Horn Society Executive Board for five years. In addition, album, Cruise Control, features the world premieres of
she cohosted the largest International Horn Symposium, five major works for horn, and has been heralded as “a
bringing over 1,000 musicians to Los Angeles in 2015. musical and technical tour de force.” Additionally, Cohen
oversees The NU CORNO Ensemble, an ongoing endeavor
Christopher Brigham, American dedicated to the commissioning and performance of new
horn player and educator is currently works for horn ensemble. The group has been featured at
living in Cologne, Germany, with an active four International Horn Symposia and introduced over 20
freelance career and private teaching works into the horn ensemble repertoire.
studio. Christopher obtained his bache-
lor’s degree in Horn Performance from the JP Collins is a fourth-year instru-
Hartt School at the University of Hartford mental music education student at
in 2013 under David Wakefield and mas- Florida State University. As part of
ter’s degree in Solo Performance at the his studies he has performed with
Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen the Florida State University Wind
with Frank Lloyd until 2017. He went on to study Orches- Ensemble University Philharmonia
tral Performance with Norbert Stertz and Jan Golebiowski University Symphony the FSU Horn
at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold. He can be heard choir as well as various chamber
playing on CDs with the Lake Brass Horn Ensemble, Jonas ensembles and solo performances associated with his
Kaufmann’s It’s Christmas and the WDR Radio Choir of studies. Some of the highlights in his career have been
Cologne.  Christopher is an active teacher at the Sauer- the performance of Mahler’s second symphony with
länder Horn Weekend in Bad Fredeburg, Germany as well the University Symphony the University Philharmonia’s
as a faculty member for the New England Music Camp in performance of Beethoven’s first symphony in which he
Sidney, Maine. He would like to thank Dr. Jennifer Sholtis, played principal and a special exhibition performance in
the International Horn Society, the Memorial and Museum the FSU Wind Ensemble at the Florida Music Educators
Auschwitz-Birkenau, the United States Holocaust Memori- Association in 2020. After completing his degree JP plans
al Museum, the Arolsen Archives and Deutscher Musiker- to teach public high school music classes in the state of
rat Neustart Kultur for their support. Florida and pursue a master’s degree in Music Education
at Florida State.
Vivian Yu-hsuan Chang, born in
Taipei, Taiwan, is currently pursuing her Lanette López Compton is the
DMA degree at Texas Tech University and Associate Professor of Horn at Oklahoma
serves as a graduate teaching assistant State University where she has been since
and instructor of record in applied horn 2005.  She is presently a member of the
and music theory. Vivian has placed in Tulsa Symphony Orchestra and the Tul-
several competitions, including two uni- sa Opera. Lanette is currently on faculty
versity concerto competitions where she at the FOOSA Festival/Fresno Summer
performed as a soloist with the orches- Orchestra Academy which performs a
tras. She has given seven solo recitals concert in Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los
and appeared as an orchestral musician with many pro- Angeles, California. Lanette is the 2014
fessional orchestras and ensembles, including the Lub- recipient of the Wise-Diggs-Berry Award for Teaching
bock Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Excellence in the Arts. Students in the OSU Horn Studio
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, and Texarkana Symphony have placed in regional and international competitions
Orchestra. Vivian was also the founding member of Haven and have made several summer music festivals. Gradu-
Brass and Shocker Brass, actively involving in chamber ates of OSU Horn studio have won professional orchestral
music performance. positions throughout the United States. Professor Comp-
ton is in high demand as a clinician and adjudicator. Most
Steven Cohen has been heard inter- recently, she was a guest artist for the 2021 AZ Corno-
nationally as a solo, orchestral, Broadway Con. She was a contributing artist and clinician at the
and chamber musician. Cohen was a Spe- 2019 International Horn Symposium in Ghent, Belgium,
cial Guest Artist at the 51st International and a clinician at the 2021 International Horn Sympo-
Horn Symposium, as well as a Contributing sium. Her “Drop the Beat” warm-up has been a popular
Artist at the 45th, 48th and 50th sympo- and unique presentation at several regional and interna-
sia. He can be seen with Mannheim Steam- tional horn conferences.
roller on their 2015 release, “Mannheim
Steamroller Live”. From 2010-2012, Cohen
was Principal Horn with The New 25th
Anniversary Production of Les Misérables. A proponent for
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Rachel Constantino received her phony, Apprentice Conductor for the San Diego Sym-
Bachelor’s degree from the Manhattan phony, and founding music director of two professional
School of Music and Master’s degree at chamber orchestras, including the Bach Camerata (now
UCLA. She is currently a student at Bowl- Camerata Pacifica), and the Pacific Chamber Ensemble.
ing Green State University, where she is Ethan has also conducted for such popular stars as James
working on a Doctorate in Contemporary Taylor, Randy Newman, Roberta Flack, Tony Bennett, Doc
Music Performance with Dr. Andrew Pel- Severinson, and Judy Collins. In addition to his musical
letier. She is passionate about expanding career, Mr. Dulsky received an MBA from UC Berkeley,
the repertoire for horn by commissioning and has spent over a decade as managing partner of
new works for solo and chamber perfor- Brand Paradigm, a brand strategy consultancy with such
mance. In addition to horn, her interests lie in analogue and clients as Dolby, EMI Records, Disney, Starbucks, Charles
digital synthesis and integrating electronics into her playing. Schwab and BMW.

Ethan James Dulsky has strad- Randy C. Gardner is currently Art-

dled the worlds of the arts and busi- ist-In-Residence at Temple University’s
ness for three decades, as a hornist, Boyer College of Music and Dance. Following
conductor, and entrepreneur. Ethan a distinguished tenure at the University of
has performed as an orchestral and Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
studio musician for numerous west (CCM), he was awarded the title of Profes-
coast orchestras and for television, sor Emeritus. A successful and dedicated
film, and radio. As a conductor, Ethan teacher, his students occupy performing and
has worked with some of the finest teaching positions throughout the US and
ensembles in the US and abroad. He abroad. Prior to joining the CCM faculty,
served as Associate Conductor of the Jacksonville Sym- Gardner was Second Hornist of The Philadelphia Orches-
tra for 22 years. Professor Gardner presents innovative
and popular Modular Music Masterclasses, is the author
of the acclaimed International Opus publication Mastering
the Horn’s Low Register, self-published Good Vibrations:
Masterclasses for Brass Players, and composed WHY?! for
unaccompanied horn, published by Thompson Edition.
Randy Gardner was honored to receive an IHS Punto
Award in 2018. An enthusiastic member of the Interna-
tional Horn Society, Gardner served on the IHS Advisory
Council from 1999-2005, 2019-2022, and was recently
elected to another three-year term. Randy also serves on
the Faculty and Board of Directors for the Kendall Betts
Horn Camp. Website: randygardnerhorn.com.

Mary E. Garza is a DMA candidate

and educator at the University of Michigan
and a fellow for the inaugural Cleveland
Institute of Music Future of Music Faculty
Fellowship. Prior to Michigan Mary studied
at the Mozarteum in Salzburg Austria and
Die Hochschule für Musik und Theater in
Leipzig Germany. She has performed ex-
tensively throughout Europe Asia and the
Midwest performing with members of the
Gewandhaus Orchestra Mozarteum Salzburg Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra and she has been a regu-
lar guest with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra. She has
been successful in solo competitions including 1st prize
for horn at the IWBC Concerto Competition in 2017 and
winner of the IHS Premier Soloist Competition in 2010. As
a teaching artist and performer Mary has a deep interest
in using the arts to support communities and create a
platform for marginalized voices. A Sphinx MPower Artist
grant recipient she has commissioned works to create a
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Katey J. Halbert’s (Hornist,) vibrant horn with the Mid-Texas Symphony. As a low horn spe-
personality and passion for music inspire cialist, Holmes is dedicated to discovering and promoting
both as a teacher and performer. Residing solo and chamber works written for low horn through
in Northwest Arkansas, she is currently performances and lectures at regional and international
the Visiting Assistant Professor of Horn at workshops. His presentations focus on the history of low
the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. horn and highlights low horn repertoire recently commis-
In addition to maintaining the studio and sioned by Denise Tryon. Holmes received his Bachelor of
running studio class, she also performs Music Education degree from Oklahoma State University
with the faculty wind quintet, Lyrique and his Master of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts in
Quintette, and the faculty brass quintet, Performance from the University of Texas at Austin.
Brassworks. Previously, she has served on the faculty
of Grand View University, Central College, Muskingum Dr. Edward House is a dynamic
University, Marietta College, and Mount Vernon Nazarene horn player and teacher commit-
University. Dr. Halbert has also maintained a successful ted to sharing his love of the horn.
private studio since 2009 and her students have gone on He has performed numerous times
to participate in many prestigious youth symphonies, all- a freelance player in the New York
state ensembles, and summer programs including Blue area before moving to Los Ange-
Lake Fine Arts Camp, Ohio and Iowa’s All-State Ensem- les. Some of his past performances
bles, the Columbus Youth Symphony, and the Quad Cities include the Schumann Konzertstück
Youth Symphony. She spends her summers on faculty at with the Stony Brook University
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Twin Lake, Michigan. Symphony, Gounod’s Petite Sympho-
nie as part of the Staller Center’s Starry Nights series,
Rachel Hockenberry is the world premiere performances of Hrið-Móðr-Ljómi by
Assistant Professor of Horn at Jeffrey Holmes with Nu Ensemble, and Mountain Spires
Illinois State University. An active by Emmy Award winning composer Gary Kuo. Edward
freelance musician, Rachel has has also recorded with the Messiah College Brass Cross
performed with the Cincinnati, on the album Luminosity, and the Messiah College Wind
Columbus, Santa Barbara, Illinois, Ensemble on the albums Glorified and Stained Glass
Quad Cities, Peoria, and Dubuque Windows. He has a particular interest in how emotions
Symphonies, Orchestra Kentucky, affect musical performance and the process of learning an
and many others. She has per- instrument. Dr. House completed his DMA at Stony Brook
formed with artists such as Billy Idol, Pete Townshend, University studying with David Jolley. He also holds a
and Jon Batiste, and has recorded for television series. Master of Music degree from the University of North Car-
She is principal horn of the Queen City Opera, where in olina School of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Music degree
October 2015 she performed the “Long Call” from Act II from Messiah College studying with Dr. Mike Harcrow.
of Richard Wagner’s Siegfried. She is a hornist with the
Maryland Chamber Winds and can be heard on both of Patrick Hughes, with a tone and
the group’s albums. Rachel is a graduate of the Sistema musicality described as “pure chocolate”,
Fellows Program at the New England Conservatory of has soloed in recitals throughout the US,
Music, and has completed residencies with El Sistema at annual regional horn conferences,
programs in Venezuela and across the United States. A and at 11 International Horn Sympo-
Virginia native, Rachel received her bachelor’s degree in sia. In 2006 he performed the Asian
horn performance from James Madison University. She premiere of Kazimierz Machala’s Con-
earned her masters and doctoral degrees in horn per- certo for Horn, Winds and Percussion in
formance from the University of Cincinnati College-Con- Bangkok, Thailand. Other international
servatory of Music, where she also completed cognate ventures have included performances
studies in arts administration. in China, Australia, the UK, Belgium, and Brazil. The Dallas
Morning News described Hughes as “…a dream soloist…His
Rusty Holmes enjoys a diverse tone was warm and honeyed, his virtuosity and legato both
career as a speaker, teacher, and apparently effortless.” In a quasi-recent return to compo-
performer in Austin, TX. He teaches sition and arranging he has produced a number of pieces
on the faculties of three colleges in for Horn Choir and horn in chamber music including: From
central Texas: Blinn College -Bren- Hildegard, Dancing on the Hill, True Colors, Pange Lingua,
ham, Temple College, and Texas A&M and Morrison’s Jig, and Climbin’. His music is published
- Central Texas, and in 2021 he served through Brownwood Music Publishing. Mr. Hughes hosted
as a visiting professor at Texas State the 2005 and 2014 Mid-South Regional Horn Workshops at
University. Additionally, he maintains the University of Texas, has adjudicated for the Internation-
a large private studio of middle school, al Horn Competition of America, served on the Reviewing
high school, university, and amateur adult students in the Committee of the IHS (International Horn Society) Meir
greater Austin area. Holmes currently holds the position Rimon Commissioning Assistance Fund, and was an elected
of 2nd horn with the Central Texas Philharmonic and 4th member of the IHS Advisory Council from 2015-2021, also
serving as Scholarship Coordinator.

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Nancy Joy, growing up on a Nikolette LaBonte is the Associ-
walnut farm in Springfield, Ohio ate/Assistant/Utility Horn of the Rochester
with “ blue grass” and “gospel” Philharmonic Orchestra. Originally from
music in her genes, played horn, South Florida, she also serves as the prin-
trumpet, cello, sang in the choir cipal horn of the Music in the Mountains
and had lead theater roles during summer festival, previously held a position
her public school education. Nancy with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, and
Joy received a Bachelor of Music served as Acting Principal Horn of the Fort
Education degree from Wittenberg Worth Symphony from 2019-2021. She
University School of Music and then completed a Mas- performs with orchestras across North
ter of Music in Horn Performance at New Mexico State America including guest principal engagements with the
University. She is currently in her twenty sixth year as Vancouver Symphony and the Dallas Chamber Symphony
Horn Professor at New Mexico State University. Ms. Joy is and regular season performances with the New York Phil-
Principal Horn of the Las Cruces Symphony at NMSU, and harmonic and Buffalo Philharmonic. Ms. LaBonte is currently
Second Horn of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra and El pursuing her doctoral studies under the same guidance of
Paso Opera Company. She is currently the International W. Peter Kurau. Nikolette is also an award-winning soloist
Horn Society’s International Symposium Coordinator. She and was a participant in the prestigious ARD International
was elected to the board of the International Women’s Competition in 2021, the only American horn player invit-
Brass Conference and has performed with her chamber ed. She is a faculty member of the Eastman Horn Institute,
group Monarch Brass at several IWBC events. She is the serves as the Assistant Artistic Director of the Kendall Betts
owner of the “Horn of Joy” music studio teaching private Horn Camp, and has presented performances and lectures
lessons to beginning horn students through high school as a member of the International Horn Society and the
level and is a requested clinician and solo performer in International Women’s Brass Conference.
the southwest. 

Karl Kemm, as a student of Kristin

Thelander (University of New Mexi-
co) and Keith Polk (University of New
Hampshire), went on to join the Air
Force Band at Travis AFB, California
and began freelancing in the San Fran-
cisco Bay Area while studying under
Dave Krehbiel.  He continued doctor-
al studies at the University of North
Texas with Bill Scharnberg. Currently he freelances and
clinics as an orchestral and early music natural horn player
throughout Texas and the neighboring states.  He actively
participates with the Corpus Christi Symphony, the Corpus
Christi Brass Quintet, the Del Mar Trio, and occasional-
ly with the Austin Baroque Orchestra, La Folia, and San
Antonio Sonido Barroco. As the Del Mar College horn in-
structor since 2001, Karl Kemm also teaches Introduction
to the Humanities for which he holds a Master of Science
in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of North
Texas.  In 2017 he took charge of Hornswoggle, an annual
horn workshop started by Elliot Higgins in 1980 held every
Memorial Day Weekend in Jemez Springs, New Mexico.

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, but
later earned degrees in engineering
and technical writing at Northeastern
University and worked in software and
writing before retiring. She is a lifetime
IHS member, served two terms on the Advisory Council,
is assistant editor on The Horn Call, and publishes the
Cornucopia newsletter.

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Benjamin Lieser serves as the American Southwest with much intrigue” (Take Effect)
Assistant Professor of Music in Ap- and add “a most welcome addition to the catalogue” (Art
plied Horn at the University of Cen- Music Lounge). A dedicated teacher, Lundy is the horn
tral Florida School of Performing professor at The University of Arizona Fred Fox School
Arts. He holds degrees from Florida of Music. Her teaching emphasizes physical and men-
State University (BA, DM) and the tal wellness, orchestral audition preparation, and artist
University of Cincinnati (MM). His development. She has presented the interactive lecture
teachers include William Capps, “Mindfulness for Audition Preparation” at IHS symposia,
Randy Gardner, Michelle Stebleton, regional horn conferences, brass workshops, and individ-
Duane Duggar, and Randall Faust. ual studio masterclasses. Johanna Lundy is an Advisory
He is currently principal horn of the Brevard Symphony Council member and the treasurer of the IHS.
Orchestra, and second horn of the Bach Festival Society
Orchestra. He has performed with the Walt Disney World Matthew Mauro is a well-round-
Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, the Jacksonville Sym- ed, versatile, and creative musician
phony, the Cincinnati Opera, the Orlando Philharmonic and with experience as a horn perform-
the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Lieser has been a er, pianist, composer, arranger, and
featured soloist with the OFUNAM orchestra in Mexico City, teacher. He has served as the Adjunct
and performed as a regional artist at the Central Florida Professor of Horn at Morehead State
Horn Workshops, The Southeast Horn Workshops, and the University in Kentucky. He complet-
International Horn Symposiums. As a member of the UCF ed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree
Faculty Woodwind Quintet, he has performed for the Inter- from the University of Cincinnati Col-
national Double Reed Society. lege-Conservatory of Music in 2020.
He has performed with the Dayton, Toledo, Kentucky,
Dr. Brenda Luchsinger is an and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestras. Matt has appeared
Associate Professor at Alabama State as a soloist with the Toledo and Stow Symphony Or-
University in Montgomery, AL, where chestras. He was invited to perform a lecture recital at
she teaches horn, various musician- the 52nd International Horn Symposium (IHS 52) in
ship courses, and brass methods. She Oregon in August 2020 and had previously presented
earned BM degrees in Applied Horn and a lecture at IHS 51 in Ghent, Belgium in 2019. Matt
Instrumental Music Education from the has spent summers performing at the Round Top Music
University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, Festival and Brevard Music Center. His major mentors
MM in Horn Performance from the on the horn include Richard Deane, Elizabeth Freimuth,
University of Florida, and DMA in Horn Randy Gardner, and Denise Tryon. Before pursuing the
Performance from the University of Alabama. Dr. Luchsing- horn professionally, Matt also studied classical piano for
er performs with the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra twelve years. Matt has had works for wind ensemble,
(AL) and Sinfonia Gulf Coast (Destin, FL), as well as other horn choir, and piano published by the C.L. Barnhouse
southeast U.S. orchestras. In July 2018, she became one and FJH Music Companies.
of the first horn players certified to teach the Suzuki Meth-
od for horn. She can be heard on the University of Florida Susan McCullough was Princi-
Wind Symphony’s recordings, Durian Music and Stravinsky pal Horn and soloist with the Air Force
& Friends, on the American Wind Symphony’s Music of Academy Band in Colorado Springs,
the Americas, with Carl Fischer Music, and the AL-About Colorado from 1975-78 and spent 22
All-State project for middle and high school students in years with the Colorado Springs Sym-
Alabama. She serves as the International Horn Society’s phony Orchestra as 3rd and Principal
Area Representative for Alabama and as News Editor for Horn. She is a founding member of The
The Horn Call. Her teachers have included Charles Snead, Denver Brass. In 2003, she had the
Paul Basler, Patrick Miles, and Michael J. Arendt. pleasure of touring the United States as
Principal Horn with the Lucerne Festi-
Johanna Lundy is the principal val Strings, a highly esteemed Swiss chamber orchestra. 
horn of the Tucson Symphony. Her She has been a featured artist at South African National
2018 solo album Canyon Songs was Symposium six times since 2006 and serves on the Ad-
hailed by Gramophone as “simply visory Council of the International Horn Society. She has
breathtaking” and an “impressively been on faculty for the prestigious Rafael Méndez Brass
virtuoso performance”. She is the Institute since 2007 and Kendall Betts Horn Camp since
founder and director of the Border- 2020. Susan can be heard on many CD recordings with
lands Ensemble, a horn and strings The Denver Brass and Aries Brass Quintet as well as her
chamber group devoted to non-tra- 2008 release of a horn duet CD “It’s All Relative” with
ditional concerts and new composi- her son, Jesse McCormick. Ms. McCullough was Instruc-
tions by American and Mexican composers. The group tor of Horn at the University of Denver Lamont School of
released their first album The Space In Which To See in Music and was proud host of the 40th International Horn
2021. “[Their] vast talents illuminate the rich culture of Symposium at the University of Denver in 2008.

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John McGuire has a vast array of per- of Music degree from Texas State University, she stud-
formance and teaching experiences. He has ied with Mr. H. Stephen Hager. She went on to receive a
performed with many orchestras around the Masters of Music degree from Western Illinois University,
country, most notably the Dallas Symphony where she studied with Dr. Randall E. Faust. During her
Orchestra, the Dallas Opera, the Fort Worth time at WIU Ms. Montelongo was also a Concerto Com-
Symphony, the New World Symphony in Mi- petition winner, performing Morceau de concert, Op. 94
ami, FL, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the by Camille Saint-Saëns. She also performed the Illinois
Illinois Symphony Orchestra, and the Flor- premiere James Mobberley’s piece EllenSong for Wind
ida West Coast Symphony. John has also Ensemble with Solo Horn. Ms. Montelongo has performed
toured internationally with the acclaimed in many community ensembles such as the U.I.S.D. Wind
Fortress Brass Quintet, of which he is a founding mem- Symphony, Waterloo Wind Band, Austin Symphonic Band,
ber. As a soloist he was awarded the title “Yamaha Young Lone Star Symphonic Band, Central Texas Medical Or-
Artist,” has been a finalist in the American Horn Compe- chestra, Balcones Community Orchestra, Quincy Sympho-
tition, won several regional solo competitions and has ny Orchestra, Knox-Galesburg Symphony Orchestra and
appeared as a guest artist at many workshops, festivals the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra.
and schools across the United States, United Kingdom,
France, Brazil, Russia, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slova- Michael Morrow, a student of
kia, and Japan. Currently, John is the Associate Professor Philip Farkas at Indiana University,
of Horn at Colorado State University, a position he has will begin his 46th year as Professor
held since 2012. John received his DMA and BM in Music of Horn at Texas A&M-Commerce.
Performance from the University of Alabama, his MM in He was 2nd Horn with the Dallas
Performance from Florida State University, and a Perform- Opera Orchestra and Dallas Wind
er’s Certificate from the Chicago College of Performing Symphony for 30 years. He has
Arts at Roosevelt University in Chicago. performed over 90 different operas
including Wagner’s legendary Ring
Michael Mikulka’s music Cycle and Alban Berg’s Wozzeck.
has been performed throughout Michael has a 20-year-old daughter, Bailey who is study-
the United States and abroad, ing nursing.
including by members of the New
York Philharmonic, Cleveland Brianna Nay is a musician and ed-
Symphony Orchestra, Dallas ucator in Tallahassee, Florida. She is a
Symphony Orchestra, Seattle member of Big Bend Brass and Wakul-
Symphony, Vancouver Symphony la Winds, both based in Tallahassee.
Orchestra, and New Jersey Symphony Brianna has performed with the Talla-
Orchestra, by performance faculty hassee Symphony Orchestra, Chandler
at universities across the country, and by founding Symphony Orchestra, The Phoenix
members of the Canadian Brass, Mnozil Brass, and the Brass Collective, Millennial Choirs and
Kronos Quartet. He has been named a winner or finalist Orchestra of East Valley, and Millennial
33 times in composition contests and calls for scores. Choirs and Orchestra of Utah. She can
Michael currently teaches Music Theory, Composition, and be heard on Lea Salonga’s 2019 album, “The Story of
Horn at Austin Community College and teaches private My Life: Lea Salonga Live from Manila.” As an educator,
horn lessons in Pflugerville ISD. As a horn player, Michael Brianna maintains a private studio and has presented
most recently studied with Pat Hughes. He previously multiple times at the SouthEast Horn Workshop. Her pri-
studied with Douglas Lundeen and Amy Larkey-Eme- mary teachers have included Michelle Stebleton, Laurence
lianoff. Michael performed at IHS 47 in Los Angeles as Lowe, Victor Valenzuela, and Mary Knepper.. Brianna is
a member of the University of Texas Horn Choir. He a doctoral graduate teaching assistant studying French
frequently performs solo and chamber compositions by horn Performance at Florida State University. She holds
living composers, including the October 2018 premiere a Master of Music degree in Performance from FSU and a
of David Carlton Adams’ “Concerto for Horn and Cham- Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from Brigham
ber Orchestra”. Michael’s book A Practical Method for Young University.
Horn Multiphonics has been widely praised by new music
experts and brass pedagogues.

Vanessa Montelongo is an assis-

tant band director at Los Obispos Mid-
dle School, United Independent School
District in Laredo, TX. She has been a
middle school band director for 8 years.
Ms. Montelongo teaches beginning
brass classes and the Non-Varsity band.
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Dan Nebel is an accomplished Tarre Nelson, a native of New Orleans,
French hornist, church organist, grew up in Tallahassee, Florida in a musical
music director, and educator whose household. Nelson received a bachelor’s
diverse career has taken him across degree in performance from DePaul Univer-
the United States. Currently the sity where they studied with Jim Smelser
principal horn of the Monterey of the CSO and then moved to Glasgow
Symphony, horn instructor at Col- to study with Steph Jones of the BBCSSO.
orado State University Pueblo, and Tarre received a master’s degree in per-
organist at Arvada United Methodist formance from the Royal Conservatoire of
Church, he served as a bandsman Scotland and is currently studying at Florida
with the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West State University for a doctorate in brass performance
for five years. Mr. Nebel currently freelances through- and pedagogy. While attending the Royal Conservatoire
out the Southwest United States. A longtime pianist and of Scotland, Tarre won performance schemes, which are
church organist, Nebel has directed music and accom- side-by-side programs, with the BBCSSO and SCO, which
panied services for eight congregations over the last led to work with both orchestras as a freelancer. Tarre is
eighteen years. In addition to teaching at CSU Pueblo, an avid supporter of contemporary music and has worked
he teaches piano, horn, organ, and music theory private- with prestigious composers such as Seung-Won Oh and
ly and is a NASM-certified personal trainer, a graduate Ronald Caltabiano to premier solo, chamber, and orches-
of the National Personal Training Institute of Colorado, tral pieces and with Hannah Barnes and Tyler Taylor to
a 200-hour Yoga Alliance instructor, and is working on a write chamber works featuring the horn.
Doctorate of Music at the University of Northern Colorado
specializing in postural studies of horn players. Nebel
holds degrees in music performance from the Eastman Robert Palmer is currently
School of Music and Wichita State University. a sales associate and head of the
Wind Division at The Music Cen-
Parker Nelson is redefining the ter/A Plus Guitars in Bridgeport,
limits of what the horn can do with West Virginia as well as a substitute
innovative programs that include his teacher for the Harrison County
own original arrangements, transcrip- School District. Prior to his work
tions, techniques, commissions, and in Bridgeport, he was a doctoral
new context for standard practices and student at Florida State University
repertoire. As a soloist, chamber musi- where he was a graduate teaching
cian, orchestral musician, and educator, assistant in horn. He spent two and a half years as the
Parker actively works with communi- Director of Athletic Bands at Alderson Broaddus Univer-
ties to continually expand the cultural, sity in Philippi, WV where he expanded the athletic band
educational, and artistic reach of the 21st century horn program into several different avenues, built a network
player. As a chamber musician, Parker continues his love of professional relationships across the east coast, and
of breaking musical boundaries with Chicago’s Fifth House led clinics at over 100 high schools. He has commissioned
Ensemble, a concert organization that presents innovative a dozen works for Wagner tuba from composers such as
programs including collaborations with pop musicians from Gina Gillie, Robert Davidson, Ricardo Matosinhos, and
other cultures, educational partnerships with incarcerated Randall Faust. In 2019, he premiered three new works for
and at-risk youth, and the world’s first audience-interactive the instrument in Gent, Belgium during the 51st Inter-
video game concert. Parker is an active educator, currently national Horn Symposium. Additionally, he is working on
serving as High Brass Instructor for the Ravinia Festival’s recording and releasing the first album of solo repertoire
El Sistema program, Horn Instructor at numerous high written specifically for the Wagner tuba. 
schools and serving as the Educational Programming Co-
ordinator for Fifth House Ensemble. Parker is also a faculty
member at the Fresh Inc Festival, maintains a private Andrew Pelletier is a Grammy
studio, and is always interested in new opportunities to Award-winning soloist and chamber
teach at any level.Parker also continues to play frequently musician, respected teacher/mentor and
with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Past President of the International Horn
Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, and the South Bend Sympho- Society. Principal horn of Detroit Opera,
ny Orchestra, among many others. he is the former principal horn of the Ann
Arbor (MI) Symphony and the Santa Bar-
bara (CA) Symphony, and has appeared
as guest principal horn for the Los Ange-
les Philharmonic, the Detroit Symphony,
the Toledo Symphony and Toledo Opera, the Windsor
(Canada) Symphony, and the ProMusica Chamber Orches-
tra of Columbus, Ohio. Active in the world of contempo-
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works for the horn. He holds a B.M. from the University Dr. Bill Schaffer is Assistant Pro-
of Southern Maine and an M.M. and the D.M.A. from the fessor of Horn and Music theory in the
University of Southern California, where he was chosen Auburn University Department of Music.
the Outstanding Graduate of the School of Music for His duties include teaching the horn stu-
both degrees. He has recorded for MSR Classics, Centaur dio, coaching small ensembles and horn
Records, Cambria Master Classics, Koch International and ensemble, Sophomore Theory and Ear
Delos labels. He is very proud to serve as the Professor of Training, and upper level theory cours-
Horn and Coordinator of Brass Studies at Bowling Green es. His teachers included Philip Farkas,
State University in Ohio, USA, and was named a Professor Michael Hatfield, Jack Masarie, and one
of Creative Arts Excellence in 2020. year of composition with Roque Cordero.
Dr. Schaffer has been teaching since developing a large
Master Sergeant Greta Richard, private studio in the Washington D.C. area in the 1980s.
Horn Player, of White Bear Lake, Minn., He has taught in both the public schools and at the Uni-
joined “The President’s Own” United States versity level with teaching experience that spans every
Marine Band in June 2000. Master Sgt. level from Kindergarten to Doctoral Students. Dr. Schaffer
Richard began her musical career at age currently resides in Auburn (AL) and more information on
11. Upon graduating in 1992 from Mahto- him, his studio, and his dog, is available on Facebook at
medi High School in Minnesota, she at- the “Auburn University Horn Studio” page and at https://
tended Ithaca College in New York where www.billschaffer.com.
she earned a dual bachelor’s degree in
music education and performance in 1997.
In 2000, she earned a master’s degree in music perfor-
mance from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Her
instructors included Jack Covert of Ithaca College and
Gregory Hustis of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Prior
to joining “The President’s Own,” Master Sgt. Richard per-
formed with the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban,
South Africa; the Dallas Wind Symphony; and the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra. Master Sgt. Richard performs with
the Marine Band, Marine Chamber Orchestra, and Marine
Chamber Ensembles at the White House, in the Wash-
ington, D.C., metropolitan area, and across the country
during the band’s annual concert tour.

Dr. Kristofer Sanchack serves as Assistant Pro-

fessor and Director of Choral Activities at Alabama State
University, where he conducts multiple choirs and teaches
musicianship courses. Dr. Sanchack’s wide-ranging musi-
cal career began with his study of piano, where he rapidly
progressed to study with Curtis Institute of Music main-
stay, Freda Pastor Berkowitz. He holds an MM in Choral
Conducting from the University of South Carolina, where
he received an assistantship in accompanying, and a DM
in Choral Conducting at Indiana University. Dr. Sanchack
served as Director of Youth and Children’s Music at Sec-
ond Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, and as the Key-
board Artist for the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and has
led choral music at several universities, including Brevard
College, Hollins University, the University of Indianapolis,
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, and
Trine University. As a pianist, Dr. Sanchack has appeared
with the Asheville (NC), Greenville (SC), Montgomery
(AL), and Indianapolis (IN) Symphony Orchestras, and
continues to be in demand as a soloist and accompanist
around the United States.

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Dr. Brent Shires is Associate Jeffrey Snedeker has been on
Professor of Horn and Brass Area Co- the music faculty at Central Wash-
ordinator at the University of Central ington University in Ellensburg,
Arkansas. He also teaches horn at Washington, since 1991.  A Board
Hendrix College and Blue Lake Fine of Trustees Distinguished Univer-
Arts Camp. He holds the positions of sity Professor at CWU, his current
Third Horn in the Arkansas Symphony teaching duties include horn, music
Orchestra, Acting Principal Horn of the history, and directing the CWU Horn
Texarkana Symphony Orchestra, and Ensemble. A founding member of
Principal Horn in the Conway Sympho- the Northwest Horn Society, Jeff is
ny Orchestra. He is a founding member of Pinnacle Brass, a Past President of the International Horn Society, and
the resident quintet at UCA. Brent regularly performs in has received several awards for teaching, research, and
Little Rock with national touring shows. Dr. Shires is an service, including the national Artist Award from the Phi
invited featured artist around the world. Appearances in Kappa Phi national honor society, and the Washington
2021 include the Bolivian Online Music Festival; Interna- state Timm Ormsby Award for Faculty Citizenship. In
tional Albanian Brass Festival; Hornswoggle Horn Camp; 2018, Jeff was selected for the Washington Music Educa-
University of North Texas; Texas Tech University; North- tors Association Hall of Fame. He served as Publications
east Regional Horn Workshop; and the 2021 International Editor for IHS, and has published over 50 articles on
Horn Symposium. a variety of musical topics. He recently completed two
books, Horn Teaching at the Paris Conservatoire 1792-
Terrie Shires teaches class piano 1903 (Routledge), and International Horn Society: The
and serves as a collaborative artist at First 50 Years. He has released five solo recordings fea-
the University of Central Arkansas. She turing the natural horn and the horn in jazz settings. Jeff
has served as an official accompanist has been Principal Horn of the Yakima (WA) Symphony
for the International Horn Competition Orchestra since 1992. 
of America, the 45th International Horn
Symposium solo competition, and at the Michelle Stebleton is the Professor
Mid-South and Southeast Horn Work- of Horn at Florida State University. Her
shops. She has worked as an accompa- musically centered solo and chamber per-
nist at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and as formances can be heard on four compact
a keyboardist for the Arkansas Repertory Theatre and the discs with MSR Classics: Harambee: The
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. Horn Works of Paul Basler; Marathon, a
groundbreaking recording of all unaccom-
J. Bernardo Silva was born in Porto, panied music for horn; and MirrorImage at
Portugal, and is one of the most promi- the Opera and MirrorImage on Safari, re-
nent Portuguese horn players. He studied cordings of her horn duo with Lisa Bontrag-
with Jonathan Luxton and Ab Koster, in er. MirrorImage has changed the landscape of horn mu-
Lisbon and Hamburg, and attended class- sic, reviving the Classical tradition in this century through
es with Radovan Vlatkovic and Hermann dozens of commissions and premieres for two horns and
Baumann, among others. He is member piano. At FSU, Professor Stebleton maintains a studio of
of the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa 25-30 horn students. She has been awarded the Teach-
da Música, in Portugal since 2000 and has ing Incentive Program Award, two Undergraduate Teach-
performed as a soloist, in recitals, cham- ing Awards, and five large research grants. She currently
ber music and orchestra in many countries, such as Por- serves on the Advisory Council of the International Horn
tugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Poland, Germany, Society and the Advisory Board of the International Horn
England, Finland, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Rus- Competition of America (IHCA). She has traveled the
sia, Brazil and Mexico. Bernardo teaches at the University globe as a chamber artist and clinician, having performed
of Aveiro, ESMAE - Escola Superior de Música e Artes do regularly as a soloist and clinician in The Dominican Re-
Espéctaculo do Porto and at Espinho's Professional Music public, Paraguay and the Czech Republic.
School, in Portugal. He frequently guides masterclasses in
Portugal and abroad. He is Vice-President of the Interna-
tional Horn Society.

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Maddy Tarantelli is the Assistant Thoms has held positions in numerous regional orchestras
Professor of Horn and Brass Coordinator and performed as a substitute or extra player in many
at Utah Valley University. Additionally, others. Thoms is a graduate from the Eastman School
she has served on the board of directors of Music (B.M.) and the University of Cincinnati-College
for Audition Mode Horn Seminar since Conservatory of Music (M.M), where he served as the
2017 and is a member of Trilogy Brass graduate assistant to the horn studio of Randy Gardner.
Trio. Dr. Tarantelli has performed with His primary teachers include W. Peter Kurau, Randy Gard-
the Utah Symphony, Ballet West, the ner, Elizabeth Freimuth, Kristy Morrell, Tom Sherwood,
Boise Philharmonic, Kansas City Cham- and Roger Kaza. He currently serves as the West Virginia
ber Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony Representative of the International Horn Society.
Orchestra, and Fountain City Brass Band. Dr. Tarantelli has
engaged in solo, chamber, and orchestral playing through- Margaret Tung is the Visiting
out the state of Utah and hosted the Intermountain Horn Assistant Professor of Horn at Universi-
Conference in February of 2021. She has received grants ty of Kentucky. Hailed as “masterly” in
from the American Scandinavian Foundation and UMKC the Chicago Classical Review and “spot
Women's Council. She is currently working on a book to be on at every moment” in the Cleveland
published by Mountain Peak Music. Dr. Tarantelli complet- Plain Dealer, she has performed with the
ed a Doctor of Musical Arts at University of Missouri-Kan- famed Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
sas City, a Master’s from the University of Miami, and a Zurich Opera Orchestra, Cincinnati Sym-
Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Florida Gulf Coast phony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony
University. Her principal teachers have included Marty Orchestra, Columbus Symphony Orches-
Hackleman, Sam Pilafian, and Kirsten Bendixen-Mahoney. tra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Virginia Symphony
Additional major fluences include Julie Landsman, Denise Orchestra, and was a member of the Civic Orchestra of
Tryon, and Frøydis Ree Wekre. Chicago. She has presented at numerous clinics over the
years including Midwest Clinic, OMEA, KMEA. In 2011,
Radegundis Tavares has been Dr. Tung had the privilege of collaborating with Yo-Yo Ma
developing a career of important accom- in Once Upon a Symphony, a new Chicago Symphony
plishments. He was the first president of Orchestra (CSO) project. She can be heard as a featured
the Brazilian Horn Association and has soloist with Anima on their CD release, An Anima Christ-
recorded the first CD of a Brazilian brass mas. Her most recent recording release was Grammy
player playing standard European classi- nominated with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
cal repertoire with piano, entitled “Uni- entitled Concertos for Orchestra with music director, Louis
versal”, as much as the first CD featuring Langrée. Dr. Tung is also on faculty at Interlochen and
improvisation on the Horn by a Brazilian Bay View Music Festival during the summer.
player, entitled “Radegundis Tavares”.
Radegundis hosted the first International Horn Sympo- Dr. Jeb Wallace serves as full-
sium in Latin America – IHS49. He did his under-graduate time horn professor at Wichita State
and graduate courses in the Federal University of Para- University and maintains an active
iba and had as his Horn professor Cisneiro de Andrade. performance schedule as Principal
Radegundis has been premiering many works for Horn Horn with the Wichita Symphony
and has acted as a soloist playing traditional repertoire, and Music Theater of Wichita, and
virtuosic works, and Brazilian popular music. Since 2008 as hornist with the Wichita Brass
he is full time professor of Horn at the Federal University Quintet and the Lieurance Wood-
of Rio Grande do Norte and has released in June of 2019 wind Quintet. He has performed
his third solo CD entitled “Sounds from my home”. Since throughout the country with nu-
August 2021 Radegundis is the President of the Interna- merous ensembles and has presented masterclasses and
tional Horn Society. recitals at colleges and universities. Dr. Wallace has been
featured at the Calgary Hornfest!, Park City Spring cham-
Jonas Thoms is the Assistant Profes- ber Music Festival, Beethoven Festival, Salty Cricket Com-
sor of Horn at West Virginia University. poser’s Collective, Performing Arts Institute at Wyoming
He has served on the applied faculty at Seminary, and regional and international symposia of the
the University of Cincinnati-College Con- International Horn Society. An advocate for contemporary
servatory of Music, Wright State Univer- music, Dr. Wallace has collaborated with groups such as
sity, the University of Evansville, and the the Ad-Venturi Horn Duo, Inverness Chamber Players,
MasterWorks Festival. He has presented Alarm Will Sound, TACTUS, new Music New Haven, and
and performed at numerous Internation- the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players. He is
al Horn Symposia, regional workshops, currently recording a CD of new works for horn for Beau-
and universities throughout the United port Classical. He has commissioned and premiered more
States and has been published in The Horn Call. In 2021, than two dozen new works featuring horn, working along-
he and the WVU horn studio hosted the Northeast Horn side composers such as Robert Bradshaw, James Naigus,
Workshop, a virtual workshop with over 600 registrants. Scott Wise, Warren Benson, Eric Flesher, Peter Gilbert,
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Scott L. Wise, Composer and Dr. Lucca Zambonini,
Hornist ,hails from the Lower Peninsula appointed in 2010 as Associate
of Michigan. He is a graduate of Inter- Principal Horn of the Campinas
lochen Arts Academy and earned Bach- Symphony Orchestra - São Paulo,
elor and Master of Music degrees from he also served as Horn Professor at
Southern Methodist University in Dal- FAAM/SP and Cantareira`s College,
las, Texas and the degree of Doctor of both in São Paulo, Brazil. Lucca has
Musical Arts from the University of Cin- served as Horn Solo and invited
cinnati College-Conservatory of Music. horn player in major orchestras
His composition teachers have included throughout his career, such Badi-
Kevin Hanlon, Joel Hoffman, Douglas sches Staatstheater, Baden-Baden Philharmonic, São Pau-
Knehans, Ellen Harrison, Michael Fiday, lo Symphony Orchestra and Brazilian Symphony Orches-
Robert Frank, and Simon Sargon. His horn teachers have tras. Lucca is Director of Marketing of the Brazilian French
included Gregory Hustis, Karl Pituch, Randall Faust, and Horn Association and teaches and play among several
Bruce Henniss. Scott has served as a composer/arranger music festivals, competitions and workshops around the
and hornist in the United States Air Force since 2001 and world, he also has founded two online music projects
has performed across the United States as well as inter- called: “Inteligencia Musical” - to teach music apprecia-
nationally in 17 countries. Outside the Air Force, he has tion and music basics to families who don't have access
performed with the Dayton Philharmonic, Berkley Sym- to music education with more than 700 students; “Horn
phony, Stockton Symphony, North State Symphony (CA), Academy” - an on-line horn lessons project with more
and Springfield (OH) Symphony Orchestra. Scott's com- than 300 students. In addition to music, Lucca loves
positions have been performed across the United States reading and studying about technology, sports, theology
and internationally with performances in Europe, Central and education. Together with his beautiful wife, the violist
and South America, Asia, and Oceania. Erica, they have 3 children, Elena, Eduardo and Estevan.
If he’s not working, you will most likely find him having
Dr. Derek J. Wright is a hornist, fun with his family.
recording engineer, web designer, and
business owner. He currently plays 4th Ian Zook is an active orchestral
horn in the Amarillo Symphony and section and solo performer and has ap-
horn in the Midland-Odessa Symphony peared in concerts throughout the
& Chorale. He has also performed with United States, Europe, and Asia.
the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the As Professor of Horn, he joined the
Phoenix Symphony, the Dallas Winds, faculty of James Madison Univer-
the Arkansas Symphony, the Shreveport sity in 2009 and performs with the
Symphony, the New World Symphony, and Madison Brass and Bluestone Winds,
countless other critically acclaimed ensembles. His music both faculty ensembles in-residence
studies include working with William VerMeulen, John at JMU. He performs frequently as
Ericson, Herbert Winslow, and Kazimierz Machala. He a substitute musician with the Philadelphia Orchestra,
holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Arizona State the National Symphony, the Pennsylvania Ballet and the
University, a Master of Music degree from the University Harrisburg, Richmond, Roanoke, Delaware, and Vermont
of Minnesota, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Symphonies. Also versatile as a period instrumentalist, he
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. As an audio has performed natural horn, baroque horn, and alp horn
engineer with over 15 years of experience, Derek offers with such groups as the New York Collegium, Washing-
on-site recording, editing, and mixing services. Der- ton Bach Consort, and Staunton Music Festival. His 2018
ek is a co-owner of Houghton Horns, one of the largest solo album released on MSR Classical, Musica Incogni-
brass-specialty music shops in the country. He has helped ta, explores lesser-known 20th century sonatas for horn
to design multiple horns and mouthpieces for the com- and piano by the composers Sixten Sylvan, Jean-Michele
pany including the famous Houghton Horns horn mouth- Damase, Leslie Bassett, and York Bowen. Mr. Zook holds
pieces, the Verus VX, and PF horn mouthpieces, and the degrees from the University of North Carolina - Chapel
Verus V and VG horns. Hill and the University of Michigan and attended the Ver-
bier and Pacific Music Festivals, the National Orchestral
Institute, Sarasota Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival,
and the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz,
Austria.

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Ross Falzone grew up in Rochester, PIVOT is an instrumental duo com-
NY, and knew from the beginning that he prised of Dakota Corbliss (horn) and
wanted to be a musician above every- Matthew Castner (saxophone). Dedi-
thing. He was a founding member, lead cated to promoting perspective shifts
singer and lead/rhythm guitarist for Only among their audience, they focus on
Human, Victor Rush, Sweet Dreams, highlighting diverse voices and com-
and LIsten. He worked at PCI, the most missioning new works for the medium,
successful recording studio in Western NY PIVOT also explores transcriptions, ar-
at the time, as a recording engineer and rangements and adaptations of more
producer, and was one of the first owner/ standard repertoire.
operators of a Fairlight CMI (computer musical instru-
ment). In this capacity, his engineering and programming Rio Bravo Quartet
credits include projects for NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, HBO, Keith Eitzen, IHS representative
campaigns for Kodak, Xerox, Bausch and Laumb, and for Mexico, has been the second
worked on music for the 1980 Olympics. He moved to horn in the Xalapa Symphony since
Nashville in 1993 to pursue his love of songwriting, and 1985. Raised in Kansas and Colora-
now has a catalogue of over 300 hundred songs, several do, he studied with Jack Herrick and
music videos, and 6 CDs, including his latest, A New Kind Christopher Leuba. Named horn pro-
of Old, with partner Erin Futterer. He met his current writ- fessor at the University of Veracruz
ing partner, french horn player and singer Erin Futterer, in 2001, he has 9 former students
in Rochester and over three years later, they have written working professionally in orchestras
50+ songs together. They’ve played venues of various throughout Mexico. He has per-
sizes across the US, both as a duo and with their Better formed at horn workshops in Mexico and Brazil, been a
Angels, their 5-12 piece big band. guest on the Latin American virtual conference Corona-
horns, and recently translated an article from Spain for
Dr. Erin Futterer is a horn player, The Horn Call.
author, artist, singer/songwriter, and
collaborative artist whose projects cross
Daniel Flores, Mexican hornist, started
his musical lessons with piano lessons at
chronological and stylistic delineations.
age 5. At 12, he began horn studies with
Her current projects include the comple-
David Crites at the Universidad Vera-
tion of the biography of world-renowned
cruzana. He won his first professional
Norwegian horn player and pedagogue,
position at age 15, joined the Orquesta
Froydis Ree Wekre, with whom Erin
Sínfonica de Xalapa at 19 and was named
studied as a Fulbright Fellow and Masters
its principal horn in 2008. With the
student at the Norges Musikkhøgskole in
O.S.X., Daniel has performed the Mozart
Oslo; and her work as one half of the “New Kind of Old''
Horn Concerto No. 4, Weber Concertino,
singer/songwriter duo, Erin & Ross alongside her musical
Britten Serenade, and in in 2018 the Mexican premiere of
and life partner, Ross Falzone. They have released one
the Winterreise Concerto by Krzysztof Penderecki. He is
record featuring all original music entitled, “A New Kind
the horn professor at the Instituto Superior de Música del
of Old,” and are nearly completed with their second. They
Estado de Veracruz.
have played venues of various sizes across the nation.
Erin is an increasingly active jazz and studio musician, Claire Hellweg, born in Minnesota, is
both on the french horn and as a vocalist, and works in Principal Horn of the Guanajuato Sympho-
genres across the musical spectrum. Until recently, Erin ny Orchestra and Horn Professor at the
was the curator and administrator of the Charles Valenza University of Guanajuato. She began the
Historic Horn Collection - (a collection of approximate- horn at age 10 and later studied with Da-
ly 30 horns dating from the late 1700’s to the 1950’s vid Kamminga of the Minnesota Orchestra.
- which now resides on loan at the Eastman School of Claire has degrees from the University of
Music. Wisconsin-Madison with Professor Douglas
Hill, and the Norwegian Academy of Music,
The NU CORNO Ensemble, where she did her Master’s Degree with
originated and sustained by Steven Froydis Ree Wekre. Claire has performed concerts in 14
Cohen, is an ongoing endeavor dedicat- countries with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Wiscon-
ed to the commissioning and performance sin Chamber Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony, Youth
of new works for horn ensemble. The Orchestra of the Americas, the Norwegian Air Force Band,
group has been featured at four Interna- and the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra. She coordinated
tional Horn Symposia and introduced over the Second International Brass Festival in Guanajuato
20 works into the horn ensemble reper- 2016. Claire has translated Douglas Hill's Warm Up and
toire. Maintenance Sessions for the Horn Player into Spanish
and has published several articles in The Horn Call.

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Rio Bravo Quartet cont. The USAF Band of the West Horn Quartet is
Jonathan Miles Wilson is comprised of four active duty Air Force service members:
from San Fernando, California and Senior Airman Rose MacKenzie Airman First
has been the Principal Horn of the Class Corey Simmel Airman First Class Joshua
Orquesta Sinfónica de Aguascali-
Cote and Airman First Class Tyler Neufer. The
entes(OSA) since 1995. During
ensemble is committed to honoring inspiring and con-
his college years at CSUN and
necting with audiences emphasizing outreach within our
later USC, he studied with various
communities and schools. Airman MacKenzie attended
teachers including James Decker,
Ithaca College (BM) the University of Wisconsin-Madi-
Ralph Pyle and David Hoover. As
son (MM) and the University of Texas at Austin (DMA);
a soloist, he has presented the works of Mozart, Haydn,
Airman Simmel attended Baylor University (BM); Airman
Strauss, Schumann, Britten, Chavez, Alec Wilder, Butter-
Cote attended Southern Methodist University (BM) and
worth and Cherubini. In 2001, Jonathan presented the
the Colburn School of Music; Airman Neufer attended
world premiere of the “Tres Piezas para Corno y Orques-
Baylor University (BM) and the San Francisco Conservato-
ta”(1963) de Blas Galindo, first with the OSA in the “Te-
ry of Music (MM).
atro de Aguascalientes” and later in the “Palacio de Bel-
las Artes” in Mexico City. Jonathan has also been active
as a teacher, being the Horn Professor at the Universidad The Florida State University Horn Choir
Autónoma de Zacatecas since 2009. He has also hosted has a long-standing
several large horn ensemble encounters with “Cornos tradition of per-
Guadalupe”, with performances in museums, churches forming excellence.
The ensemble has
and beer-fests in Aguascalientes.
performed at mul-
tiple horn confer-
Sego Lily Horn ences regionally and
Quartet started in internationally, most
2016 between friends recently at the 50th
with a mutual love workshop in Muncie, Indiana in 2018 where they took the
of playing horn and stage for an hour-long retrospective of horn choir music
eating sushi. Their through the fifty years. Pieces have been commissioned
friendship has grown or written for the ensemble for nearly every performance,
and expanded along including two of the pieces on the program this year.
with their ever-in- Professor Michelle Stebleton and Leslie Bell are current
creasing repertoire directors of the ensemble. Thank you to FSU for contin-
and knowledge of the ued support both musically and financially.
best local lunch spots.
As a quartet, they The Illinois State University Horn Choir is
have performed as guest artists with many local ensem- comprised of mem-
bles. Individual members of SLHQ juggle robust teaching bers of the horn
studios, successful freelancing careers, and strive to be studio at ISU at the
positive influences in the community. They have recent- bachelor’s and mas-
ly become the newest chamber ensemble of the Ladies’ ter’s level. Members
Reeding Society, a collaborative association of profession- include majors in
al female musicians across the United States. The Sego music performance,
Lily Horn Quartet is excited to be a part of this year's music education, music therapy, and music business.
IHS. For individual bios, see our website at www.segolily- The horn choir performs several times a year on and off
horns.com and ladiesreedingsociety.com campus. The choir is conducted by ISU Assistant Profes-
sor of Horn, Dr. Rachel Hockenberry, and assisted by horn
studio Graduate Assistant, Daniel Castillon. This is the
The Trio de Velluto was formed in 2015 as a sub- ISU Horn Choir’s first-ever performance at a International
group of the Henderson State University Faculty Brass Horn Symposium!
Quintet. Members Dr. Todd Cranson (tuba), Dr. Amy
Laursen (horn), and Dr. Jamie Lipton (euphonium),
commissioned Corrado Maria Saglietti, Drs. Cranson and
Laursen are currently faculty members at the University
of South Dakota, while Dr. Lipton remains on the faculty
of Henderson State University.

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The NSU Horn Choir is comprised of music majors The UTRGV Horn Studio, based in South Tex-
and non-majors alike as, is comprised
at Northwestern of members who
State University in are committed to
Natchitoches, Louisi- achieving excellence
ana.  The group per- as musicians and
forms each semester music educators.
in a full concert, and All Horn students
makes appearances (music majors, music
around Louisiana and minors, and non-mu-
Texas throughout the sic majors) from two campuses (Brownsville and Edin-
academic year.  The burg) study with Dr. Monica Martinez. Aside from applied
NSU Horn Choir is often joined by area alum hornists who lessons, they attend weekly Horn Choir rehearsals and
enjoy performing quality horn ensemble repertoire.  The Studio Class sessions focusing on Horn Pedagogy and
group’s most recent performance was ‘Horn Choir Plus Performance. The UTRGV School of Music offers a place
One” and included pieces that added various instruments where these dedicated and talented musicians can collab-
to the ensemble, such as flute, tuba, timpani, tenor, and orate, thrive, and grow.
percussion. 

Oklahoma State Horn Studio members have

won jobs in the
Philadelphia Or-
chestra, Rochester
Philharmonic, and
Dubuque Sympho-
ny 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 have won
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 be-
come the best player and person that we can provide.

The UT longHORN CHOIR, led by Associate

Professor of Horn,
Patrick Hughes,
presents a variety of
concerts and spe-
cial performances
throughout each
academic year. The
Horn Choir usually
numbers around 20 with membership comprised of horn
players pursuing graduate and undergraduate music
degrees at UT. The horn choir rehearses one hour a week,
and focuses on sight reading, mixing it up, enjoying the
amazing colors of the horn choir, and having fun! The UT
longHORN CHOIR won the horn ensemble competition at
both the 2009 (Macomb IL) and 2015 (Los Angeles CA)
International Horn Symposiums.

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Aram Arakelyan, pianist, performs production from Music on Site. Cho graduated summa
throughout the United States and around cum laude from Texas A&M Kingsville with a Bachelor of
the world. His performance at the 2016 Music degree in piano performance emphasis on piano
Prague Spring Festival was praised for pedagogy and a Master of Music in piano performance.
“mature warmth of musicality. . .” (Orer She recently graduated from Stephen F. Austin State
Magazine). Arakelyan has performed at University with a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano.
the Festival International de Flauta Lati- Instructors include David Sutanto, Joachim Reinhuber,
no in Monterrey, Mexico, the Schubert Sehee Lee, Andrew Parr, Ronald Petti, and Minhae Lee.
Club Series in St. Paul, MN, and many
others. Arakelyan has been a member of Gloria Engle, pianist, has appeared
the Chamber and Collaborative Music Department facul- in concerts throughout the United States
ty at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music since its with vocalists and instrumentalists at
inception. He brings his passion for collaboration to the SongFest, Aspen Music Festival, Fall Is-
Jacobs School students through coaching, performance, land Vocal Seminar, Bonita Boyd Inter-
and in his course on Orchestral Reduction for Pianists. He national Flute Masterclass, International
has previously served as a member of the official col- Clarinet Association, the Art Song Confer-
laborative staff at the 2014 Primrose International Viola ence at the University of Rochester, East-
Competition, and the International Horn Symposium in man Saxophone Institute, Ithaca College,
Los Angeles, the Meadowmount School of Music, and the the University of North Texas, Texas A&M
Indiana University Summer String Academy. Arakelyan University Commerce and Kingsville. An avid proponent of
has performed with such renowned conductors as Carl St. works written by living composers, Engle has collaborated
Clair, Helmut Rilling, Jo-Michael Scheibe and Jerry Junkin. with Rice University’s Electroacousic Music Labs, Musica
Nova, and the Beal Institute for Film Music at the East-
Lauretta Bloomer studied piano man School of Music. She has accompanied masterclass-
with Yonty Solomon at the Royal College es and workshops by luminaries such as Sir Thomas Al-
of Music in London and later in Vienna len, Stephanie Blythe, Renée Fleming, and Frederica von
at the Hochschule für Musik with Georg Stade. In concert stages, she has performed with Steven
Ebert and Heinz Medjimorec, where Doane’s cello trio, bassist Xavier Foley, violist Dimitri
she was able to develop her knowledge Murrath, trombonist Yu Tamaki Hoso, saxophonist Dr.
and love for the music of the Viennese Chien-Kwan Lin, soprano Dr. Jennifer Youngs. Engle holds
Schools and to specialize in chamber a DMA from the Eastman School of Music, where she had
music. As a soloist, chamber musician, the honor of receiving the Jean Barr Award, Excellence in
and vocal accompanist, Lauretta has Accompanying Award, and Barbara Koeing Award.
played concerts throughout Europe, toured the US and
more recently performed in Asia, South America, and Sehee Lee, pianist, has appeared
Australia with the Virtuoso Horn Duo. Lauretta has been as a collaborative pianist and cham-
invited as a guest at many international music festivals ber musician across the United States,
and has a broad repertoire encompassing all periods and Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico and
styles. She is equally at home playing on period instru- Korea. Dr. Lee currently serves as an
ments of performing contemporary music. Lauretta is an Assistant Professor of Practice, Piano at
experienced teacher and has given lecture recitals in the Texas A&M University -Kingsville. She
UK & Europe and has given master classes in the United has previously served as collaborative
States and Asia in chamber music and piano accompani- artist in residence at multiple summer
ment. She is currently on staff as pianist and coach at the festivals including the Bowdoin Interna-
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff, Wales. tional Music Festival, the Vianden Music Festival, and the
Killington Music Festival and is now piano faculty at the
Bora Cho is a pianist, harpsi- New England Music Camp in Maine.
chordist, Collaborative artist, coach,
and educator. As a collaborative
pianist, she has played many de-
gree and studio recitals, recordings,
UIL, NATS, and NOA competitions,
faculty interview recital, opera
workshops, orchestra, wind ensem-
bles, choirs, etc. In spring 2020,
she played the secco recitative part
from the first act of Cosi fan Tutte on harpsichord, in
addition to the rehearsal pianist role. In summer 2021,
she was hired as a pianist intern and backstage manager
from Franco American Vocal Academy. She also served as
an assistant music director for the 2021 winter session

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