PRESENT POSITIONS:
Associate Principal/3rd Horn, Columbus Symphony (1997- )
Private Studio Horn Instruction, Columbus, Ohio (1998- )
PAST POSITIONS:
Acting Principal Horn, Columbus Symphony, 2010-2011 season
Interim Horn Professor, Capital University (Spring 2010)
Co-Principal Horn, New World Symphony (1994‑1997)
Assistant Principal Horn, Madison (WI) Symphony Orchestra (1994)
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Music (with distinction), Horn Performance, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Additional studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
PRIMARY TEACHERS:
Douglas Hill
Gwen Anderson
Additional lessons with Dale Clevenger, Gail Williams, William Caballero, John Zirbel, David Krehbiel, William Ver Meulen, Charles Kavalovsky and David Kamminga
AWARDS:
American Horn Competition: finalist (2003), 2nd place (1999)
1st place, International Women’s Brass Conference Solo Competition (2000)
Winner, New World Symphony Concerto Competition (1996)
Soloist with the New World Symphony (1995 and 1997)
Music Faculty Award, UW‑Madison (1994)
Idele Strelow 4 Year Full Tuition Scholarship at UW‑Madison (1990‑1994)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Audition finalist:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (runner-up, Assistant/Utility Horn, 11/07); National Symphony (Assistant/Utility Horn, 3/03); Chicago Symphony (2nd horn, 10/98 and 2/98 (twice)); Detroit Symphony (runner-up, 2nd horn, fall 1998); San Antonio Symphony (Principal Horn, 5/97)
Guest Performances:
Cincinnati Symphony (as Extra Horn, 5/08- 9/08); Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (as Guest Principal Horn, 1/04); Detroit Symphony (on 2nd and Extra Horn, 9/98-10/98)
Recordings:
Buffalo Philharmonic, Burchfield Gallery (as Principal Horn, Beau Fleuve label); Columbus Symphony, CSO Showcase and Live in New York (CSO Classics label); New World Symphony, Alma Brasileira (BMG Classics) and New World Jazz (RCA Red Seal); Solti Orchestral Project, Solti Orchestral Project at Carnegie Hall (BMG)
Festivals:
Kent/Blossom Chamber Music Festival (1997)
National Repertory Orchestra (Co‑Principal Horn, 1996)
Solti Orchestral Project at Carnegie Hall (1994)
Doubling instruments: Wagner tuba, natural horn