The 2023 Northwest Horn Symposium - Central Washington University
The 2023 Northwest Horn Symposium, which was held March 31 – April 2, 2023, at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington. Co-hosted by the CWU Horn Club and the Northwest horn Society, this event featured recitals, lectures, and masterclasses by Denise Tryon, Jeff Scott, and Andrew Pelletier, as well as a number of performances and lectures by regional artists Sean Brown, Jennifer Brummett, Sadie Glass, Martin King, Jon Klein, Elizabeth Schmidt, Matt Shevrin, Mike Simpson, Justin Stanley. Concerts by university horn ensembles featured groups from Central Washington University, Montana State University, University of Oregon, and Washington State University. The symposium also sponsored several competitions, including a Composition Contest, Low and High Horn Mock Orchestral Auditions, a High School Solo contest, and a Jazz Horn Solo competition. A Saturday High School Track, free for students and parents, was well received, and Martin King led a spirited massed ensemble performance of works by Sutherland, Naigus, Webber, and Basler.
Highlights for the event included several world premieres, masterclasses devoted to solo repertoire and orchestral excerpts, and a final concert of composition contest winners, jazz soloists, and a rousing rendition of Alec Wilder’s Jazz Suite for four horns, harpsichord, guitar, bass, and drums. Topics for presentations included audition preparation (Tryon), realities of freelancing and touring (Scott), natural horn basics and Mozart (Glass), being your own teacher (Stanley), private teaching (Brown), composing for horn (Scott), and warmups (Brown, King). Host Jeffrey Snedeker thanks everyone who made the trip to Ellensburg for what was a wonderful event.
Highlights for the event included several world premieres, masterclasses devoted to solo repertoire and orchestral excerpts, and a final concert of composition contest winners, jazz soloists, and a rousing rendition of Alec Wilder’s Jazz Suite for four horns, harpsichord, guitar, bass, and drums. Topics for presentations included audition preparation (Tryon), realities of freelancing and touring (Scott), natural horn basics and Mozart (Glass), being your own teacher (Stanley), private teaching (Brown), composing for horn (Scott), and warmups (Brown, King). Host Jeffrey Snedeker thanks everyone who made the trip to Ellensburg for what was a wonderful event.
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