Welcome to the Northwest Horn Society
Enriching and expanding the horn playing community of the Pacific Northwest by creating, sharing,
teaching, and enjoying music.
teaching, and enjoying music.
The 2025 Northwest Horn Symposium will be held in Eugene, Oregon on the campus of the University of Oregon, April 25-27!
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Mass horn choir at the 2024 Northwest Horn Symposium, hosted at Washington State University by Dr. Martin King and his studio!
The purpose of our organization is to promote musical education and engagement with particular emphasis on the horn and horn playing in the Northwest region of North America, including Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Alaska, and Hawaii in the U.S. and Canadian provinces British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
A brief history of the Northwest Horn Society...
Kathy Vaught Farner and Jeff Snedeker co-hosted the first Northwest Horn Symposium in 1995 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA. It was at this symposium that the Northwest Horn Society was founded, and we have held a symposium (almost) every year since then to celebrate the horn.
A brief history of the Northwest Horn Society...
Kathy Vaught Farner and Jeff Snedeker co-hosted the first Northwest Horn Symposium in 1995 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA. It was at this symposium that the Northwest Horn Society was founded, and we have held a symposium (almost) every year since then to celebrate the horn.
Interested in donating to the Society?
General Fund donations are used in the Society to help cover the cost of clinicians and events that the Society will host to promote the horn in our region. Scholarship Fund and Grant Fund donations are used by the Society to help students to assist in covering the costs of private lessons or attending the annual Northwest Horn Society Symposium