We are delighted to be performing a featured recital at the International Horn Symposium‘s annual conference at Ithaca College this summer!

For something different, we will be joining forces with Jennifer Brummett, the principal horn player of the Spokane Symphony. Our joint program features various combinations of harp and two horns in works by Edstrom (Jennifer and her pianist), Nadel, Trapp, Schindler, Berry (Colleen and Jennifer), and Pawelek (Jennifer, Emily, and Colleen).

(As you can see, based on the horn-piano piece, our program is not entirely all works for horn and harp; thus, it is called “Mostly Music for Horn and Harp“!)

IHS horn players and those attending the conference can catch us at 2pm Friday, June 17, in Hockett Family Recital Hall.

We look forward to sharing this unique program with the wider horn community!

We are embarking on our second chamber music residency at Avaloch Farm in New Hampshire this week! From June 1-6, we will be intensively workshopping three new pieces by composers Colin Minigan, Dan Isgar, and Sean Rodan, in addition to preparing our free-choice recital for Connecticut Summerfest, where we will be performing as one of three ensembles in residence from June 9-15.

We are thankful to Deb Sherr and the staff of Avaloch for inviting us for a second season! We got so much done last year and can’t wait to see how much we accomplish this time around. (That said, we are also looking forward to the endless supply of cookies, coffee, and fizzy water!)

We are pleased to announce that we will be performing with admired colleagues and friends at our performance at Virginia Commonwealth University on March 15 at 7:30pm.

Dr. Patrick Smith, horn, will join us for the Virginia premiere of Nathan Pawelek’s new work for two horns and harp. Dr. Patrick Smith is an internationally acclaimed horn player, music educator, lecturer, and clinician. His performance with us follows his return from a performance tour in Sweden with the VCU Horn Studio. We had the privilege of meeting and hearing Patrick at the 2015 Northeast Horn Workshop last year, and we are looking forward to reuniting on stage.

Stephanie Fairbairn Ycaza, tuba, joins us for Ravel’s famous Pavane pour une infante défunte in a fresh transcription for horn, tuba, and harp by Apple Orange Pair. Colleen and Emily know Stephanie from our time at Yale School of Music together, and now Colleen and Stephanie are colleagues in the music department at VCU. We are particularly excited about this new transcription to highlight the similar timbres shared between the horn and tuba. Many people believe horn and tuba are the mellowest of the orchestral brass instruments because of their conical bore. Getting too technical? Don’t worry, Ravel’s beautiful melody will say it all.

Hope to see you at VCU!