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Performing Opportunities for Horn Students |
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Ensemble opportunities within the horn studio include a Horn Choir (some semesters) and various smaller ensembles dictated by repertoire, schedules, and interest. Ensemble opportunities within the Division of Music include the symphony orchestra, the Wind Symphony, and a variety of regular and ad hoc chamber ensembles. Other performing opportunities for hornists include contemporary jazz ensembles, Concert Band and, of course, the Pride of West Virginia Marching Band.
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Solo opportunities for upperclassmen include full and half recitals, the WVU Young Artist Competition (an opportunity to solo with a major ensemble), and appearances on the Division of Music Convocations. Students who wish to participate in ensemble auditions, festival auditions, or solo competitions outside of the university (such as those sponsored by the International Horn Society regional and international workshops, and the Music Teachers National Association) receive appropriate coaching and encouragement.
Members of the WVU Horn Studio may study natural horn repertoire on a beautiful Paxman Cor D'Orchestre donated by WVU alumnus Llew Humphreys. This instrument has two tuning slides, so that it can be tuned as low as Baroque pitch (A 435) or as high as European contemporary pitch (A 445). It also has a full complement of crooks: C-alto, Bb, A G, F, Eb, D, and C-basso.
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