Program Overview
Horn
The Horn section of a performance by the Oberlin Orchestra.
Photo credit: Dale Preston ’83
Study in our horn program is both intense and stimulating. Our individualized instruction, private lessons, master classes, and performance opportunities support the development of technique and musicianship.
Program Facts
- Program Type: Major, Minor
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- Bachelor of Music (BM)
- Division: Winds, Brass, and Percussion
Division Director
Alexa Still,
Professor of Flute
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Performance Opportunities
Oberlin sponsors approximately 500 concerts on campus each year, including recitals and concerts by the more than 25 student ensembles. From jazz to contemporary guitar, classical to popular, computer-generated to acoustic, and from time-tested compositions to newer works, the college and conservatory present performances to satisfy any musical interest. At the Oberlin Conservatory, you will play in ensembles of all types and sizes, beginning with your first semester on campus.
Horn Faculty
David Byrd-Marrow is hornist with the International Contemporary Ensemble, as well as a member of The Knights. Working with a uniquely wide range of performers, he has premiered works by Anna Webber, Arthur Kampela, George Lewis, Tyshawn Sorey, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Du Yun, Marcos Balter, Eric Wubbels, Jörg Widmann, Miguel Zenón, and Chick Corea. He is an alumnus of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, and has also made appearances with the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Atlanta, Seattle and Tokyo symphony orchestras, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, the Washington National Opera, the Metropolitan Opera and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has recorded on many labels including Tundra, More Is More, Nonesuch, EMI, Deutsche Grammophon, and Naxos.
Upcoming Horn Events
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David H. Stull Recital Hall
Faculty Recital: Alexa Still, flute & Hyunsoo Kim, piano
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Finney Chapel
Concert: Oberlin Chamber Orchestra
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Finney Chapel
2026-27 Senior Concerto Competition
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Kulas Recital Hall, Conservatory Central Unit
Guest Master Class: Erin Hannigan, oboe
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Warner Concert Hall
Concert: ChamberFest!
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Warner Concert Hall
Concert: Contemporary Music Ensemble
Horn News
David Byrd-Marrow Appointed Horn Faculty at Oberlin Conservatory
Versatile American horn player David Byrd-Marrow has been appointed to the tenure-track horn professor position at Oberlin Conservatory. He brings an expansive range of experience and repertoire to the role.
Seraph Brass Brings Music with a Mission to Oberlin’s Finney Chapel Stage
Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet soloist and founder of Seraph Brass, realized at an early age that she wanted to pursue music as a career. In 2014, she moved forward with a long-standing goal of forming an all-female brass quintet, and Seraph Brass was born.
Oberlin Ensembles Perform for United Nations at Carnegie Hall
December 2 concert before U.N. General Assembly celebrates new partnership; public preview in Oberlin slated for November 29.
Next Steps
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