Lee CyphershornHometown: Plattsburgh, NYAlma maters: University of Denver Lamont School of Music, 2025; The Juilliard School, 2020 Photo by Matt Dine Appearances Aspen Music Festival, 2023 What made you decide to become a musician? Was there a particular performance or person that influenced your decision? When I was nine years...
Daniel Itzkowitzhe/himhornHometown: Great Neck, NYAlma mater: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), B.M. Photos by Matt Dine Appearances Sarasota Music Festival, 2023; Festival Napa Valley, 2022; Eastern Music Festival, 2021 Was there a teacher who was particularly impactful/helpful? What made this instructor stand out? Among the exceptional teachers I've...
Felix JohnsonhornHometown: Kinderhook, NYAlma maters: Bard College Conservatory of Music, B.A. Photos by Matt Dine Appearances Domaine Forget, Saint Irénee, Quebec, 2018–19; Curtis Summerfest, Philadelphia, 2017 What is your earliest memory of classical music? I think it’s watching an animated rendition of Peter and the Wolf with my grandparents. My grandmother...
Jaxson PadgetthornHometown: St. Petersburg, FLAlma maters: Peabody Institute, B.M. 2023; San Francisco Conservatory of Music, M.M. 2025 Photos by Matt Dine Appearances Eastern Music Festival, 2021; Madeline Island Chamber Music, 2025 Was there a teacher who was particularly impactful/helpful? What made this instructor stand out? My high school teacher, Carolyn...
Jack Sindall hornHometown: Manchester, UKAlma maters: Royal Northen College of Music, Brass Academy Alicante Photos by Matt Dine Appearances Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional del Ecuador, Principal Horn; Schleswig Holsetin Music Festival Was there a teacher who was particularly impactful/helpful? What made this instructor stand out? My first horn teacher at my...