Horn StudioDiego SolisSTUDENT PROFILE Diego Solis is a second-year horn performance major from Laredo, Texas. Being inspired by his father, who played horn during his high school years, he began playing horn at the age of 11. Before transferring to the Eastman School of Music, Diego studied horn while in high school under the direction…
Horn StudioJohn Wellmann STUDENT PROFILE John Wellmann is a sophomore horn performance and music education major from Anchorage, Alaska. He served as principal horn in the Anchorage Youth Symphony while studying with Evan Hagen of the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. He also participated in the University of Alaska chamber ensemble, the Alaska All-State Band, and the…
Horn StudioMiles WoodsSTUDENT PROFILE Miles Woods is a 19-year-old horn player born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee who currently attends the Eastman School of Music in Rochester New York. Miles currently studies under Professor Peter Kurau. He previously studied with Patrick Walle (Associate Principal and 3rd Horn Nashville Symphony) who also studied under Professor Kurau…
Horn StudioLilah CostanzoSTUDENT PROFILE Originally from Hemlock, New York, Lilah Costanzo is a sophomore French horn performance major at the Eastman School of Music. A Rochester native, she studied under Nikolette LaBonte and Stephen Laifer prior to attending Eastman, where she is now a student of Peter Kurau. She participates in a variety of musical…
Horn StudioAndrew FosterSTUDENT PROFILE Andrew Foster is a sophomore from Tampa, Florida pursuing a dual degree in Horn Performance and Chemistry at Eastman and the University of Rochester. Graduating as Valedictorian of his high school class, he chose this dual degree program to be able to pursue both fields at a very high level. While…
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Horn StudioKasey GibbonsSTUDENT PROFILE Hailing from Belchertown, MA, Kasey Gibbons is a first-year horn performance major. She began studying the horn at the age of ten and has been playing for a little over eight years. During the 2019-2022 seasons, she was a member of the Springfield Symphony Youth Orchestra and from 2022-2024 she was…
Current Musicology StudentsElizabeth JorgensonSTUDENT PROFILE Elizabeth Jorgenson (they/she) is a first year M.A. student in Musicology from Cleveland, Ohio. They graduated from the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music in 2023 with a B.M. in Music History and Literature. During the 2022-2023 school year at Baldwin Wallace, Elizabeth took part in the Riemenschneider Bach Institute (RBI)…
Current Musicology StudentsKangni YangSTUDENT PROFILE Kangni Yang is a first-year M.A. student in Ethnomusicology at the Eastman School of Music. Her research focuses on ethnic popular music in China, with an emphasis on its interplay between identity, hybridity, and gender issues within the context of globalization. Kangni holds a B.A. in Popular Music Performance from…
