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Micah Wilkinson is featured this month in our 20 on 20 series! Mr. Wilkinson is currently the Principal Trumpet of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with many of...

20 on 20 for October features Jeffrey Dee! Mr. Dee is Principal Bass Trombone of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Artist Lecturer of Bass Trombone at Carnegie Mellon University, and Adjunct...

September’s 20 on 20 features Jaclyn Rainey, Associate Principal Horn with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Jaclyn studied at the Eastman School of Music and New England Conservatory. She previously held...

For August’s 20 on the 20th series, we interviewed George Vosburgh! Mr. Vosburgh was formerly with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and recently retired as Principal Trumpet of the Pittsburgh Symphony...

This month’s 20 on 20 features Nick Schwartz! Nick is Principal Bass Trombone at the New York City Ballet, Bass Trombone Faculty at Juilliard Pre-College, Mannes School of Music, Bard...

The dynamite second hornist of the Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra kindly shared his time with us. 1. Started playing horn at age:  Eleven. 2. First private teacher?  Rosamund Sanders Robbert (then...

A native Texan, Michelle Baker is recently retired as Second Horn of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Before joining the Met Orchestra in 1990, she was a member of the New Jersey...

1. Started playing horn at what age: 11 2. First private teacher? David Mills (now head band director at UCONN), and Mark Belcik (now Associate Dean at U Oklahoma City...

It’s time for March’s 20 questions on the 20th! Here’s the fearless Jeff Nelsen! Started playing horn at age: 12, then quit 16-19 First private teacher? David Hoyt – Hn...

It’s time for February’s 20 questions on the 20th! Here’s Bill Caballero, Principal Horn of The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra: Started playing horn at age: 9 First private teacher? Mr Dunnam....