SOUTH BAY HORN DAY

_Saturday, April 4, 2015
8am - 10pm
Concerts at 1:30pm & 7pm

Featuring Horn Soloist
Steven Gross


Workshops, Horn Choirs, Masterclass, Exhibitors, IVASI, Mock Audition and Concerts


Mountain View High School
3535 Truman Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94040


$40.00 onsite registration
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Dr. Steven Gross, Horn Soloist

SCHEDULE (Click here for the full schedule) 

  • Mock Audition* & Masterclass with Dr. Steven Gross.
  • Workshops on 1) Air and Tone Production, 2) How to Practice, 3) Cadenza Improvisation, 4) Dynamics and Range Extension, 5) Transposition, 6) Performance Anxiety, and 7) The Natural Horn.  Each workshop comes with a 1 page content synopsis.  Attendees will receive a program book with all the information including bonus information on horn equipment and repertoire.
  • Horn Choirs: 3 Levels of choirs all performing on the evening concert as well as 1 mass horn choir.  Music will be emailed to you a week prior to the event so you have time to look it over.  All registrations made less than a week prior will be sent music as soon as registrations have been processed.
  • Exhibitors: Park Avenue Music Center (instruments, accessories, sheet music); Solid Wood Publishing (sheet music); Wendell Rider (method books, CDs, DVDs); and Horn Hanger (device for holding horn while playing).
  • IVASI: Video Image of a conductor with major orchestral works as a soundtrack allowing you to play major symphonic works without the orchestra.
  • FREE Afternoon and Evening Concert: With featured artist Steven Gross; contributing artists William Klingelhoffer, Leslie Hart, Sadie Glass (natural horn specialist), Monika Warchol, Daniel Wood, Scott Hartman, Cathleen Torres; three horn choirs; and one mass choir. The evening performance will be followed by an after concert mixer.
* For those who wish to sign up for the mock audition, please email the host here.  The mock audition is suitable for advanced intermediate students to professionals.  Knowledge of standard orchestral excerpts is a must.

SPONSORS & HOST

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Daniel Wood
_Daniel Wood is honored to be hosting the 2015 South Bay Horn Day.  As the IHS area representative for Northern California, he hopes there will be many more South Bay Horn Days in the future.  He would like to thank: Leslie Hart, John Orzel, Cathleen Torres, Beth Zare, Monika Warchol, Alicia Telford, Scott Hartman, Wendell Rider, Sadie Glass, William Klingelhoffer, Eric Zivian, and Steven Gross for lending their talents for this day; and most especially, the Mountain View High School Music Department for supplying a venue.

Sponsors: International Horn Society, Mountain View High School, the Kiwanis Club of Mountain View and QUADRE Music Group