Learn from Great French Horn Teachers

Barbara Jöstlein Currie has been a Horn player with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for the past 23 years, after having won the position at the age of 22. Prior to that she was a student of Julie Landsman and received a full scholarship to attend the Juilliard School.

Hello! My name is Seth Shumate. I graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of music and am an experienced freelancer from the Bay Area. I've appeared with groups such as: Stockton Symphony, Marin Symphony, Modesto Symphony, and the San Francisco Opera. I also toured with the show: Blast! In Japan during the 2024 summer.

Hello! My name is Jacob Hartis and I play the French Horn! I have several years of experience in private instruction and nearly 10 years of professional performing experience! I received my Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance from Young Harris College and I am expected to graduate in May with my Master's Degree in Music Performance at Georgia State University.

I started learning the tuba when I was nine years old, thanks to my school’s music department where I had one-to-one lessons and played in county and regional groups. Over time, I progressed to national ensembles like the National Youth Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra Wales, and the National Youth Brass Band of Wales.

A native of Florida, William Bard holds a Bachelor of Music degree in horn performance from the Eastman School of Music (where he also received the coveted Performer's Certificate), as well as a Master of Music degree in horn performance from the Mannes School of Music (where he was one of only four students in his class to receive the Orchestral Achievement Award).

Hello! I am a horn teacher in Lexington, Kentucky. I've been teaching both horn and piano for over 20 years in my private studio, and have been teaching online since March of 2020. I'm the current applied horn instructor at Transylvania University, in Lexington, Kentucky. I also serve as principal horn in the Central Kentucky Concert Band.