Episode #7 - Julie Landsman
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The Horn Signal is proudly brought to you by . Join hosts and as they interview horn players around the world. Today's episode features , former Principal Horn of the Metropolitan Opera and teacher at University of Southern California. About Julie: Principal horn with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for 25 years, Julie Landsman is a distinguished performing artist and educator. She received a bachelor of music degree from The Juilliard School in 1975 under the tutelage of James Chambers and Ranier De Intinis, and has served as a member of the Juilliard...
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Episode #6 - Bob Watt
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The Horn Signal is proudly brought to you by . Join hosts and as they interview horn players around the world. Today's episode features , former Assistant Principal Horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Robert Lee Watt was born in Neptune, New Jersey the 4th child of seven. His father, Edward Watt Jr. played trumpet professionally in a Jazz ensemble, “The New Jersey Squires of Rhythm.” When Robert was eight years old he got curious about his father’s trumpet, kept high on a shelf. Too short to reach it, Robert conscripted his little brother Tony to...
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Episode #5 - Kate Caliendo
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The Horn Signal is proudly brought to you by . Join hosts and as they interview horn players around the world. Today's episode features , 2nd horn of the Jacksonville Symphony. About Kate: Kate Caliendo enjoys a diverse musical career of symphonic playing, chamber music, recording, soloing and teaching. She is currently Second Horn of the Jacksonville Symphony and has also held Fourth Horn positions with the Houston Symphony and San Antonio Symphony. She is a frequent guest musician with groups including the Kansas City Symphony, Atlanta Symphony,...
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Episode #4 - Greg Roosa
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The Horn Signal is proudly brought to you by . Join hosts and as they interview horn players around the world. Today's episode features , 2nd horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. About Greg: Gregory Roosa was appointed Second Horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic by Gustavo Dudamel in September 2012. Prior to that he held the Fourth Horn position in the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra beginning in 2003. His previous positions include Fourth Horn with the Kennedy Center Opera and Ballet Orchestra, and Fourth Horn with the Colorado Symphony in Denver. A native of Troy,...
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Episode #3 - Kate Warren
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The Horn Signal is proudly brought to you by . Join hosts and as they interview horn players around the world. Today's episode features hornist, music educator, featured soloist with Blast! and all-around inspiration. About Kate: Kate Warren is an internationally acclaimed hornist and music educator. She currently serves as a College Lecturer in Music at Ocean County College and is also the featured French horn soloist for the Tony and Emmy award winning Broadway show . Additionally, Kate serves as the Social Media Coordinator for the International...
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Episode #2 - Dylan Skye Hart
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The Horn Signal is proudly brought to you by . Join hosts and as they interview horn players around the world. Today's episode features hornist, , studio musician for thousands of films, television episodes, video games and record albums. You can visit the show notes for this episode . The Bob Reeves/Dylan Skye Hart mouthpiece video can be found About Dylan Skye Hart: You may not know Dylan Skye Hart by name, but you have heard him play horn. Proud Latino and Los Angeles native, Dylan is a busy freelance musician. Depending on the day, he can be found...
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Episode #1 - Steve Becknell
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The Horn Signal is proudly brought to you by . Join hosts and as they interview horn players around the world. Today's episode features hornist, , principal horn of the LA Opera, adjunct professor of horn at USC's Thornton School of Music, and studio musician for thousands of films, television episodes, video games and record albums. You can visit the show notes for this episode . About Steve Steve Becknell has had an extensive and varied career as a horn player. In 1982, he moved to Southern California to study with famed studio player Vince DeRosa at USC, but began working...
info_outlineThe Horn Signal is proudly brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass. Join hosts John Snell and Preston Shepard as they interview horn players around the world. Today's episode features Greg Roosa, 2nd horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
About Greg:
Gregory Roosa was appointed Second Horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic by Gustavo Dudamel in September 2012. Prior to that he held the Fourth Horn position in the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra beginning in 2003. His previous positions include Fourth Horn with the Kennedy Center Opera and Ballet Orchestra, and Fourth Horn with the Colorado Symphony in Denver.
A native of Troy, Michigan, Roosa attended the University of Illinois and studied with Ralph Froelich at the University of South Florida. In 1992, he moved to Chicago to study with Dale Clevenger, Principal Horn of the Chicago Symphony. He was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago for three seasons. Active as a freelance musician in the Chicago area for eight years, Roosa played in the Broadway shows Ragtime, Phantom of the Opera, and Miss Saigon. He also played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, including a European tour and two recordings. Roosa has appeared as soloist and clinician at numerous universities and horn workshops around the world.
Roosa has performed with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Queensland Orchestra in Australia, as well as with the Florida Orchestra and Detroit Symphony in the U.S. He was a member of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra from 1999 to 2012, where he met his wife, Amy Jo Rhine, the Third Horn of LA Phil. Together they have two young boys, Norton and Sutton.