Welcome to the Peabody Horn studio! The Peabody Horn Studio is one of the most active and vibrant horn studios in the country. Led by Professors Philip Munds and Denise Tryon the Studio is a wonderful balance of pedagogy, performing and real life audition instruction. Both Denise and Philip are also active performers and soloists.
Denise is the 4th horn player for the Philadelphia Orchestra and an active chamber and solo artist. She along with Detroit Principal Horn Karl Pituch run the summer program “Audition Mode”, an audition seminar for professional hornists.
Philip is the Principal Horn of the Baltimore Symphony and also maintains an active chamber music performing schedule in the Baltimore/DC metro area.
With this active real life influence, the Peabody Horn Studio gets the very best in instruction and exposure to many great performances.
About the brass department
The Peabody Conservatory of Music has a distinguished brass faculty that includes leading players in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Its members have also performed in such major orchestras as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New York City Ballet Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, and St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. They have played as soloists and chamber musicians to critical acclaim and have participated in recordings on major labels. Members of the faculty are in demand for master classes, music festivals and workshops. Under their guidance, Peabody students go on to careers as recitalists and soloists and win positions in prestigious orchestras and ensembles all over the world.
Performance Opportunities
Brass players at Peabody study and perform music representative of all periods and styles in the following ensembles: Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Concert Orchestra, Peabody Wind Ensemble, Peabody Camerata, Conductor’s Orchestra, and a wide variety of chamber groups coached by members of the faculty.
Peabody students are engaged as substitutes in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and are also regularly employed by other metropolitan and community orchestras, opera companies, chamber groups and choral ensembles. The Baltimore/Washington area is rich in opportunities to hear and perform symphonic, operatic, and choral music of all kinds. The vast cultural resources of Washington, D.C. are easily accessible by car, train or bus.
How to apply:
Peabody’s Admissions Office has prepared PDF files with detailed instructions for applying to the B.M., M.M., and D.M.A. degree programs. Your application will include the following items:
- Online application form and supplemental form
- Three letters of recommendation (PDF file)
- Transcripts
- Personal essay (B.M. only)
- Four copies of an essay on a musical topic of your choice (D.M.A. only)
All application materials must be received by December 1, 2009. The deadline for applying for financial aid is February 1, 2010. Applicants who advance beyond prescreening will interviewed during Audition Week (February 15–19, 2010). Decision results will be mailed on April 1, 2010.
Please direct any questions about the application process or application requirements to the Admissions Office at (800) 368–2521 (toll-free) or (410) 234–4848 (local).
Undergrad audition requirements
Choose one of the following
- Mozart 2nd Horn Concerto in Eb 1st movement
- Mozart 4th Horn Concerto in Eb 1st movement
- Strauss Concerto #1 1st movement
- Franz Strauss concerto 1st movement
Excerpts- choose three of the following
- Brahms 3 slow movement
- Strauss, Till – opening
- Tchyk 5 slow movement solo
- Tchyk 4 opening
- Beethoven 3 trio second horn
- Beethoven 6 Scherzo and opening of 5th movement
- Shostakovich 5 – low tutti
- Wagner Short Call
Grad auditions
Choose two of the following:
- Mozart 4th Horn Concerto
- Strauss 2nd Horn Concerto
- Rosetti #2 1st movement
- Bach Cello Suite #1 Courante (Wendell Hoss edition)
Three of the following excerpts
- Strauss, Ein Heldenleben opening
- Wagner, Short call
- Strauss, Till opening
- Ravel, Pavanne for a dead princess
- Shostakovich 5th symphony, low tutti and 1st movement solo
- Beethoven 9 4th horn solo