Horn Faculty

 

Wei-Ping Chou

WEI-PING CHOU is currently Second Horn of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra/Washington National Opera Orchestra and teaches at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. A native of Taiwan, she holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School, where she was the first and only horn player to be awarded the Artist Diploma. Chou served as acting assistant principal horn for the San Diego Symphony (2007—2011) and has performed regularly with leading groups such as Orchestra of St. Luke’s, American Symphony Orchestra, The Metropolis Ensemble, Genghis Barbie, The Knights, Wind Soloists Of New York, and The Decoda Ensemble.

 

Allene Hackleman

ALLENE HACKLEMAN has been principal horn of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra since 2004.  A native of Vancouver, B.C., Allene studied horn with Martin Hackleman and completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Cincinnati.  Ms. Hackleman has played with the Montréal and National (Washington, D.C.) Symphonies, as well as the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Winnipeg Symphony and the Colorado Music Festival. She has performed concerti with the Edmonton Symphony, Alberta Baroque Ensemble, Red Deer Symphony and the Victoria Symphony. Allene is a member of the Canadian National Brass Project and the Summit Brass, and is on the most recent CD recordings with both groups. Allene enjoys chamber music and has been a guest artist at the Festival of the Sound, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, Toronto Summer Music, Lanaudière Festival, the Edmonton Recital Society, and the Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival. Allene has been a featured artist at the International Women's Brass conference in 2010, the Southeast Horn Workshop in 2023 as well as the International Horn Symposium in 2023. Allene has taught at the Musikacademy in Belgrade, Serbia as well as the Domaine Forget Academy in Quebec, and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. Allene teaches at the Rafael Méndez Brass Institute in Denver, Colorado, and at University of Alberta.

 

Susan McCullough

SUSAN McCULLOUGH earned her bachelor’s degree in Horn Performance from Emporia State University. She was featured as Principal Horn and soloist with the Air Force Academy Band from 75-78, and served 22 years with the Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra as 3rd and Principal Horn. Susan is a founding member of The Denver Brass and has been a featured soloist and clinician throughout the US as well as across the world. Susan has been featured at International Horn Symposiums since 2006 and at South African National Symposiums 2007 to the present. She has served on the Advisory Council of the International Horn Society since 2008. Susan can be heard on many CD recordings including her 2008 release, “It’s All Relative” with her son, Jesse McCormick. She performs with many of Colorado’s top ensembles including the Colorado Symphony, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, and the Colorado Ballet. She has been on faculty at the Kendall Betts Horn Camp from 2021 to the present. Previously, Susan was Instructor of Horn at the Lamont School of Music for 22 years, where she proudly hosted the 40th International Horn Symposium in 2008.

 

Kristina Mascher-Turner

KRISTINA MASCHER-TURNER is former principal horn of the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra (Flemish Radio Orchestra). She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin. She is a member of the esteemed American Horn Quartet since 2009, as well as a member of Luxembrass of Luxembourg and Virtuoso Horn Duo. Kristina has recordings on the Naxos and MSR Classics labels and has has given master classes and performed in over 30 countries. She formerly served as Vice President of the International Horn Society from 2015 to 2021.

 

David Byrd-Marrow

DAVID-BYRD MARROW, Atlanta native, is the solo hornist of the International Contemporary Ensemble, as well as a member of The Knights. He has performed at festivals including the Ojai Music Festival, the Spoleto Music Festival, the Mostly Mozart Festival, the Tanglewood Music Center, Summerfest! at the La Jolla Music Society, and as faculty at the Festival Napa Valley. Formerly a member of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, he has also made appearances with the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland, Atlanta, Seattle, and Tokyo Symphony Orchestras, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, the Washington National Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Byrd-Marrow received his bachelor’s degree from the Juilliard School and his master’s from Stony Brook University. He is the Associate Professor of Horn at the Oberlin Conservatory.