Ms. Sterrett grew up in a musically enthusiastic and supportive family in Michigan and attended Interlochen Arts Academy. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a master’s degree from the Yale School of Music. Her primary teachers include William Purvis, Douglas Hill, and Julie Schleif. She is a past prizewinner in the International Horn Competition of America and the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Program. She now serves on the horn faculties of New York University and Rutgers University. Among her proudest accomplishments is completing the New York City Marathon twice.

Felix Klieser is an exceptional artist in several aspects. At the age of 5, he took his first horn lessons at the age of 13 he enrolled as a junior student at the University of Music and Theater in Hannover in 2014, he received the ECHO Klassik as Young Artist of the Year as well as the Music Award of the Association of German Concert Directors. In the same year, Patmos Verlag published his life story “Footnotes – A horn player without arms conquers the World”. In 2016 he received the prestigious Leonard Bernstein Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.

In the summer of 2022, he played his debut at the Ravenna Festival at the invitation of Maestro Riccardo Muti.

He concluded his two-year residency with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra with a stunning debut at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in the summer of 2023. The concert was broadcast live on both radio and television. 

Highlights from Felix Klieser’s programme for the 2023/2024 season include his debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. He will also appear for the first time with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada, conducted by Alexander Shelley. Another debut awaits him with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the baton of John Butt. Furthermore, Felix Klieser will perform in renowned concert halls such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the Cologne Philharmonie and the Vienna Konzerthaus. 

In the field of chamber music, he is about to embark on an extensive tour in which he will present his septet programme together with renowned musicians such as Sebastian Manz (clarinet), Dag Jensen (bassoon), Franziska Hölscher (violin), Wen-Xiao Zheng (viola), Lionel Martin (violoncello) and Dominik Wagner (double bass). This tour will take them to Innsbruck and Munich, among other places.

Felix Klieser will also return to established stages, including the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra as well as the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra, where he will perform the work “Soundscape” by Rolf Martinsson, which is dedicated to him. After many years, the horn player is once again working with the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn and will return to Turkey for a concert where he will perform for the first time with the Antalya State Symphony Orchestra.

Born in Devon, South West England in 1989, Katy Woolley was appointed Solo Horn of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 2019 and is considered one of the most exciting horn players of her generation. She studied as a scholar at the Royal College of Music in London with Simon Rayner and at Berlin’s Universität der Künste with Christian Friedrich Dallmann. Upon graduation Katy was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal by the HRH The Prince of Wales for best female leaver. 

Katy’s first orchestral position was won during her studies as the third horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra, London, under Esa Pekka Salonen and she became the first female brass player in the orchetra’s 75 year history. At the age of twenty-two, Katy was appointed Principal Horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra. This appointment led to her spreading her soloistic wings as she performed works by Mozart, Strauss and Britten, as well as premiering Tansy Davies’ ‘Forest’ Concerto for four horns with the Philharmonia and New York Philharmonic Orchestras. 

On joining the Concertgebouworkest, Katy dived into the world of chamber music and has played throughout Europe the far east (and Hawaii!) with Camerata RCO and Concertgebouw Brass. With a passion for helping young musicians realise their potential, from 2012-2019 Katy Woolley was professor of horn at the Royal Academy of Music in London, a post evolving into International Visiting Professor on her move to Amsterdam. As a guest teacher she has worked with students all over Europe, as well as North and South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Yu-Hui Chuang, native of Taipei, began his professional career in Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin under Chief Conductor “Ivan Fischer” in 2013; and became an instructor in C.P.E. Bach Gynasium in 2014 and Hochschule für Musik “Hanns-Eisler” for the Horn Class of Prof. Marie-Luise Neunecker in 2014 and since 2021 for the Horn Class of Prof. Sibylle Mahni. Mr. Chuang has also given numerous masterclasses in Europe and Asia.

As a soloist, Mr. Chuang performed Robert Schumann Konzertstück F-Dur für vier Hörner und großes Orchester op. 86 in Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal in 2015 and György Ligeti Hamburg Concerto for solo horn and chamber orchestra with four obbligato natural horns as natural hornist with Konzerthaus Orchester Berin under Ivan Fischer and Marie-Luise Neunecker as solo horn in Berlin Philharmonie.
In 2019 he performed Mozart Horn Concerto No.3 KV.447 with The Transylvania State Philharmonic Cluj-Napoca Romanian. Mr.Chuang has also given numerous chamber music concerts in Asian and Europe.

As a orchestra hornist, Mr. Chuang performed with several world renowned orchestras such as Berlin Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, Deutsche Sinfonie Orchester, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Komische Oper Berlin, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Bamberger Symphoniker, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Museumsorchester Frankfurt, Bremer Philharmoniker, Norwegian Opera & Ballet Orchestra Oslo, etc.

As an instructor, Mr.Chuang was invited as instructor for the 5th Beijing International Horn Festival in 2017/2019, in 2018 he was also invited as guest artist for the Aisan Horn Festival in Tokyo, in 2022 was invited as guest artist for festival internacional de Musica de Valencia and as Instructor Starnberger Musiktage, in 2022/2023 as guest artist for Seoul international music festival and in 2023 as guest artist for Eufonia festival in Timisoara, Romania.

Mr. Chuang began playing the horn at the age of eight under his father Prof. Szu-Yuan Chuang. He continued his studies at Taipei National University of Arts and later at Hochschule für Musik “Hanns-Eisler”, where he received his Diplom Degree in 2013 and Master Degree in 2016. His main instructors in Berlin include world famous Horn Soloist Prof. Marie-Luise Neunecker, solo hornist of Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin Dmitry Babanov, hornist of Berliner Philharmoniker Georg Schreckenberger, and hornist of Staatskapelle Berlin Markus Bruggaier. During his studies, Mr. Chuang was awarded 1st Prize in the National French Horn Competition in Taiwan three times and 1st Prize in the 5th OSAKA International Music Competition in Japan 2005.

Kevin Newton is a hornist, GRAMMY-nominated chamber musician and educator based in Manhattan. He is the horn player of Imani Winds and is an active freelancer in the greater New York area. While growing up in Virginia, his first music teacher, his mother, instilled in him a love of music-making’s collaborative nature which persists to this day. 

As a guest musician Mr. Newton has performed/recorded with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Alarm Will Sound, Talea Ensemble, American Composers Orchestra, Harlem Chamber Players, Gateways Festival Chamber Orchestra, Tredici Bacci, Gil Evans Project and Roomful of Teeth. He has also performed on Broadway’s The Lion King as a substitute musician. In addition to Imani Winds he is a member of the Metropolitan Horn Authority and Tsons of Tsunami.

An advocate for new music, Mr. Newton has premiered pieces for horn by Erin Busch and José Manuel Serrano and is set to premiere a concerto from Anthony Plog in 2024. As a chamber and orchestral musician Kevin has participated in premieres of works by Valerie Coleman, Jeff Scott, Nathalie Joachim, Joy Guidry, Jessica Meyer, Carlos Simon and Saad Hadaad among many others. 

As a composer, Kevin has written pieces for solo horn and piano, most recently fulfilling a commission from The Kayden Music Commissioning Program at the Juilliard School Pre-College with the piece Hill House. 

Mr. Newton formerly served as principal horn of the Waynesboro Symphony and, as an orchestral soloist, has performed works by Gordon Jacob, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Franz Strauss. He will be a featured artist at the 2024 International Horn Symposium and was a featured artist at the 2023 Southeast Horn Workshop. 

Mr. Newton joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2021. He is also on the horn faculty of Manhattan School of Music’s Precollege division and MSM Summer. Mr. Newton has delivered horn masterclasses at many institutions including Yale University, Cleveland Institute of Music and Boston Conservatory at Berklee among others. As a member of Imani Winds he has taught chamber masterclasses at colleges across the country. He is honored to join the faculty of the 2024 Kendell Betts Horn Camp. 

Mr. Newton is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Stony Brook University. He holds a Master of Music degree in orchestral performance from Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Haley Hoops has been the Second Horn player of the Dallas Symphony since 1999. She has also performed with orchestras across the globe, including, the orchestras of Detroit, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee. She was a member of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra for 20 years and has performed since 2018 as the Second Horn of the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, CA.

In 2012, Haley Hoops wanted to try her hand at solo performing. She co-commissioned and premiered the Sonata for Horn by James Stephenson at the International Horn Workshop in Denton, TX. Wanting to learn more about solo playing, in 2013, she competed in the International Horn Competition of America and won First Prize. Since that time, she has been invited to perform solo recitals at major universities around the country and horn workshops. She also was invited to play as the solo horn player with Adele on her 2016 Dallas tour date. Haley Hoops has taught at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, TX, since 2001 and is now adjunct associate professor of horn. Along with duties at SMU, Hoops has served as interim professor at the University of Oklahoma and North Texas University.

In 2020, Haley Hoops started a YouTube channel called “haleyhoops” to help influence aspiring horn players.

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 recording for motion pictures, video games, theme parks, or television shows.

He has recorded films with many great composers including John Williams, Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Randy Newman, Alexandre Desplat, James Newton Howard, and Alan Silvestri. Dylan has recorded thousands of sessions as principal horn on projects including Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Top Gun: Maverick, Only Murders in the Building, Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker, Jungle Cruise, Onward, Call of the Wild, Ready Player One, The Orville, Star Wars: Ahsoka, League of Legends, Fortnight, and Deadpool 2. Dylan has also recorded albums and made television appearances with music legends Dr. Dre, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, John Legend, Michael Bublé, Sting, Stevie Wonder, Wu-Tang Clan, M83, Gladys Night, Yo-Yo Ma, and The Beatles. His solos can also be heard on his namesake Bob Dylan’s albums Shadows in the Night and Fallen Angel.

Dylan has toured with John Williams’ Star Wars in Concert, Eden Espinosa of Wicked, and The Who, doubling on horn, trumpet, trombone, Wagner tuba, and mellophone. In the orchestral world, Dylan is principal horn of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. In 2023, he co-produced the wellness bookIn Tune: Exercises to Improve a Musician’s Performance and Quality of Life. As an alumnus of the University of Southern California, he studied with Vincent DeRosa, James Thatcher, and Richard Todd. Dylan currently teaches horn at California State University, Northridge. He specializes in the relationship of anatomy and physics to the horn as well as helping players choose an appropriate mouthpiece. When not performing, Dylan, a “foodie”, enjoys cooking, playing ice hockey and soccer, golfing, and traveling with his two boys and wife/fellow hornist Annie Bosler. Dylan is sponsored by Conn-Selmer (8D, C series) and Bob Reeves Mouthpieces (DH2).

Shanyse Strickland is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer and arranger. Freelancing and composing are currently her two main passions as a musician and a creator.

Originally from Akron, OH, Shanyse has led a multi-faceted career through mediums of performance, composing and recording. She received her undergraduate degree in Music Performance at Youngstown State University, along with a Masters degree from Duquesne University and an Artist Diploma from Montclair State University, all focusing on horn. Some highlights of her career include playing trombone and flute for the reuniting Ohio Players, winning the 2016 International Horn Symposium’s jazz competition, performing at the 2019 and 2021 Heisman Trophy Ceremony aired on ESPN, performing and recording for legendary artists such as the hip-hop legend Black Thought of the Roots, and performing as a sub in the pit orchestra of Broadway’s Bad Cinderella. Shanyse is currently a freelancer and composer in New Jersey and New York City, touring with the Broadway Sinfonettia playing principal horn in the production of Into the Spider-verse.

Shanyse has written and published over twenty-five original works, one of which was premiered by the horn section of the New Haven Symphony titled Moods. In early March of 2023, Shanyse’s piece titled Afrofuturism was selected to be performed at the Music by Women Festival at the Mississippi University for Women. The piece became more than just music when it accompanied a music video produced by commissioner and colleague Theresa May, which has won multiple film awards in the greater Ohio area, including acceptance into the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF). Shanyse’s work, When I’m Older was commissioned to be inserted in a book highlighting living Black composers that is accessible to beginning horn players in high school or middle school. Shanyse’s newest work, Empathy, was premiered in March 2023 by the Seattle Symphony horn section. Shanyse also arranged a pop-tune for Ghengis Barbie, which was released on their most recent album titled Songs for Summer. Shanyse continues to write for her colleagues and studios in various universities, establishing new chamber music for common and not so common orchestrations.

Joshua Pantoja is the horn player for the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2004. Joshua is also Horn Professor at the Puerto Rico Music Conservatory, and a faculty member at Clazz International Music Festival in Arcidosso, Italy. Joshua also holds the positions of Brass Coach for the Puerto Rico Youth Symphony Orchestra and Substitute Horn Professor at the Juilliard Pre-College.

Joshua is an active chamber music performer with Camerata Caribe, Café Corta’o Horn Quartet and Pantojazz. Joshua is also a songwriter and the author of the books, “From Classical to Jazz an Improvisation Method”, “Ornamenting your Improvisation a Guide to Approach Notes”, “Chord Tone Arpeggios” and “Basics and Colors – Horn Etudes”, the later one commissioned by the Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program.

Pantoja has performed Masterclasses at Manhattan School of Music, The Mannes School of Music, The Juilliard Summer Program, Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program, Bard College, Montclair University, Delaware University, Shenandoah Conservatory, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, University of Arizona, Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), Duquesne University and University of Alabama. He was also a guest artist at the Southeast Horn Workshop (2023) at the University of Central Florida. Most recently Prof. Pantoja was on tour in Europe, performing Masterclasses in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy, at schools includes Frankfurter Bläserchule in Frankfurt, Hochschule für Musik in Hannover, Hochschule für Musik in Nürnberg, and Musik-Kurzwochen in Arosa.

Professor Pantoja began his musical studies at Escuela Libre de Música in Caguas, Puerto Rico at the age of 12, where he received his first French Horn lessons from Professor Jorge Figueroa. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School where he studied with Professor Jerome Ashby and received his master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music with Professor Javier Gándara.

Anneke Scott is a leading exponent of historical horn playing. Her work takes her throughout the globe and throughout the centuries of music with a repertoire incorporating music and instruments from the late seventeenth century through to the present day. Anneke is principal horn of a number of internationally renowned period instrument ensembles including Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the English Baroque Soloists, ensemble Pygmalion, The Orchestra of the Sixteen, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Dunedin Consort and Players and many others. 

Anneke enjoys an international solo career and discography embracing three centuries of virtuosic horn works. Her critically acclaimed solo recordings also include three discs focussing on the music of Jaques-François Gallay.

Anneke enjoys collaborating with a wide group of musicians and is a key member of chamber music ensembles including The Prince Regent’s Band, and Boxwood & Brass. She teaches at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. In 2018 she was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music and in 2019 she was one of the recipients of the International Horn Society “Punto Award”.