Horn Society of the Carolinas

Ruth Rowell

Ruth Rowell

Ruth Rowell is a South Carolina resident who graduated from Winthrop University with a BM in music performance on horn in 2011. She performs whenever she can, taking gigs at churches and any other musical functions that require the use of horn.  Currently, she is third horn with the Florence Symphony Orchestra in Florence, SC, and she also plays horn for Westminster Presbyterian Church in Rock...

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Dr. Barry Sang

Dr. Barry Sang

Dr. Barry Sang is Professor of Religion at Catawba College and has actively participated in vocal and instrumental music since the fifth grade.  In addition to teaching as Adjunct Professor of Music in horn at the College, he is principle horn in the Catawba College Wind Ensemble.  He has substituted in several local orchestras, and has played in the pit orchestras of several musicals in the...

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Bill Tyler

Bill Tyler

Bill Tyler, a native of western New York, earned a Bachelor of Music-Performance degree from the University of Memphis, and a Master of Music-Performance degree from the University of Wyoming. He was a concerto contest winner at both schools. Past performing experience include the Cheyenne Symphony and the Abilene (Texas) Philharmonic. His primary horn studies were with Richard Dolph (Memphis)...

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Judith White

Judith White

Judith White was born in Nashville Tennessee and started playing an instrument chosen by her mother, which fortunately was a mellophone, when she was eight years old. She studied horn with Robert Bays at Peabody College and started playing in the Nashville Symphony at age 16. She met her husband Howard, who was a horn player, while playing in the Vanderbilt band at the Kentucky Derby. They later...

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Jill Wyse

Jill Wyse

Jill (Behne) Wyse, originally from Mason City, Iowa, studied horn under Paul Anderson while pursuing her BMA degree at University of Iowa. She then went on to achieve her MMA degree at the University of Akron under William Hoyt and was an auxiliary horn player with the Akron Symphony Orchestra. After moving to the Charlotte NC area, she played 2nd horn with the Charlotte Philharmonic for four...

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