NY Philharmonic has new 4th horn
OrchestrasWe hear that a young man from Boston called Tanner West has won the vacancy in the New York Phil horns.
He is presently acting horn in the North Carolina Symphony.
That’s one big leap.
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NY, Boston, Chicago, SF, and Rochester are all looking for principal horns.
Baltimore, also.
Congrats to him! Now just waiting the new principal!
Congratulations to him. Welcome to the Big Apple.
The difference between first tier and second tier orchestras in the U.S. is often times not very great. There are far more graduates and established musicians than there are jobs for them. People can, and do, step up. Fourth horn is kind of a ‘specialty’ position to begin with.
Most often, the difference between first and second-tier orchestras is consistency. Milwaukee and Chicago, the National Symphony and Philadelphia, San Diego and Los Angeles can all play at the same high level easily, the latter of each pair simply does it more often.
The U.S. has probably the second highest standard of orchestral playing in the world behind Germany.
What about principal horn? Abiding until the Dude arrives and can choose?
Boston? Boston, NC lol I guess.
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Did Burt play the horn, and if so, did he specialise in 4th horn (basso/low cor)?