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The Horn Signal

The Horn Signal

Von: Bob Reeves Brass
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 Welcome to The Horn Signal, brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass, where the horn takes center stage. In each episode, you'll hear from acclaimed horn players from around the world as they share their experiences and insights. Discover valuable advice on finding influential teachers, auditioning for college and graduate programs, building a successful career, and excelling in studio recordings. Whether you're a student, professional, or simply a fan of the instrument, The Horn Signal offers a wealth of knowledge and inspiration straight from the hearts of the world's finest horn players.2024 Kunst Musik Unterhaltung & Darstellende Künste
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  • Episode #13 - Preston Shepard

    Episode #13 - Preston Shepard
    Jan 28 2026

    The Horn Signal is proudly brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass and the Colburn School Summer Brass Institute. Join hosts John Snell and Preston Shepard as they interview horn players around the world. Today's episode features Preston Shepard, Los Angeles freelance horn player and podcast host.

    About Preston Shepard:

    Preston Shepard is an active free-lance hornist in the Los Angeles area. A student of Joseph Meyer, he studied at Cal State University Northridge and Azusa Pacific University. Preston has performed with the San Diego Symphony, the Los Angeles Opera, Pacific Symphony, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Long Beach Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony, Opera Santa Barbara, San Bernardino Symphony, New West Symphony, Redlands Symphony, Riverside Philharmonic, Santa Maria Symphony, Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, and many others around the Greater Los Angeles area. He has also recorded on numerous feature films, television shows and specials such as Avatar 2, Zootopia 2, Hocus Pocus 2, Aquaman 2, Wish, Encanto : Live at the Hollywood Bowl, The Game Awards, Big City Greens, The Nun, The Boogeyman, Geostorm, Inhumans, The Orville, Blood and Treasure, Homecoming Season 2, Star Trek : Lower Decks, Picard, Discovery, Strange New Worlds, Solar Opposites, and Presumed Innocent as well as for video game projects such as Fortnite, Overwatch and League of Legends. He has also recorded on albums for artists such as Avenged Sevenfold and Deadmau5. Preston is the adjunct professor of horn at Westmont College and The Master's University.
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    2 Std. und 13 Min.
  • Episode #12 - Audrey Flores

    Episode #12 - Audrey Flores
    Nov 26 2025
    The Horn Signal is proudly brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass. Join hosts John Snell and Preston Shepard as they interview horn players around the world. Today's episode features Audrey Flores, NYC freelancer and Broadway horn player. About Audrey: Audrey Flores is a freelancing horn player in New York City. She attended the Juilliard School and the Mannes College of Music, and regularly plays in Broadway productions and with orchestras in the tri-state area. She plays a 2017 Patterson Triple Horn with a medium-wide hand-hammered bell. Audrey spends most of her time performing as a Broadway freelancer. She began playing as a substitute on Disney's The Lion King in 2012, where she quickly was designated as an approved player for the Horn I position. In 2015, she was designated to perform the solo book at Disney's Aladdin, and went on to become designated for both Horn I and II at Frozen in 2016. She was also designated for both Horn I and II at King Kong in 2017. She has been a chairholder at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ; Westport Playhouse in Westport, CT; at Plaza Productions in Elmont, NY; and at the Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington, DE. She has also worked for the Roundabout Theatre Company. She can be heard on album recordings for She Has Risen, an all-female concept album of Jesus Christ Superstar, and on Lempicka - A New Musical that is currently in its pre-Broadway run. Audrey is appearing as Principal Horn of the Princeton Symphony at different times during the 2022-2023 season. She served as Acting Principal Horn of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra in Ohio for the 2017-2018 season. Formerly Principal Horn of both the Allentown Symphony and Symphony in C in Camden, NJ, Audrey has also played with the New World Symphony, the Princeton Symphony, the Miami Symphony Orchestra, the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, the Distinguished Concerts International Orchestra of New York, the Jerusalem Symphony, the American Ballet Theatre, the New York Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Orchestra, and the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble. She was a musician in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular Orchestra in 2019, 2018, 2012 and 2011, and in the New York Spectacular in the summer of 2016. She is also a proud member of Russ Anixter's Hippie Big Band, and appears with them in various venues in NYC. Audrey released her first solo album in June 2017. It includes sonatas and solo pieces by Gliere, Madsen, Krol, and Ketting, and also features the premiere recording of Barbara York's Sonata for Horn. It was acclaimed by several brass publications, and is available for purchase and streaming on iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify, YouTube, CD Baby, and many other platforms worldwide. A frequent soloist and chamber musician, she has performed with the Jupiter Chamber Players, the OMNI Ensemble, and was featured as a soloist with Symphony in C for a performance of the Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings. Most recently, she has performed as a soloist with the Broadway Bach Ensemble, performing Strauss's First Horn Concerto in 2015 and Schumann's Konzertstuck for Four Horns in 2017. She has also performed at the Sunriver Music Festival in Sunriver, OR, the Manchester Music Festival in Manchester, VT, the Vermont Mozart Festival in Burlington, VT, the National Repertory Orchestra, and as a part of the Bravo! Vail Summer Music Festival. Audrey also enjoys a full teaching schedule in addition to pursuing a varied career. Audrey is the newest member of the Horn Faculty team at the Juilliard MAP Program. She is a Teaching Artist for Midori and Friends, an organization in New York City that works in tandem with the Department of Education to supplement and provide music instruction for public school students. She taught beginning and intermediate brass at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Palestine in 2006, and coached chamber music for the Juilliard Pre-College Program in 2005. She specializes in teaching beginning brass students. Audrey is also the staff music arranger for the Patriot Brass Ensemble, a 501(c)3 that performs concerts in long-term care facilities for veterans of the United States. Her arrangements have been featured on NBC's Late Night with James Corden, NBC's The Voice, CBS's Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, Paramount Pictures events, New York Fashion Week events, various Improv Everywhere productions, and on several Patriot Brass Ensemble programs and corporate events across the country. She also performs as a brass musician with PBE as a member of the large brass ensemble, the brass quintet, and the horn quartet. She is also a member of the newly formed Patriot Concert Brass, and serves as Secretary of the Patriot Brass Ensemble Board of Trustees. In addition to her busy performing career, Audrey is training to become a Certified Music Practitioner through the Music for Healing and Transition Program. She ...
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    1 Std. und 28 Min.
  • Episode #11 - Julie Pilant

    Episode #11 - Julie Pilant
    Oct 29 2025

    The Horn Signal is proudly brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass. Join hosts John Snell and Preston Shepard as they interview horn players around the world. Today's episode features Julie Pilant, formerly of the Met, now with Utah Symphony.

    About Julie:

    Julia Pilant is currently the acting 3rd horn for the Utah Symphony/Utah Opera, and a regular guest with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra horn section and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Previously, she was the assistant principal horn for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for 14 years and a horn instructor for the Bard College Conservatory of Music for 16 years. Prior to holding those positions, she was the principal horn of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra for 10 years. Ms. Pilant also freelanced for several decades in New York City and performed regularly with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, New York City Ballet, and numerous Broadway shows. She has played principal horn for the Saito Kinen/Ozawa and Tokyo Opera Nomori music festivals, the Mito Chamber Orchestra in Japan, and has participated in the Santa Fe Chamber, Affinis (Japan), Sarasota, Festival Napa Valley, Classical Tahoe, Strings, Mainly Mozart, and La Jolla Music Society Summerfest music festivals. In 1994 she won the American Horn Competition. As an equally enthusiastic music educator, she has given masterclasses in schools and festivals across the country, including The Juilliard School, USC, Interlochen Arts Camp, and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and is a founding member of the recently formed Coalition of Musicians for Ethical Change. Ms. Pilant received her Bachelor's degree from Eastman School of Music (student of Verne Reynolds), and her Master's and Doctoral degrees from The Juilliard School (student of Julie Landsman).
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    1 Std. und 33 Min.
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