Since 2018 DENISE TRYON has been the Professor of Horn at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Tryon joined the famed American Horn Quartet as 4th horn in 2019. Previously, Tryon was fourth horn of The Philadelphia Orchestra as well as holding positions with the Detroit, Baltimore, Columbus, and New World Symphonies. She also served as the Horn Professor of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore from 2007 - 2019.

Starting the in Fall of 2023, Tryon will be Associate Professor of Horn at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

“Denise Tryon’s command of the lower register provides the strongest foundation of sound for a horn section, and yet, her sound is supple and flexible.”

—Yannick Nezet-Sequin, music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra

In 1989 Tryon graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy and in 1993 received her Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) in Boston. She received the Presidential Scholarship while in the Artist Diploma Program at NEC with the Taiyo Wind Quintet, which won the Coleman Chamber Competition and worked with great composers such as John Harbison, Luciano Berio, György Ligeti, and Elliott Carter.

An active and accomplished educator, Tryon is sought after for her masterclasses. She has taught extensively in the United States, Scandinavia, Europe, Asia and South America. Beth Graham of the Baltimore Symphony and founder of the Warsaw Horn Workshops says, “In just a few seconds of listening to a student she can diagnose deep-seated problems and give immediate fixes, often with a healthy dose of humor as well. The transformations she can accomplish in just a short time are truly remarkable.” Tryon has been a featured artist at many International Horn Society (IHS) Symposiums and Regional Workshops. She has been a Featured Artist at the Nordic Hornfest, BIBA (Blekinge International Brass Academy), Warsaw Horn Workshops, CORNO Brass Music Workshop, and Domaine Forget. Since 2017, she’s been a faculty member at Rafael Mendez Brass Institute in Denver, CO. Frequently she is on faculty at Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra (NYO).

Tryon released her debut solo album, SO•LOW in 2015. As a part of this album, she commissioned 4 new pieces for low horn and piano. Said in a review by Gramophone Magazine “Tryon plays these works with sonorous fluidity and dexterity, ending with a bit of captivating acrobatics.” The American Prize awarded her with the Special Judges Citation for “Important Commitment to the Music of Our Time”.

A Pair of Aces, a duo horn album between Tryon and Karl Pituch, Principal Horn of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra was released in 2017. It won a Silver Medal in the Global Music Awards.

Hope Springs Eternal, Tryon’s second solo album, where she commissioned 6 new pieces for low horn, was released in 2020. The American Prize named Tryon and this album as the Winner for Instrumental Performance in 2022.

In 2009, Tryon founded Audition Mode, a yearly horn seminar, with Karl Pituch. The seminar focuses on the skills horn players need to be successful in orchestral auditions.

A native of Salinas, CA, JENNIFER RADISCH has established herself as a versatile collaborative pianist and performer. During her time in Santa Barbara, CA, she served as rehearsal and studio pianist for PCPA Pacific Conservatory Theatre, and was Artist-in-Residence for BRAVO! Ojai Creates Opera - a visiting workshop to elementary schools introducing children to opera. 

Since relocating to Cincinnati in 2014, she has maintained an active performance calendar, collaborating with faculty, students, and renowned guest artists at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Jennifer maintains an active artistic presence in the community, where she regularly performs with orchestra pits of local theaters and provides free community concerts in the Greater Cincinnati area. Jennifer holds both a BM and MM in Piano Performance from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with an emphasis in Collaborative Piano. She is honored to have studied with Robert Koenig, Paul Berkowitz, and Eun Baek Kwak.

KATIE JOHNSON-WEBB is the Associate Professor of Horn at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She excels as a flexible, thoughtful, and active performer of solo repertoire, chamber music, and orchestral literature. Katie frequently performs with the Knoxville Symphony and other regional ensembles. In past years, Katie was selected to perform with the Aspen Summer Music Festival in Aspen, Colorado, the Kent/Blossom Music Festival in Kent, Ohio, and the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Katie has been heard in recital at the 2018 International Horn Symposium at Ball State University, the 2016 International Horn Symposium at Ithaca College, and the 2015 International Horn Symposium at the Colburn School. Additionally, Katie has given recitals and masterclasses at universities across the United States and Canada. In May 2020, Katie released her first CD, La Loba, on the Summit Brass label with pianist, Kirstin Ihde. La Loba received the third prize award in the American Prize Competition and third prize in the Ernst Bacon Award for American Music Competition.

As an active chamber musician, Katie is a member of the Tennessee Brass Quintet and a founding member of the Cobalt Horn Quartet, winners of the 2018 International Horn Society Horn Quartet Competition – Professional Division.

Katie completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012 under the direction of Professor Emeritus Douglas Hill and Professor Daniel Grabois. While completing the Master of Music degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she worked closely with Professor Douglas Hill as a Bolz Fellow. In 2018, she was awarded a grant from the American Scandinavian Foundation to collaborate with Norwegian hornist and pedagogue, Frøydis Ree Wekre in Oslo, Norway. Katie completed her undergraduate studies in music and political science at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana.

ARTHUR ZANIN has performed in orchestral and chamber music settings in South America, the United States, and Europe. He is currently the Principal Trumpet of the Charlottesville Symphony and has appeared as a guest musician with a number of orchestras, including the Pittsburgh Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Hawaii Symphony and the Naples Philharmonic. Zanin worked as a freelancer in New York City performing in a variety of recitals, shows, and recordings in prestigious concert venues such as the Lincoln Center and the Kauffman Center. 

As an educator, Zanin holds the Assistant Professor of Trumpet position at University of Tennessee. He has held a private studio since 2006, a teaching assistant position at Rutgers University, and taught master classes to brass programs in colleges and high schools around the country. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Music; a new online publication being released in the Spring of 2021.

Zanin earned his Master of Music degree from the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver. He also attended the Manhattan School of Music where he earned a Performance Studies Certificate and completed his Doctor of Musical Arts from Rutgers University. He has also participated in numerous summer music programs in the U.S., such as the Aspen Music Festival and School and Music Academy of the West.