"I'd rather be playing than woodworking. D'Addario reeds are the best and most consistent available and allow me to focus on the music. "
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Brian Horner
"I'd rather be playing than woodworking. D'Addario reeds are the best and most consistent available and allow me to focus on the music. "
"Reserve reeds allow me a free and flexible tone, while also providing enough body to shade with overtones."
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ABOUT Brian Horner
Brian Horner has designed a multifaceted career as a saxophonist, educator, artist manager, author, and entrepreneur. A graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, where he studied with Donald Sinta, his 15-year university teaching career has included appointments at Middle Tennessee State University, Austin Peay State University, the University of Tennessee, and Western Kentucky University.
Horner has appeared at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Steinway Hall, and New York City's Mannes College of Music, as well as at the Glimmerglass Opera's Young Artist recital series in Cooperstown, NY. He’s also performed with the Nashville Symphony, the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, and the Gateway Chamber Orchestra. He has premiered more than a dozen new works for saxophone and his recordings with pianist Elizabeth Avery include Saxophone Music of M. Zachary Johnson - Live At Steinway Hall and Serenade - Music for Saxophone & Piano.
Brian is the owner of Sound Artist Support, CEO/CCO of Craft Brewed Music "the small batch streaming app," co-hosts The Craft Brewed Music Podcast with his longtime musical collaborator Aaron Stayman, and has authored a series of books for Kendall Hunt Publishing including Living The Dream...The Morning After Music School, Living The Dream...The Morning After Drama School (with David Alford), and Living The Dream...The Morning After Art School (with John Watson). He is a co-author, with Dr. Allison Adams, of Playing & Teaching the Saxophone - A Modern Approach.
Brian also presents music business and entrepreneurship lectures and saxophone clinics at colleges and conservatories around the country. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and daughter.
