Lynn Steeves

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EDUCATION

Stony Brook University. Doctorate of Musical Arts in Horn Performance
(4.0 GPA average on a 4.) scale) May 2010
Horn professors: William Purvis and Ann Ellsworth

Florida State University. Master of Music in Horn Performance,
(4.0 GPA average on a 4.0 scale) May 2008.
Horn professor: Michelle Stebleton.

University of Kentucky. Bachelor of Music in Horn Performance (minor in piano performance), (4.0 average on a 4.0 scale) May 2006.
Horn professor: David Elliott.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2010-present Adjunct Horn, Piano, and Music Appreciation Professor, Indiana University-Southeast, New Albany, IN

2010-present Sectionals Coach Male & Atherton High School, Louisville, KY

2010-present Private Horn & Piano Instructor, Louisville, KY

2009-2010 Adjunct Horn Professor, Five Towns College, Dix Hills, NY

2008-2010 Private Horn & Piano Instructor Long Island, NY
Duties: Teach weekly lessons to students age 7-57

2006-2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant of Horn, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Duties: Teaching approx. 6 hours of private lessons for both principal and performance majors per week, assisting in teaching a weekly freshman class to review basic skills such as breathing, tone production, and sight reading, coaching a brass quintet and horn quintet

2006-2008 Private Horn Instructor Tallahassee, FL
Duties: Teach weekly lessons to sixth through twelfth grade student

2007 Horn Instructor, Florida State University Summer Music Camps, Tallahassee, FL
Duties: Teach middle and high school students in a master class setting, covering all the basic playing fundamentals as well as teaching private horn lessons

2004, 2006, Brass Instructor, Marion County High School, Lebanon, KY
2007 Duties: Conducting horn and trumpet sectionals during band camp as well as helping with marching fundamentals and full band rehearsal

2005-2006 Horn Instructor, George Rodgers Clark High School, Winchester, KY
Duties: Teach weekly private lessons as well as conducting horn sectionals when needed

2005 Piano Instructor, Piano Preparatory Program, University of Kentucky
Duties: Teaching elementary students beginner piano and assisting with student recital

CLINICS AND WORKSHOPS

2010 Guest Artist, International Women's Brass Conference, Toronto, Canada

2010 Clinic, Northeast Horn Workshop, Newark, DE

2010 Regional Artist Recital, Northeast Horn Workshop Newark, DE

2010 Master Class, Morehead State University

2010 Clinic, Eastern Kentucky University

2010 Clinic, University of Louisville

2009 Master Class, University of Kentucky

2009 Clinic, Vanderbilt University

2009 Southeast Horn Workshop, Cullowhee, NC

2008 “Warm-Ups for Two,” International Horn Symposium, Denver, CO

2008 Southeast Horn Workshop, Columbus, GA

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

2010 Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, substitute

2010 New York Horn Ensemble, founding member

2009-present Paradigm Brass Quintet, founding member

2009 Hamptons Chamber Orchestra

2009 Stony Brook University Baroque Ensemble

2008-present Stony Brook University Symphony Orchestra

2008-present Long Island Concert Pops

2008-2009 Penn’s Woods Orchestra Festival, assistant/third horn

2008-2009 New York Brass Choir

2007-2008 Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, second horn

2007 Southwest Florida Symphony, substitute second horn

2006-2007 Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, substitute horn

2006-2008 Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, principal horn

2007 Florida State University Wind Orchestra, principal horn

2006-2008 Florida State University Chamber Winds, principal horn

2006-2008 Florida State University Graduate Brass Quintet

2006-2008 Florida State University Graduate Woodwind Quintet

2004-2005 Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, substitute

2002-2006 University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, associate principal horn

2002-2006 University of Kentucky Wind Ensemble, associate principal horn

2004-2006 University of Kentucky Opera Orchestra, second horn

RECORDINGS/ PUBLICATIONS

"The Adult Amateur Experience: A View from BothTeacher and Student," IHS Online
http://www.hornsociety.org/en/horn-call/online-articles/408-adult-am-barkan
Advice on how to teach an adult amateur hornist.

“Principal Horns in US Orchestras,” Horn Call February 2009. A listing of all principal hornists of the top 5 major orchestras in the United States from the time they were founded to the present day

“A Man of Many Talents: Paul Basler,” Horn Call May 2007. An interview with hornist and composer Paul Basler.

In Times Like These, released in 2007. This CD was produced by Rising Sun Records and was a project by Arlo Guthrie in conjunction with the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. It includes many of Guthrie’s most famous songs re-orchestrated to include the entire symphony orchestra.

Distilled in Kentucky: University of Kentucky Wind Ensemble, released in 2007. This CD was produced by Mark Masters and includes wind band standards as well as several premieres the UK wind ensemble had performed over the course of the 2005-2006 school year.

Music of the Horse, released 2006. This CD was a project commissioned by the Keeneland Race Course for the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra and includes classic orchestral literature related to horses.

University of Kentucky Wind Ensemble Volumes 1 and 2, released 2004. This CD includes recordings of live performances of the wind ensemble which were recorded, produced, and conducted by Timothy Reynish.

HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Florida State University Teaching Assistantship, 2006-2008

Omicron Delta Kappa Maurice A. Clay Award, 2006
In recognition of being selected the Outstanding Graduating Senior of the College of Fine Arts

Ralph McCracken Scholarship: Music Theory, 2005

Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts Scholarship, 2002-2006

Member of the International Horn Society, 2002-present

College Music Society, 2010-present



OTHER EXPERIENCE

Adjudicator, Florida State University Summer Music Camps, June 2007

Adjudicator, Tri-State Band Festival, November 2006, 2007

Office Assistant, Elmwood Inn Fine Teas, Summer 2006, 2007
Duties: Create an email and mailing database, make sales calls, help with packaging, assist with book publication

Assistant to the Student Affairs Director, University of Kentucky, Fall 2005
Duties: Help students register, assign rooms and lockers, assist the director of graduate studies with recruitment, auditions, and placement tests

REFERENCES
Available upon request.