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Lin Foulk
Lin Foulk is Associate Professor of Horn at Western Michigan University, where she teaches horn, coaches chamber ensembles, and is a member of the Western Brass Quintet and Western Wind Quintet. She has performed with Boston Brass, Monarch Brass, and as a soloist at four International Horn Symposia (including Valencia, Spain). In Michigan she frequently performs with the Fontana Chamber Ensemble as well as the Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Battle Creek Symphony Orchestras. She has served as Principal Horn with the Oshkosh and Manitowoc Symphony Orchestras, was a member of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and the Wisconsin Wind Orchestra (with which she toured the Netherlands in 2001) and has frequently performed as substitute and extra musician with the Milwaukee and Madison Symphony Orchestras. With the Western Brass Quintet she has performed in Carnegie Hall in New York City; in Bangkok, Thailand; Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia; Chengdu, China; and at universities across the United States. She performed and presented classes in Tegucigalpa, Honduras with the Western Wind Quintet. During the summer, she teaches horn and chamber music at the Kendall Betts Horn Camp in Lyman, New Hampshire.
Jeffrey Agrell
Associate Professor of Horn Jeffrey Agrell joined the faculty of the University of Iowa in 2000 after a first career as Associate Principal Horn of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. He has degrees from St Olaf College and the University of Madison-Wisconsin, with further study at the Institut de Hautes Etudes Musicales in Montreux and at the Basel Conservatory in Switzerland. At the UI School of Music he currently teaches horn, directs the horn choir, and is a member of the Iowa Brass Quintet.
Professor Agrell has won awards as both a writer and composer, with over one hundred published articles and many compositions published, recorded on CD, and performed on concerts stage, competitions, and festivals, and broadcast on radio and TV worldwide. He has completed two terms on the Advisory Council of the International Horn Society. Summers he is on the faculty of the prestigious Kendall Betts Horn Camp, and has been on the faculty of the Asian Youth Orchestra in Hong Kong. He frequently gives concerts, workshops, and lectures nationally and internationally. Recent recordings include the CD"Repercussions" with pianist Evan Mazunik, "Mosaic" with Duende (horn, cello, piano) on MSR Classics, and "Side Show Tim" with Cerberus (horn, trumpet, tuba) on Dane Records.
Especially interested in music with horn by female composers, Dr. Foulk has performed and presented lectures on works by women and female performers at universities and festivals throughout the United States. Her first compact disc, “Four Elements: Works for Horn and Piano by Female Composers,” was released in 2004. She has also published an annotated guide to works for horn and piano by female composers and a website at www.linfoulk.org, which lists over 1,000 works with horn by female composers. She currently serves on the Board of the International Women’s Brass Conference (she co-hosted the IWBC Conference in 2012) and she recently served on the Board of the International Alliance for Women in Music, in which she organized IAWM’s only public annual event for three seasons, a concert held in various cities throughout the United States.
Dr. Foulk received the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Her principal teachers include Douglas Hill, Nancy Cochran, Lawrence Lowe, and Bruce Heim. Originally from Macon, Missouri, she has dedicated herself to music since her teens, receiving the Governor’s Scholar Award (sponsored attendance at the Interlochen Arts Camp) in 1994 and a National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Award in 1993.
Those interested in booking Prof. Agrell for workshops, concerts, or lectures may click here for contact information. High school players and band directors are invited to ask about clinics, horn ensemble sessions, All-State audition preparation, and private or group lessons.
Selected appearances (concert performance, lecture, workshop) by Prof. Agrell:
University concerts and workshops: Montreal Conservatory, University of Texas-Austin, Cincinnati Conservatory, Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano, Switzerland), Royal Academy of Music (London, England), University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana, SUNY-Purchase (Purchase, NY), Indiana University, University of North Texas, University of Dayton, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Western Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Columbus State University, James Madison University, Central Washington University, Western Illinois University, University of Northern Iowa, Fort Hays State University, Luther College, University of Wisconsin-Osh Kosh, Grinnell College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Cedarville University, University of Northern Florida, Drake University.
Festival appearances as featured guest artist: Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival (Juneau, Alaska), Cottonwood Chamber Music Festival (Hays, Kansas), Schweizer Horn Tage (Sarnen, Switzerland), Horn Day - Montreal Conservatory
Faculty member: Kendall Betts Horn Camp (Lyman, New Hampshire) since 2007, former faculty member - Asian Youth Orchestra (Hong Kong), Shell Lake Arts Center (Shell Lake, Wisconsin)
Performances and/or presentations at International Horn Society Symposia in Memphis (TN), Macomb (Illinois), Denver (CO), La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), Cape Town (South Africa), Tuscaloosa (Alabama), Bloomington (Indiana), and Kalamazoo (Michigan)
Regional workshops: 2013 Midwest Horn Workshop (Oshkosh, WI), 2011 Mid-South Horn Workshop (Lawrence, KS), 2006 Northeast Horn Workshop (Burlington, VT), 2006 Midwest Horn Workshop (Stevens Point, WI), 2002 Midwest Horn Workshop (Oshkosh, WI), 2003 Southeast Horn Workshop (Columbus, GA)
Host for the Iowa Horn Workshop - Summer 2012
Presentations at conferences and other symposia: 2011 Nova Scotia Music Educator’s Conference (keynote speaker), 2008 College Music Society Conference (Atlanta), 2007 ISIM Conference (Northwestern University), 2006 American Music Therapy Association national convention (Kansas City), 2005 College Music Society conference (Quebec, Canada), Second International Conference on Teaching Improvisation and Composition (Michigan State University, 2005), 2003 Minnesota Music Educator's Association Conference (Minneapolis)
Improvisation Workshop for Horn, co-host with John Clarke: 2008 in Heath, MA; 2007 at SUNY-Purchase, NY
