Jeff NelsenJeff Nelsen (born December 11, 1969) is a Canadian French horn player. He is also a solo horn in the Canadian Brass and a Professor of horn at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. He has performed in the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra.[1] BiographyNelsen studied music at McGill University in Montreal. While at university, he won an audition for an orchestral spot, subsequently leaving school to take the position as fourth horn in the Winnipeg Symphony. The following year, he won an audition for fourth horn in the Montreal Symphony.[2] Nelsen has toured and recorded on and off for almost 20 years with Canadian Brass. He has performed recitals and concerti with orchestras in North and South America, Asia, Europe, and Australia. He was recruited to Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, where he currently teaches.[3] Nelsen created a workshop called Fearless Performance, where he addresses common anxieties performing musicians face.[2] Nelsen shared this seminar as part of a TEDx Talk. He has performed as a part of the orchestra for two Broadway shows (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and "The Pirate Queen"), toured with Michael Bolton and Barry Manilow, and performed in the Balkan Gypsy funk band of Slavic Soul Party. Nelsen has joined the Academy of Magical Arts at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles. Discography selections
Recordings with Canadian Brass
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