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The Columbus State University Horn Studio
The horn studio at Columbus State University’s Schwob School of Music warmly welcomes all those attending the Southeast Horn Workshop. The studio is composed of undergraduate students with majors in horn performance, music education, and music (BA). In addition to weekly masterclasses, the horn studio generally gathers once a week, joined by horn players from the greater CSU and Columbus community for Horn Choir. This ensemble has performed regularly at Southeast Workshops and performs often at area churches. They recently appeared in recital at the Columbus Public Library and, with the CSU Trombone Choir, sponsor an annual Holiday Sing at the Rivercenter for area schoolchildren.
The horn studio is a diverse group of students, active in performance, education, and academics. Current students are members of the CSU Honors Program, the Servant Leadership program, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Mu Phi Epsilon, and Eta Sigma Phi, to name a few. In the last six months, horn students have joined CSU CSU students in study abroad opportunities, visiting the Bahamas, Paris, Italy, and Oxford.
The horn studio is also fond of eating. If you happen to be in the neighborhood on a Tuesday night, before horn choir, be sure to stop in for a taste of Horn Dinner.
If you are interested in learning more about the CSU Horn Studio or about auditioning for the Schwob School of Music, please email Dr. Kristen Hansen.
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Kristen Hansen
Kristen S. Hansen is Associate Professor of Horn in the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University. She holds the DMA and the MM in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and she previously received the degree Bachelor of Music summa cum laude from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Her teachers have included Peter Kurau, Kendall Betts, and Verne Reynolds. After completing Master’s coursework in Rochester, Dr. Hansen was the director of high school and middle school bands in the Fonda-Fultonville district in central New York. Concurrently, she played as assistant and then principal horn with the Schenectady Symphony Orchestra. She has taught and performed at the Kendall Betts Horn Camp, and has appeared as a Regional Artist and a lecturer at annual conventions of the International Horn Society and the Southeast Horn Workshop. Dr. Hansen is spending the fall semester as Site Director at CSU’s Spencer House in Oxford, England, and is a Visiting Fellow of Greyfriars College (Oxon.). An active recitalist, Dr. Hansen also plays second horn in the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and is active with the Columbus Brass.
Columbus State University Schwob School of Music
The Schwob School of Music of Columbus State University, one of the leading and fastest-growing music schools in the Southeast, is housed in the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts in downtown Columbus, Georgia. The RiverCenter includes three concert halls and an instructional facility among the finest in the country. Over 7200 students attend CSU classes on a 132-acre suburban campus convenient to Columbus’ many attractions, located just ninety minutes southwest of Atlanta.
The artist faculty of the Schwob School of Music serves an internationally diverse student body, and the school’s performing organizations provide a variety of performance opportunities. The Schwob School of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, and the Georgia Department of Education. The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredits Columbus State University.
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