Elizabeth Freimuth

Elizabeth Freimuth is the Professor of Horn at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Liz is currently on a leave of absence from her position as Principal Horn with the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestras. Before joining the CSO in 2006, Elizabeth was principal horn of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra (2005–2006), principal horn of the Kansas City Symphony (2000–2005) and assistant principal/utility horn of the Colorado Symphony (1998–2000).

Elizabeth has performed as the featured soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Butler County Symphony (PA), Johnson City Symphony Orchestra (TN), Overland Park Orchestra (KS) and the Lakewood Symphony (CO). She has also performed as a guest principal horn with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, KBS Symphony (Korea), Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony. She has been a Featured Artist at International Horn Symposiums at Ball State University (IN 2018), and University of Memphis (TN 2013), and a featured artist at the International Women’s Brass Conference, University of Northern Kentucky (2014).

Elizabeth has also served as an Adjunct instructor at the University of Cincinnati, CCM (2011–2024). From 2002–2005, she taught as the Horn Teacher at the University of Missouri in Kansas City Conservatory of Music. She has given numerous master classes and has done guest teaching at the New World Symphony in Miami, FL, Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, the Eastman School of Music, Rice University, the Beijing Conservatory in China, the University of Evansville, San Francisco Conservatory, Carnegie Mellon University, Dayton University, West Virginia University, The Ohio State University, University of Northern Colorado, the University of Northern Iowa, and Interlochen Center for the Arts. In 2011, she was the distinguished featured artist and clinician at Blast of Brass, a summer brass intensive for students in Dallas, TX.

During the summer, Elizabeth attends numerous music festivals to teach and perform. Some of those festivals have included Brevard Music Festival, Aspen, Sun Valley Music Festival, National Orchestra Institute, National Youth Orchestra, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. Since 2019, she has co-hosted a summer Horn Intensive at the Eastman School of Music for high school and pre-professional students.

In 2022, Elizabeth was invited to serve on the Board of Directors for the International Horn Competition of America and holds the position of Co-Director. She is also on the Advisory Council for the International Horn Society.

Elizabeth is a graduate and recipient of the coveted Performer's Certificate of the Eastman School of Music (B.M. Horn Performance and B.M. Instrumental Music Education). She is also a graduate of Rice University Shepherd School of Music (M.M.)

Adam Unsworth

Adam Unsworth is Professor of Horn at Northwestern University. He previously taught at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance (2007–2025). Prior to his time at Michigan, Adam was a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra (1998–2007) and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1995–1998). He is currently Principal Horn of the Ann Arbor Symphony.

As a soloist, Adam is featured on the Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s 2024 release Masks and Machines, performing Mondrian’s Studio by Paul Dooley. He has five recordings as a leader to his credit: Snapshots, a recording of contemporary classical music with composer/pianist Catherine Likhuta; Balance for jazz sextet and chamber orchestra; Just Follow Instructions: the chamber music of composer Daniel Schnyder; Next Step; and Excerpt This!, jazz recordings which received critical acclaim from jazz and classical reviewers alike. He appeared as soloist with the University of Michigan Symphony Band on the premiere performance of Mondrian’s Studio (2019) and the first studio recording of Dana Wilson’s Concerto for Horn and Wind Ensemble (2009).

Mr. Unsworth is a member of the New York-based Gil Evans Project big band, which received two Grammy nominations for its recordings Centennial and Lines of Color and won the 2013 Jazz Journalist Association Award for Large Jazz Ensemble of the Year. He is also part of Miho Hazama’s M-Unit band appearing on her 2023 release Beyond Orbits, and her Grammy-nominated recordings Dancer in Nowhere and Time River. He has been a guest musician with new music ensembles Alarm Will Sound, Meridian Arts Ensemble, and Ensemble Signal.

Adam received his formal training at Northwestern University (B.M. class of 1991) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison (M.M. 1994). He has toured Asia and Europe with the San Francisco Symphony and performs as a guest with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. For the past five years he has performed with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra and will serve as a faculty member at the Brevard Music Festival in the summer of 2025.