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Email: rcttuhorn@gmail.com
Bio: "As an 8th grade-'late starter' with no horn instruction available to me through high school, I felt driven to be self-taught. Immediately by my sophomore year, I reached the competition ranks at the TMEA Area level. In my final two years, I consistently garnered 1st chair placements at both Region and Area competitions advancing to TMEA All-State, placing 4th overall my senior year. I then attended and majored in music at Texas Tech University, where I began my formal horn studies under my very first horn instructor, professor Anthony Brittin. Under his tutelage, I eventually earned principal and section leader positions in several ensembles, and won my first professional audition with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra at the age of 19. It is not only through my own hard work, but with the dedicated, patient instruction and inspiring guidance of my horn teachers, that I was able to resume my musical career after a 10 year hiatus. It is that very dedication and patience, along with my invaluable early self-learnings and experiences, that I wish to unselfishly share with our youth."