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Bill Barnewitz is the principal horn with the
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 1995. Previously,
Barnewitz served as guest principal horn with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
and the symphonies of Atlanta and St. Louis. He also plays principal horn
in the Santa Fe Opera orchestra and appears regularly at the Santa Fe
Chamber Music Festival. Barnewitz has two solo recordings.The most recent
is "Functionlust"on Summit Records, which is a chamber music
recording with fellow MSO colleagues and friends performing works by Donizetti,
Mozart, Berlioz and Brahms.
Growing up in Reno, Nevada, Barnewitz was surrounded by
some of the world's great jazz musicians. He was drawn to the French horn
after witnessing a London Symphony Orchestra performance of Mahler's Symphony
#3, which begins with nine horns in unison. Barnewitz spent two years
studying with Fredrick Bergstone at the North Carolina School of the Arts,
and later studied at The Juilliard School. Early in his career, he spent
ten years with the Utah Symphony, and also played in the busy recording
studios of Salt Lake City. To his credit are over 200 motion picture sound
tracks, numerous television productions, commercials, sports, news, and
entertainment music.
Barnewitz is a faculty member at Northwestern University,
and has taught at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and Lawrence
University. He is a regular guest clinician at the University of Wisconsin
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