Hornithology Ensemble is a consortium of classically-trained horn players from Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The members of Hornithology Ensemble are Rachel Daly, Jeremy Ronkin, Dave Rufino, Jeff Stewart, and Susan Winterbottom-Shadday. With a four-octave range, and over 100 years of combined playing experience, The Hornithology Ensemble plays an amazingly diverse repertoire of horn quartet and quintet music, from Bach to the jazzier arrangements of Lowell Shaw.
Hornithology Ensemble is deeply committed to music education. The ensemble will be joined by horn students from Norton, Mansfield, Taunton, Easton, Seekonk, Norfolk, Wrentham, Hopkinton, Nowood and Westwood.