Horns A Plenty Christmas

Horns a Plenty Christmas returns to Uihlein Hall stage on Nov. 29, after having almost 100 horns at the same venue in 2009. The guest soloist for this Horns a Plenty Christmas will be Daniel Grabois, newly appointed Professor of Horn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Schedule for the day:
4:30 PM - Masterclass with Daniel Grabois
6:10 PM - Mass horn choir rehearsal
7:00 PM - Concert

Concert is free and open to the public.

Daniel Grabois is the newly appointed professor of horn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of music. The former Chair of the Department of Contemporary Performance at the Manhattan School of Music, he is the hornist in the Meridian Arts Ensemble, a sextet of brass and percussion soon to celebrate its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary. With Meridian, he has performed over fifty world premieres, released ten CD’s, received two ASCAP/CMA Adventuresome Programming Awards, and toured worldwide, in addition to recording or performing with rock legends Duran Duran and Natalie Merchant and performing the music of Frank Zappa for the composer himself.