- Source: Jeff Nelsen
Jeff Nelsen (born December 11, 1969) is a Canadian French horn player. He is also a solo horn in the Canadian Brass and a Professor of horn at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. He has performed in the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra,, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra.
Biography
Nelsen studied music at McGill University in Montreal. While still at university, he won an audition for an orchestra spot, subsequently leaving school to take the position as fourth horn in the Winnipeg Symphony. The following year, he won the audition for fourth horn in the Montreal Symphony.
Nelsen has toured and recorded on and off for almost 20 years with Canadian Brass. He has performed recitals and concerti with orchestras in North and South America, Asia, Europe and Australia. He was recruited to Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, where he currently teaches.
Nelsen created a workshop called Fearless Performance, where he addresses common anxieties performing musicians face. Nelsen shared this seminar as part of a TEDx Talk. He has performed as a part of the orchestra for two Broadway shows (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and "The Pirate Queen"), toured with Michael Bolton and Barry Manilow, recorded of movie soundtracks, and performed in the horn sections of orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Montreal, Vancouver, and National Symphonies, and the Balkan Gypsy funk band of Slavic Soul Party. With Canadian Brass, Jeff has also performed with the Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestras, the symphonies of Atlanta, Baltimore, Buffalo, Colorado, Detroit, Houston, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New Jersey, Phoenix, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, with the esteemed German, London, and El Sistema brass ensembles, and special annual concerts with the principal brass of the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra. In December 2012, Nelsen performed with the “Distant Worlds - Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Concert” in Chicago. Nelsen has joined the Academy of Magical Arts at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles. Nelsen helped design his own model of Dieter Otto horn (180KA-JN) and his own mouthpiece as well. Nelsen is a member of the International Horn Society's advisory council and the board of directors for the International Horn Competition of America.
Discography Selections
Brahms Horn Trio: Op. 40 w/Mozart Horn Quintet, adapted for Horn Trio by Tony Rickard
2010, Opening Day Records
The Planets with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, conductor
2009, Telarc
Pirate Queen, Original Broadway Cast Recording
2007, Sony Classics
Failure to Launch
2006, Paramount Pictures
Lucky Number Slevin
2006, Capitol Films
Stan Kenton Christmas Carols - Boston Brass and Friends
2006, Summit Classical
Stealth
2003, Hal Leonard DVD
Elizabeth Rex Soundtrack
2003, Rhombus Media
I Found Love
Denzal Sinclaire
2002, Blue Note Records
Pitch Black
2000, Interscope Communications Pictures
The Bride of Chucky
1998, Midwinter Productions, Inc.
Air Bud
1997, Walt Disney Pictures
Berlioz Requiem
Montréal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
1995, London/Decca
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
Montréal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit, conductor
1994, London/Decca DVD
Recordings with Canadian Brass
Stars and Stripes- Canadian Brass Salute America
2010, Opening Day Records
Echo; Glory of Gabrieli
2009, Opening Day Records
Swing That Music
2009, Opening Day Records
Legends
2008, Opening Day Records
Bach
2008, Opening Day Records
High Society
2007, Opening Day Records
Christmas Tradition
2007, Opening Day Records
And So It Goes, Giles Tomkins
2006, Opening Day Records
Magic Horn
2004, Opening Day Records
Amazing Brass
2002, Opening Day Records
Holidays with Canadian Brass
2000, Opening Day Records
References
External links
Canadian Brass
Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University