Q Sessions: Make your practice count - Learn effective practice techniques

Quadre - The Voice of Four Horns

Step into our virtual studios! Amy Jo Rhine leads "Make your practice count - Learn effective practice techniques"

Quadre invites you to step into our virtual classrooms and studios. Members Amy Jo and Daniel with guest crossover artist Adam Unsworth are excited to offer a new series of masterclasses, “Bite-sized sessions with Quadre.” Bios listed below. In each one-hour session, participants will hear from our artists and then move to small group breakout rooms based on their experience for more individual advice and comments.<h3></h3><h3>Make your practice count - Learn effective practice techniques</h3>Sunday, September 20 at 5pm PSTLead Presenter - Amy Jo, Third Horn, Los Angeles Philharmonic(Joined by Adam Unsworth and Daniel Wood)$20/session. Every person who signs up gets one-on-one personal attention and gets broadcast on YouTube. By signing up, you give us permission to take screen shots for marketing purposes. Enrollment is limited to 30 participants per session. Scholarships are available. Got questions? Email us at info@quadre.org.Proceeds from ticket sales support Quadre&#x27;s non-profit work in the community.We look forward to meeting you soon!Upcoming Seminars:<h3>Bring your music to life - How to approach a new piece</h3>Sunday, September 27 at 5pm PSTLead Presenter - Daniel Wood, Professor of Musicianship and Composition, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Pre-College Division(Joined by Amy Jo Rhine and Adam Unsworth)<h3></h3><h3>Play off the page - How to start improvising</h3>Sunday, October 4 at 5pm PSTLead Presenter - Adam Unsworth (guest artist), Professor of Horn, University of Michigan, Crossover Artist(Joined by Amy Jo Rhine and Daniel Wood)

<h3>Speaker Bios</h3>Adam UnsworthAdam Unsworth is professor of horn at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre &amp; Dance. Prior to his appointment in Ann Arbor, Adam was a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra (1998-2007) and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1995-1998). He has toured Asia and Europe with the San Francisco Symphony, is a frequent guest with the Detroit Symphony, and is Principal Horn of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.Adam is dedicated to commissioning and performing works of living composers, expanding the modern repertoire to extended the boundaries of the horn. Adam has five recordings as a leader to his credit that encompass a wide variety of music: Balance (2014), a jazz recording for horn, jazz sextet and chamber orchestra, Snapshots (2013), a recording of contemporary classical music in collaboration with composer/pianist Catherine Likhuta, Just Follow Instructions (2009), featuring the chamber music of saxophonist/composer Daniel Schnyder, Next Step (2008) and Excerpt This! (2006) – jazz recordings which received critical acclaim from both jazz and classical reviewers. He was soloist on the premiere of Mondrain’s Studio, a concerto by Paul Dooley for horn and wind ensemble, and the premiere recording of Dana Wilson’s Concerto for Horn and Wind Ensemble with the University of Michigan Symphony Band.Adam is a member of the New York-based Gil Evans Centennial Project, which has received two Grammy nominations for its recordings Centennial and Lines of Color, and won the 2013 Jazz Journalist Association Award for Large Jazz Ensemble of the Year. He is also part of Japanese big band leader Miho Hazama’s M-Unit Band and has appeared on her most recent recordings, Dancer in Nowhere and Time River. He has been as guest musician with new music ensembles Alarm Will Sound, the Meridian Arts Ensemble, Ensemble Signal, Ensemble Linea, and the Slee Sinfonietta.A former faculty member at Temple University, Adam has appeared as a recitalist and clinician at many universities across the United States, and has made several solo and chamber appearances at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. Unsworth received his formal training at Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Amy Jo RhineA native of Lebanon Pennsylvania, Amy Jo Rhine was appointed by Gustavo Dudamel as Third Horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic during the 2014–15 season. She was a member of the Memphis-based IRIS orchestra from 2001–2014 and held associate and principal horn positions with the Colorado Music Festival from 1997–2014. Prior to her family’s move to Southern California in 2012, they spent nine years in St Louis, MO where she enjoyed a diverse professional life teaching from her home private studio, held adjunct faculty positions at both Webster and Maryville Universities, and played regularly with the St Louis Symphony.From 1996–2001, Amy was the Assistant Professor of Horn at Wichita State University and Principal Horn with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra. While in Wichita, she was a member of the Lieurance Woodwind Quintet and Wichita Brass Quintet. Prior to that she held the Principal Horn position with the Louisiana Philharmonic in New Orleans to which she made significant administrative contributions in that cooperative ensemble.Amy is an active performer in the Los Angeles recording studios and frequently performs and teaches at Horn workshops in the United States.Amy received her training from Verne Reynolds at the Eastman School of Music earning a BM degree and Performer’s Certificate and with James Decker at the University of Southern California graduating with a MM degree.Amidst busy performance schedules, Amy and her husband, Greg Roosa, reserve ample time to discover the finer points of basketball and Legos with their sons, Norty and Sutton.Daniel WoodA multi-faceted artist, Daniel has written and performed improvisational solo shows for the horn, piano, and electronics. After his residency with Quadre in 1999–2000 in Alabama, Daniel became deeply drawn to the issues of access to the arts, the environment, and society’s insatiable consumption of products.Compositionally, Daniel’s works favor intimate groups in the classical and jazz mediums. His pieces evoke a sense of time and place, leading listeners to reflect, cherish, and often times, smile. He founded Solid Wood Publishing to showcase new works for horn.Daniel has performed with numerous chamber ensembles, opera and ballet companies, new music ensembles and orchestras. He has toured extensively as a member of Quadre as well as with the Mark Growden Quintet, Avenue Winds Quintet, and Teal Crane Trio. He has lectured on the Business of Music for the American Federation of Musicians, San Francisco Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, University of Oregon, and International Horn conferences.In 2002, Daniel founded the digital arts program for the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View, CA where he also taught horn and music composition until 2013. Currently, he is the chair of musicianship and composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Pre-College Division. He also maintains a private studio in his hometown of Mountain View, CA. Daniel received his BA in music from UCLA.When not delving into the latest musical project, Daniel enjoys spending time with his wife and three kids on hikes, bike rides and adventurous trips.

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