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Welcome from Dr. Steven Gross and the
Horn Studio at the University of California at Santa Barbara! About Our Studio UCSB offers high-quality horn instruction and playing opportunities in the context of a major comprehensive university. Dr. Gross is the only full-time horn
teacher in the University of California system. Our beachside campus is
located just 100 miles north of Los Angeles. Feel free to contact us! Professor Gross Biography Steven Gross is Professor of Horn at the University of California−Santa Barbara. Dr. Gross is also a former member of the Atlanta Symphony, National Symphony, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. His international solo appearances include the Orchester der Stadt Vöcklabruck in Austria, Moscow Conservatory, L'Abri International Arts Festival in Switzerland, Nairobi Symphony in Kenya, NTUA Wind Ensemble in Taiwan, and the Camerata Filarmonia Bohemia of Prague. His Carnegie Hall debut was described by the New York Concert Review as "offering some of the cleanest articulation and purest musicality." Dr. Gross has released four solo CDs with orchestra on the Summit label. Gramophone Magazine praised his playing for its "subtle flair and vibrant character," as well as its "suave and poetic conversation." Reviews from the American Record Guide describe his playing as "outstanding, striking the right balance between thoughtfulness and verve, planning and spontaneity...an excellent tone and the ability and temperament to play heroically." Horn Call magazine states that the "soloist plays technically flawlessly and highly expressively throughout...Highly recommended." In 2008, Dr. Gross was awarded the Stich-Punto Commemorative Plaque from the Czech Horn Society for outstanding devotion to Czech horn music. He is only the second American to receive this award. He has given international masterclasses at music schools in Zurich, Basel, Lucerne, and Winterthur, Switzerland, the Moscow Conservatory, Royal Academy of Music in London, and in Gmunden and Vöcklabruck, Austria. Dr. Gross has been a featured artist at Hornclass in the Czech Republic, and in South Africa at the Stellenbosch Conservatory and the University of Cape Town. In 2010, he was a faculty artist at the First International Music Festival at SIAS University in China. Dr. Gross was also Visiting Professor of Horn at the National Taiwan University for Arts (NTUA). In the United States he has presented concerts and masterclasses at the Eastman School, Peabody and Oberlin Conservatories, and Indiana, Southern Methodist, Baylor, and Temple Universities, among others. At the age of 21, Steven Gross won the First International Heldenleben Horn Competition. He now is Director of the International Horn Competition of America, North America´s leading solo event for horn. In addition to being a faculty member of the MasterWorks Music Festival, his summers include performing as Principal horn of the Oregon Coast Festival Orchestra. Steven Gross considers his family his greatest pride and joy−his wife Julie and two children, Mike and Katie. Listen to the Strauss Horn Concerto No. 2 first movement from his CD Strauss (DCD 441, used with permission from Summit Records). Dr. Gross performs with the Philharmonia Orchestra of Bratislava and Dale Clevenger, conductor.
The following scholarships are available
to horn majors at UCSB. Unless noted otherwise, a separate
application is not required.
Master of Music in Horn Performance
Doctor of Musical Arts in Horn
Bachelor of Music (BM) Degree Note: Application deadline is November 30. Play two contrasting etudes or solos, and an orchestral
excerpt of your choice. The admisssions deadline is January 15. All applications, supplemental materials and test scores must be received by this date if you wish to be considered for admission and financial aid. Applications received after this date will be considered for scholarships as funds are available. If not applying for financial aid, graduate application deadlines are:
UCSB Music Department auditions are held
the last weekend of January, or by arrangement with Dr. Gross. In
person auditions are required for graduate degrees. Master of Music (MM) Degree Audition Requirements Play a solo comparable to Richard Strauss Concerto No. 1 or Mozart Concerto No. 2, and prepare all of the following orchestral excerpts:
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) Degree Audition Requirements The following four parts comprise the DMA audition requirements: 1.) An unaccompanied solo of your choice. 2.) Your choice of a complete concerto: Richard Strauss Concerto No. 2, Othmar Schoek Concerto Op. 65, Gordon Jacob Concerto, or comparable work. Please check with Dr. Gross if you wish to play an alternate concerto. In the event that you are not able to bring your own accompanist, we will make every effort to provide one. 3.) Prepare all of the following orchestral excerpts:
4.) Interview with faculty. Be prepared to discuss your research interests. Visiting Artists and Workshops UCSB has hosted the American Horn Competition, the Dale Clevenger Workshop, Great Western Horn Symposium, and the Santa Barbara Horn Symposium. A partial list of guest artists appearing on campus include:
UCSB hornists perform in two major ensembles, the University Symphony Orchestra and the Wind Ensemble. Both groups operate on the philosophy of one player per part. Assignments are rotated so that all musicians receive a variety of performing opportunities. The Symphony's season includes concerts with major orchestral repertoire, a fully staged opera, and a concerto program. Other groups include the Ensemble for Contemporary Music (ECM), and various chamber music ensembles. All ensembles present at least one quarterly concert. The Maurice Faulkner Brass Quintet is the elite ensemble of the brass program. The quintet has toured throughout California and other states, and recorded in the University's Kerr Hall studios. The ensemble is named for the late Dr. Maurice Faulkner, famed UCSB brass performer and teacher. The scholarships are generously funded by the estate of his widow, Suzanne Faulkner. A weekly Brass Repertoire Class explores major orchestral literature. This class also includes mock auditions, guided listening, preparing resumes, and field trips. A weekly Master Class / Horn Ensemble supplements horn study at UCSB. The Horn Ensemble tours throughout California and neighboring states and performs at workshops, most recently Hornswoggle in New Mexico and the Western U.S. Horn Symposium in Nevada.
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