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Dr. Thomas Hiebert
Thomas
Hiebert is Professor of Music at California State University,
Fresno, where he has taught since 1987. He has concertized widely
as a recitalist on both valved and natural horn (often with his wife, Lenore
Voth Hiebert). Dr.
Hiebert has also performed as a member of many orchestras, including the
Boston Lyric Opera, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Nebraska Chamber Orchestra,
Lincoln Symphony, and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. He
has been principal horn of Fresno's Orpheus Chamber Ensemble since 1987 and
has performed as acting principal horn of the Fresno Philharmonic. Recent
concerts include a performance of Richard Strauss' Horn
Concerto No.1 with
the Tulare County Symphony, a faculty recital featuring works for Baroque
and Classical natural horn by Telemann and Dauprat, an appearance with the
California Woodwind Quintet (made up of Fresno State faculty wind players),
and a concert of works for Baroque natural horn by Telemann, Vernsberg and
Charles in Michaelstein, Germany.
Fresno State Horn Ensemble
As a complement to his performance activities, Dr. Hiebert has developed a strong interest in the history of the horn and discovering little-known repertory for the instrument. Dr. Hiebert has publications in The Horn Call, journal of the International Horn Society, the Historic Brass Society Journal, Early Music, a chapter on the horn in the baroque and classical periods for The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments, and one in Perspectives in Brass Scholarship: Proceedings of the International Historic Brass Symposium, Amherst, 1995 . For a new edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians he has written or revised twelve biographical entries on horn players. Mr. Hiebert has given lecture/demonstrations at national meetings of the College Music Society, the American Musicological Society, at a number of International Horn Society workshops, as well as at international horn and brass conferences in Michaelstein and Essen, Germany, and in Basel, Switzerland. He has regularly given presentations/demonstrations at the Historic Brass Society annual meetings in Amherst, Massachusetts, Storrs Connecticut, and Berkeley, California. Dr. Hiebert is active in California as a workshop clinician and performer and he hosts an annual Fresno State Horn Workshop at California State University, Fresno each spring.
Prof. Hiebert holds a doctorate in horn performance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music where he studied with Douglas Hill and Verne Reynolds respectively. Other teachers include Charles Kavalovski, former principal horn of the Boston Symphony, and at the Cologne Conservatory, Eric Penzel. Mr. Hiebert has taught previously at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.