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'''Jeff Nelsen''' (born December 11th, 1969) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[French horn]] player and is Professor of Horn at the [[Jacobs School of Music]] at [[Indiana University]] in [[Bloomington, IN]]. He has performed in the [[Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Montreal Symphony]], the [[New York Philharmonic]], and the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra|Chicago]], [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston]], [[Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra|Cincinnati]], [[St. Louis Symphony|St. Louis]], and [[National Symphony Orchestra|National]] symphonies.
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'''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|St. Louis Symphony Orchestra]], and [[National Symphony Orchestra]].<ref name="music.indiana.edu">{{Cite web |title=Jeff Nelsen: Current: Faculty: Jacobs School of Music: Indiana University Bloomington |url=https://music.indiana.edu/faculty/current/nelsen-jeff.html |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Jacobs School of Music |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==


Jeff is a horn player who has thrilled and inspired audiences and students around the world. While studying music at McGill University in Montreal, Jeff won an audition for an orchestra. He left school to take the position as fourth horn in the [[Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra|Winnipeg Symphony]]; the following year he won the audition for fourth horn in the [[Montreal Symphony Orchestra|Montreal Symphony.]]
Nelsen studied music at [[McGill University]] in [[Montreal]]. While at university, he won an audition for an orchestral spot, subsequently leaving school to take the position as fourth horn in the [[Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra|Winnipeg Symphony]]. The following year, he won an audition for fourth horn in the [[Montreal Symphony Orchestra|Montreal Symphony.]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Creps |first=Marci |date=18 May 2014 |title=Losing the fear key to performance success |url=https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/entertainment/2014/05/18/losing-the-fear-key-to-performance-success/47733413/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=The Herald-Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

Since then, and for the past twenty years Jeff has been living his dreams full out and fearlessly. Jeff toured and recorded for eight years with [[Canadian Brass]], he has performed recitals and concerti with orchestras in North and South America, Asia, Europe, and Australia, and he is a professor at the prestigious [[Indiana University]] [[Jacobs School of Music]].

Jeff’s biggest passion is talking others into reaching their dreams through what he calls Fearless Performance. The world agrees this is an important subject, as this is a topic on which Jeff recently gave a [[TEDx |TEDx Talk]]. Other performing experiences for Jeff have included playing the full run of two Broadway shows ("[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]" and "[[The Pirate Queen]]" - two of Broadway's most expensive flops – as a result, he's not allowed back there!), touring with [[Michael Bolton]] and [[Barry Manilow]], recording dozens of movie soundtracks, and performing in the horn sections of orchestras including the [[New York Philharmonic]], the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra|Chicago]], [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston]], [[Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra|Cincinnati]], [[St. Louis Symphony|St. Louis]], [[Montreal Symphony Orchestra|Montreal]], [[Vancouver Symphony Orchestra|Vancouver]], and [[National Symphony Orchestra|National]] Symphonies, and the Balkan Gypsy funk band of [[Slavic Soul Party!|Slavic Soul Party]]. With [[Canadian Brass]], Jeff has also performed with the [[Philadelphia Orchestra|Philadelphia]] and [[Cleveland Orchestra|Cleveland]] Orchestras, the symphonies of [[Atlanta Symphony Orchestra|Atlanta]], [[Baltimore Symphony Orchestra|Baltimore]], [[Buffalo Symphony Orchestra|Buffalo]], [[Colorado Symphony Orchestra|Colorado]], [[Detroit Symphony Orchestra|Detroit]], [[Houston Symphony|Houston]], [[Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra|Milwaukee]], [[Minnesota Symphony Orchestra|Minnesota]], [[New Jersey Symphony Orchestra|New Jersey]], [[Phoenix Symphony|Phoenix]], [[Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra|Rotterdam]], [[San Francisco Symphony|San Francisco]], [[Seattle Symphony|Seattle]], [[Toronto Symphony Orchestra|Toronto]], with the esteemed [[German Brass|German]], [[London Brass|London]], and [[El Sistema]] brass ensembles, and special annual concerts with the principal brass of the [[New York Philharmonic]] and [[Philadelphia Orchestra]]. Most recently, in December, 2012, Jeff had a blast performing with the “Distant Worlds - Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Concert” in Chicago.

Jeff’s other most recent exciting accomplishment is becoming a magician member of the “[[Academy of Magical Arts]]” at the world famous [[Magic Castle]] in Los Angeles. Jeff helped design his own model of [http://www.siegfriedscall.com/collections/horns/products/180k-jn-jeff-nelsen-model Dieter Otto] horn (180KA-JN) and his own [http://www.siegfriedscall.com/collections/mouthpieces/products/jeff-nelsen-personal-mouthpiece mouthpiece] as well. Jeff gives back to the horn community as a member of the [[International Horn Society]]'s advisory council and the board of directors for the [http://www.ihcamerica.org/ International Horn Competition of America].

== Media Links ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ko1pS9LeTg/ TEDxBloomington -- Jeff Nelsen -- "Fearless Performance"]
* [http://indianapublicmedia.org/arts/fearless-performance-post/ Fearless Performance for Musicians - Indiana Public Media]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syx7DhUFo9Q/ Brahms Horn Trio - Interview Video]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J-0-n4jTrs/ Brahms Horn Trio - Performance Video]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kar1O-1Ckk/ Jeff Nelsen plays Nagy's Happy Blues on french horn in Chile]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E28u95e7YTc/ Canadian Brass, Paganini Variations feat. Jeff Nelsen, horn]

Jeff Nelsen was a huge hit as one of the featured artists at the 37th [[International Horn Society]] Symposium ( June 2005). He is one of the most dynamic individuals that I have ever worked with, and is among the finest horn players that I have ever heard. If you know Jeff, you are better for it. If you don’t know Jeff, you should.
: — Skip Snead, Director of the School of Music, [[University of Alabama]]


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|Indiana University's]] [[Jacobs School of Music]], where he currently teaches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeff Nelsen: Current: Faculty: Jacobs School of Music: Indiana University Bloomington |url=https://music.indiana.edu/faculty/current/nelsen-jeff.html |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=Jacobs School of Music |language=en-US}}</ref>


Nelsen created a workshop called Fearless Performance, where he addresses common anxieties performing musicians face.<ref name=":0" /> Nelsen shared this seminar as part of a [[TEDx|TEDx Talk]]. He has performed as a part of the orchestra for two Broadway shows ([[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]] and "[[The Pirate Queen]]"), toured with [[Michael Bolton]] and [[Barry Manilow]], and performed in the Balkan Gypsy funk band of [[Slavic Soul Party!|Slavic Soul Party]]. Nelsen has joined the [[Academy of Magical Arts]] at the [[Magic Castle]] in Los Angeles.


== Discography Selections ==
== Discography Selections ==
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*: [[Charles Dutoit]], conductor
*: [[Charles Dutoit]], conductor
*: 1994, London/Decca DVD
*: 1994, London/Decca DVD



'''Recordings with Canadian Brass'''
'''Recordings with Canadian Brass'''
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*: 2000, Opening Day Records
*: 2000, Opening Day Records


==References==

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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.jeffnelsen.com/ Official website]
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* [http://www.canadianbrass.com/ Canadian Brass]
* [http://www.canadianbrass.com/ Canadian Brass]
* [http://music.indiana.edu/ Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University]
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Latest revision as of 19:28, 7 January 2025

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.[1]

Biography

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Nelsen studied music at McGill University in Montreal. While at university, he won an audition for an orchestral spot, subsequently leaving school to take the position as fourth horn in the Winnipeg Symphony. The following year, he won an audition for fourth horn in the Montreal Symphony.[2]

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.[3]

Nelsen created a workshop called Fearless Performance, where he addresses common anxieties performing musicians face.[2] 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, and performed in the Balkan Gypsy funk band of Slavic Soul Party. Nelsen has joined the Academy of Magical Arts at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles.

Discography Selections

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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

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  1. ^ "Jeff Nelsen: Current: Faculty: Jacobs School of Music: Indiana University Bloomington". Jacobs School of Music. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. ^ a b Creps, Marci (18 May 2014). "Losing the fear key to performance success". The Herald-Times. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  3. ^ "Jeff Nelsen: Current: Faculty: Jacobs School of Music: Indiana University Bloomington". Jacobs School of Music. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
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