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International soloist, chamber musician. Emeritus Principal Horn,Orpheus. Faculty, MSM, Mannes College, Queens College-CUNY, Stonybrook-SUNY.
David Jolley has thrilled audiences throughout the world with his “remarkable virtuosity”
(New York Times), and has been hailed as “a soloist second to none” by Gramophone Magazine. He has traveled extensively in North and South America, Europe, East Asia, and Japan, sustaining an active performance career. A chamber artist of unusual sensitivity and range, Mr. Jolley has frequently collaborated with such groups as the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, the Guarneri Quartet, the American String Quartet, the Beaux Arts Trio, Musicians from Marlboro, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Mr. Jolley is a member of the quintet Windscape, the Trio Valtorna with Ida Kavafian and Gilles Vonsattel, and the New York Brass Arts Trio, with Joe Burgstaller and Haim Avitsur. He is also a founding member, now Emeritus, of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, with whom he toured widely and made over two dozen recordings for the Deutsche Grammophon label.
A frequent soloist with orchestra, Mr. Jolley has appeared with symphonies across the US, including Detroit, Rochester, Memphis, San Antonio, Phoenix, Florida West Coast,
New Mexico, and Vermont; internationally, he has appeared with the National Symphony of Brazil in Rio de Janiero, the Kamerata Orchestra of Athens, Greece, the Israel Sinfonietta, and the Israel Kamerata in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Mr. Jolley recently performed with the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra in Enschede, where he performed Joseph Swenson’s Horn Concerto: The Fire and the Rose.
Mr. Jolley’s keen interest in enlarging the solo horn literature has led to the composition of many new works for him, including Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Concerto, which Mr. Jolley premiered with Orpheus at Carnegie Hall. Other memorable works composed for Mr. Jolley include Twilight Music by John Harbison, Dust and Shiver by George Tsontakis, and George Perle’s Duos for Horn and String Quartet, premiered by Mr. Jolley and the Orion String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall.
He has performed in many summer festivals, including Marlboro, Sarasota, Aspen, Mostly Mozart, the Music Academy of the West, Vail, and Music from Angel Fire. Mr. Jolley has six solo recordings under the Arabesque label, including Mozart Concerti and Strauss Concerti with the Israel Sinfonietta. Mr. Jolley is Professor of Horn and Brass Studies at Queens College-City University of New York, Horn and Chamber Music at the Manhattan School of Music, Mannes School of Music, and Stonybrook University.
Experience & Education
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Juilliard School, B.M., M.S. Degrees, Presently faculties of Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, New School, Aaron Copland School of Music-CUNY, and Stonybrook University-SUNY. 1987 – Present
Professor of Horn since 1987Founding Member, Principal Horn, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, 1974-2000. Soloist and guest artist, touring, with Guarneri String Quartet, Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Beaux Arts Trio, Musicians from Marlboro, Chamber Society of Lincoln Center. -
Windscape Wind Quintet, New York Brass Arts Trio, Valtorna Trio. 1995 – Present
Founding memberWindscape Artist Members include Tara Helen O'Connor, Randall Ellis, Alan Kay, Frank Morelli. Valtorna Artist Members include Ida Kavafian, Gilles Vonsattel. New York Brass Arts Trio Artist Members include Joe Burgstaller, Haim Avitsur -
Jolley-Fleisher-Tree-O 2002 – 2008
Solo Horn with Leon Fleisher and Michael TreeAcclaimed trio with tours throughout the United States. -
Marlboro Festival 1977 – 1997
ParticipantSummers and extensive concertizing and recordings with Musicians from Marlboro under the direction of Rudolf Serkin. -
Aspen Music Festival 1989 – 1996
Principal Horn and TeacherPrincipal Horn, chamber artist and teacher -
Sarasota, Bravo!Colorado, Music From Angel Fire, Music Academy of the West 1987 – 2007
Horn Soloist, chamber musician, and teacherHorn soloist, chamber musician, teacher -
Deutsche Grammophon Recordings 1980 – 2000
recordings with Deutsche GrammophonOver two dozen recordings with DG, including Mozart Horn Concerti with Orpheus. -
Arabesque Solo Horn Recordings 2000 – Present
Horn soloistSolo Horn Concerti and Chamber works from German, French, British, and American repertoire. -
Premieres of solo horn works by Harbison, Perle, Zwilich, Leo Kraft 1987 – 2004
Premiere of Harbison Trio "Twilight Music" with Lincoln CenterChamber Society, premiere of Perle "Duos" for Horn and String Quartet with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Premiere of Zwilich Concerto in Carnegie Hall with Orpheus Chamber orchestra,Premieres at Lincoln Center Tully hall and Carnegie Hall. -
Reviews: "a soloist second to none" 1980 – Present
New York Times, Gramaphone Magazine
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