Biography
Performer, Teacher, and Clinician
“My mission is to share my passion for music and the horn with audiences and students alike.”
Edward House is a dynamic horn player and teacher committed to sharing his love of the horn. He is at home with many styles of music having played in chamber, symphonic, studio, and musical theater settings. He is currently an active performer and teacher in the Los Angeles area.
Dr. House has a varied teaching career. Inspired by a multi day workshop on helping people in emotional crisis, Edward is actively working to adapt ideas from psychology, coaching, and counseling disciplines, to help musicians experience confident and fun performances. He is an expert on performance anxiety who has presented lectures at The International Horn Symposium (4x), the Southeast Horn Workshop(2x), the Southwest Horn Workshop, UCLA, CSUN, Davidson College, and Queens College CUNY.
As an LA freelancer Dr. House has performed with multiple groups in the greater LA area including the Westlake Village Symphony, local churches, and televised productions.
Some of his past engagements include world premiere performances of Hrið-Móðr-Ljómi by Jeffrey Holmes with Nu Ensemble, and Mountain Spires by Emmy Award winning composer Gary Kuo, performing the Schumann Konzertstück with the Stony Brook University Symphony and Gounod’s Petite Symphonie as part of the Staller Center’s Starry Nights series. Edward has also recorded on multiple CDs with the Messiah College Brass Cross and Messiah College Wind Ensemble.
Edward completed his Doctor of Musical Arts at Stony Brook University with David Jolley. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Messiah College studying with Dr. Mike Harcrow, and a Master of Music from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) with David Jolley, where he was a Teaching Assistant for the Horn Studio.
Performance Articles
Staying In The Moment
“I’m sorry, can you say that again please” you say as you blink a couple times trying to figure out how you just got here.
Goals In The Practice Room
Does going on stage feel like rolling the dice? Many of the musicians I have talked to want to bridge the gap between the practice
Fear In The Practice Room
If I only had time! How often do you find yourself saying that? Well, if you are like a lot of musicians I talk to,
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