Dr. Abigail Pack, Professor of Horn at University of NC – Greensboro since 2008 holds degrees from East Carolina University (BMA – Music Education), University of Iowa (MM – Performance), and University of Wisconsin-Madison (DMA – Performance and Pedagogy; Bolz Teaching Fellow). She has held faculty positions at James Madison University, Knox College in Galesburg, IL, Western State College in Gunnison, CO, and has taught privately for over 25 years. She regularly hosts state and regional horn conferences and maintains an active website and blog for horn teachers and students (www.thehornprofessor.com).
An avid symphony player, Dr. Pack has performed and held positions with the Barton Symphony Orchestra, Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Wintergreen Summer Music Festival Orchestra, the Southwest Chamber Orchestra and the internationally esteemed Monarch Brass. She currently performs with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Greensboro Opera, Opera Roanoke, Amici Musicorum, and has performed with the Greensboro Symphony, Winston Salem Symphony and the North Carolina Brass Band. She is a founding member of the the System 5 Brass Quintet. Other venues have included performances with the Iowa Brass Quintet, Western Slope Brass Band, Massanutten Brass Band and the Southeast Chamber Brass. Performance and presentation highlights include annually at the Southeast Horn Conference, the Western International Band Clinic, the National Flute Association (Washington D.C. with the Montpelier Winds), multiple International Horn Symposiums (University of Cape Town, South Africa, University of Alabama, Ithaca College, University of Montreal), the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference (Chicago 2003, 2008, 2022), the Kennedy Center of The Performing Arts (Washington), and the International Double Reed Conference (Athens, GA). She can be heard on the Centaur Record label.
Professor of Music, Horn
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