Jeff Nelsen
Jeff Nelsen 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.
Biography
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.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.
Nelsen created a workshop called Fearless Performance, where he addresses common anxieties performing musicians face. Nelsen shared this seminar as part of a TEDx Talk. He has performed as a part of the orchestra for two Broadway shows, 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
Brahms Horn Trio: Op. 40 w/Mozart Horn Quintet, adapted for Horn Trio by Tony Rickard- : 2010, Opening Day RecordsThe Planets with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- : Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- : Paavo Järvi, conductor
- : 2009, TelarcPirate Queen, Original Broadway Cast Recording
- : 2007, Sony ClassicsFailure to Launch
- : 2006, Paramount PicturesLucky Number Slevin
- : 2006, Capitol FilmsStan Kenton Christmas Carols - Boston Brass and Friends
- : 2006, Summit ClassicalStealth
- : 2003, Hal Leonard DVDElizabeth Rex Soundtrack
- : 2003, Rhombus MediaI Found Love
- : Denzal Sinclaire
- : 2002, Blue Note RecordsPitch Black
- : 2000, Interscope Communications PicturesThe Bride of Chucky
- : 1998, Midwinter Productions, Inc.Air Bud
- : 1997, Walt Disney PicturesBerlioz Requiem
- : Montréal Symphony Orchestra
- : Charles Dutoit, conductor
- : 1995, London/DeccaBartók Concerto for Orchestra
- : Montréal Symphony Orchestra
- : Charles Dutoit, conductor
- : 1994, London/Decca DVD
- : 2010, Opening Day Records
- Echo; Glory of Gabrieli
- : 2009, Opening Day RecordsSwing That Music
- : 2009, Opening Day RecordsLegends
- : 2008, Opening Day RecordsBach
- : 2008, Opening Day RecordsHigh Society
- : 2007, Opening Day RecordsChristmas Tradition
- : 2007, Opening Day RecordsAnd So It Goes, Giles Tomkins
- : 2006, Opening Day RecordsMagic Horn
- : 2004, Opening Day RecordsAmazing Brass
- : 2002, Opening Day RecordsHolidays with Canadian Brass
- : 2000, Opening Day Records