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Mary Beth Orr began her musical studies on both piano and French horn in Charleston, SC where she attended the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts, then continued her studies at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA where she double majored on both instruments in performance. During her studies she has been privileged to work with such performers as Jerry Folsom, David Wakefield, John Zirbel, Karl Hill, Adam Unsworth, Corbin Wagner, and Karl Pituch, some of which were at the Aspen Music Festival and School where she attended in 2000 and 2002.Upon graduating she played briefly with the Charleston Symphony and in 2010 began frequently performing with the Detroit Symphony while holding core positions with the Breckenridge Music Festival, Lansing Symphony, and Midland Symphony. During the summer of 2010 she was on the esteemed faculty for the Interlochen Horn Institute with Gene Berger, Karl Pituch, and Kerry Turner of the American Horn Quartet. In 2012 she performed again at the Interlochen Horn Institute with Nicole Cash Saks and Eli Epstein. After winning 2nd prize in the professional division at the International Horn Competition of America in 2013, she started exploring artistic opportunities as a soloist placing 2nd in the Horn Division of the 2014 International Women’s Brass conference Solo Competition. Mary Beth also holds faculty positions with both the Charleston Horn Institute in Charleston, SC and the Tucson Summer Brass Workshop as the Hornist for the resident quintet, Variance Brass. She also continues as core 2nd Horn for the Breckenridge Music Festival in Colorado. This summer, she will be a featured chamber soloist in a 3 recital engagement during the Piccolo division of Spoleto Music Festival in Charleston, SC with collaborators Debra Sherrill-Ward and Laura Ball of UNEDITED.Currently, she lives in Mt. Pleasant Michigan with her husband, 2 children, and 2 adorable dogs. Together they like anything involving the outdoors and the water, so much so, they recently both became certified scuba divers. She is very passionate about the many benefits of yoga and teaches vinyasa, hot vinyasa, and yin yoga regularly. It is crucial to providing balance and relief to the intense pressure of constant performing professionally. When time allows, she finds further balance and creative outlets through songwriting and painting. She is very honored to have won the 3rd Horn position with the Grand Rapids Symphony in 2015, and while still holding that position, pursuing a MM in Horn Performance at Michigan State University as a prestigious Distinguished Fellow. . ................
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