Austin Horn Camp

Hello Horn Players,

Due to scheduling and logistical complications, we regret to announce that Austin Horn Camp will not be held this summer. We appreciate your understanding and continued support. Stay tuned throughout the school year for other events—we look forward to seeing you next summer!

One week until Horn Day 2025! Sign up to be a part of our day of music and games at austinhorncamp.com

See you there!

Registration is open! Please visit austinhorncamp.com to register and discover more details. Hope to see you there!

We’re back in action for AHC HORN DAY 2025!

Join the Austin Horn Camp Faculty and Friends for our Horn Day 2025 on Saturday, March 8th, featuring music from Jurassic Park hosted by Walsh MS. Registration will be updated on our website this week. Reserve your spot soon!

Thank you to our students, family, teachers, and hosts at Walsh MS for an outstanding week at Austin Horn Camp! We hope that our students had as much fun as we did teaching and leading.
It might not look like it, but there are over 70 horn players in this photo. Hopefully we’ll see you all again next year!

A huge thank you to Professor Patrick Hughes from UT Austin for presenting a High Horn masterclass to our high school students at Austin Horn Camp! Our students are incredibly fortunate to learn from Professor Hughes and are more motivated and confident playing in the high range of the horn with his knowledge!

Austin Horn Camp is in full swing! Our second day continues with High school horns as we prepare for our concert on Thursday!

We are so excited to see you all next Monday at Austin Horn Camp! We will have four days full of horn, music, games, and fun!
AHC will conclude with a concert on Thursday, July 11 at 4:30 PM
We are excited to meet everyone and get Austin Horn Camp 2024 started!
See you next week!

Two weeks until Austin Horn Camp 2024!!!! We are busy getting ready to see y’all and have a terrific four days of horn ensembles and fun!!

Incredible news, high school horn friends! Patrick Hughes, Associate Professor of Horn at UT Austin, will be making a guest appearance at the AHC 2024 high school session! We are incredibly excited and grateful!

With a tone and musicality described as “pure chocolate”, Patrick Hughes has soloed in recitals throughout the US, at annual regional horn conferences, and at many International Horn Symposia. In 2006 he performed the Asian premiere of Kazimierz Machala’s Concerto for Horn, Winds and Percussion in Bangkok, Thailand. Other international ventures have included performances in Jamaica, China, Australia, the UK, Belgium, Brazil, and Canada. He has been a featured soloist with various ensembles at the University of Texas as well as the Northwestern University Percussion Ensemble, the St. Olaf Orchestra, and the Dallas Wind Symphony. The Dallas Morning News described Hughes as “…a dream soloist…His tone was warm and honeyed, his virtuosity and legato both apparently effortless.”
At the University of Texas Mr. Hughes is the Associate Professor of Horn, Head of the Brass Wind and Percussion Division, and Director of the UT Horn Choir. He also enjoys an active and varied musical life as a clinician, soloist, and chamber and free-lance musician. Additionally, he has composed a number of pieces for horn ensemble and horn in chamber music including: From Hildegard, Dancing on the Hill, True Colors, Pange Lingua, and Climbin’. His music is published through Brownwood Music Publishing.

AHC 2024 registration is still open, sign up today!

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Hello, friends!

We are very excited for Horn Camp this year and hope you are too! We are happy to introduce the Middle School Honors Ensemble, an optional auditioned small group that is aimed to highlight our highest achieving middle school horn students. This group will meet and rehearse during small group time and perform on the final concert.

Please record, upload your files to Google Drive, and provide us the link for review. All videos are due by June 7th. Good luck to all of those sending in videos! We are looking forward to seeing you all in July!

Registration for Horn Camp 2024 is live!

Early registration ends 6/1.

Visit austinhorncamp.com for more details.