The Horn Call Podcast

Episode 74: Benjamin Lieser

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In Episode 74, we speak with Benjamin Lieser, the horn professor at the University of Central Florida and a member of the IHS Advisory council!

Episode Highlights

  • Growing up in Florida, getting started in music and on the horn
  • Switching from trumpet to horn
  • Important Early Influences: Dean Cassels, William Robinson, William Capps
  • Tallahassee Symphony Youth Orchestra
  • Studying at Florida State University
  • Interlochen with Randall Faust
  • Graduate School at the University of Cincinnati with Randy Gardner
  • Performing in Mexico
  • Band directing, freelance career, adjunct teaching at Stetson University
  • “There’s no such thing as part-time Middle School Band Directing.”
  • Doctoral School at Florida State with Michelle Stebleton
  • Teaching philosophy
  • Balancing teaching with an active performance career
  • Importance of the IHS/Serving on the Advisory Council
  • IHS Scholarships and Awards: https://www.hornsociety.org/programs/awards-and-competitions
  • Barbara Chinworth Project: https://www.hornsociety.org/programs/awards-and-competitions/barbara-chinworth-project
  • Florida Horn Festival https://www.floridahornfest.com/
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