Jeff Nelsen
{{Short description |Canadian musician and instrumentalist}}
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Jeff Nelsen (born December 11, 1969) 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.{{Cite web |title=Jeff Nelsen: Current: Faculty: Jacobs School of Music: Indiana University Bloomington |url=https://music.indiana.edu/faculty/current/nelsen-jeff.html |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Jacobs School of Music |language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Creps |first=Marci |date=18 May 2014 |title=Losing the fear key to performance success |url=https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/entertainment/2014/05/18/losing-the-fear-key-to-performance-success/47733413/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=The Herald-Times |language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Jeff Nelsen: Current: Faculty: Jacobs School of Music: Indiana University Bloomington |url=https://music.indiana.edu/faculty/current/nelsen-jeff.html |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=Jacobs School of Music |language=en-US}}
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 (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and "The Pirate Queen"), 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 Records
- The Planets with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- : Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- : Paavo Järvi, conductor
- : 2009, Telarc
- Pirate Queen, Original Broadway Cast Recording
- : 2007, Sony Classics
- Failure to Launch
- : 2006, Paramount Pictures
- Lucky Number Slevin
- : 2006, Capitol Films
- Stan Kenton Christmas Carols - Boston Brass and Friends
- : 2006, Summit Classical
- Stealth
- : 2003, Hal Leonard DVD
- Elizabeth Rex Soundtrack
- : 2003, Rhombus Media
- I Found Love
- : Denzal Sinclaire
- : 2002, Blue Note Records
- Pitch Black
- : 2000, Interscope Communications Pictures
- The Bride of Chucky
- : 1998, Midwinter Productions, Inc.
- Air Bud
- : 1997, Walt Disney Pictures
- Berlioz Requiem
- : Montréal Symphony Orchestra
- : Charles Dutoit, conductor
- : 1995, London/Decca
- Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
- : Montréal Symphony Orchestra
- : Charles Dutoit, conductor
- : 1994, London/Decca DVD
Recordings with Canadian Brass
- Stars and Stripes- Canadian Brass Salute America
- : 2010, Opening Day Records
- Echo; Glory of Gabrieli
- : 2009, Opening Day Records
- Swing That Music
- : 2009, Opening Day Records
- Legends
- : 2008, Opening Day Records
- Bach
- : 2008, Opening Day Records
- High Society
- : 2007, Opening Day Records
- Christmas Tradition
- : 2007, Opening Day Records
- And So It Goes, Giles Tomkins
- : 2006, Opening Day Records
- Magic Horn
- : 2004, Opening Day Records
- Amazing Brass
- : 2002, Opening Day Records
- Holidays with Canadian Brass
- : 2000, Opening Day Records
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Category:Canadian classical horn players