University of Illinois Horn Studio

01/20/2025

📯 As we kick off 2025, we’re thrilled to share some exciting news: KBHC 2025 will be held at the Tilton School in Tilton, NH! With incredible facilities, delicious and healthy meal options, and easy access to downtown Tilton, we can’t wait to explore all the new experiences this venue will offer our campers.

KBHC 2025 will be held in two sessions: June 7-14 and June 15-22. Registration is now open, and scholarships are available. Visit horncamp.org to learn more and sign up—we can’t wait to see you there! ✨

06/11/2022

I hope to see you on our daily broadcasts! Warm up with us and learn each day from one of our incredible faculty!

Big news! Each day during KBHC this year, there will also be a special live broadcast from camp! We hope you'll join us online for Horn Camp Connect live from KBHC, a free event that will consist of 12 unique guided warmups and featured faculty sessions over the course of two weeks. Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/horn-camp-connect-live-from-kbhc-tickets-347741573407 to register.

Horn Camp Connect live from KBHC will take place June 12-17 and 20-25 from 8-10am US EDT each day. Can't make it at the scheduled time? No problem! Each session will be recorded and posted on our YouTube page the same day. See you soon!

10/19/2020

Hello High School Horn Players! Please join me for a special guided warm-up on October 23, from 3-4pm Central Time.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Warm-Up and Masterclass. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

09/05/2020

We hope you can join us on September 12, 2020, 10am-12pm EST, for our first session of Horn Camp Connect! We at Cormont Music are once again offering this series as gift, free of charge to music world.

This monthly series, hosted by myself and Jesse McCormick, will deal with all things related to learning and playing the horn. It will build on many of the concepts that were presented during our Online Kendall Betts Horn Camp Experience this past June.

Our first guest is James Naigus, Professor of Horn at the University of Georgia, Long-time KBHC faculty, in-demand composer, creative artist extraordinaire, and the world’s leading toy piano enthusiast.

Please be sure to join us by registering at

https://horncamp.org

Hope to see you all there!

Sincerely,

Bernhard

Kendall Betts Horn Camp - One of the best experiences an aspiring horn player can have. Since 1995, there have been 898 Kendall Betts Horn Camp alumni from Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, The United Kingdom,...

08/26/2019

Congratulations to 2013 UIUC Horn alum, Sadie Glass, for becoming the new Assistant Professor of Horn at University of the Pacific! She has also been hired to teach natural horn horn at the world renowned Kendall Betts Horn Camp, following in the footsteps of the long-time natural horn instructor and soloist, Lowell Greer. We are so happy for you, Sadie!

Pacific's Conservatory offers music education, music management, jazz studies, music composition, music history, music therapy, and master's and bachelor's degrees.

06/24/2019

Here is a picture of 2015 UIUC horn alum, Chris Williams, doing what he has been doing regularly for the past two years, performing with the Berlin Philharmonic!! We are all so proud of you, Chris Williams!!

05/13/2019

Interested in playing horn in a large ensemble next semester? The audition packet has just been sent out. Contact Anna at [email protected] for more information. Happy practicing!

04/12/2019

The "Jeff Nelson" pose never looked so good 😁📯 We had a wonderful time hosting Canadian Brass earlier this week!