Shelley Showers
Posted Saturday September 16, 2006
Shelly Showers, Assistant/Utility Horn, became a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra in September 1997. From 1995 to 1997 she was Acting Principal Horn of the Cleveland Orchestra, and from 1989 to 1995 she was Principal Horn of the Utah Symphony. She began her career with the New Jersey symphony and also was Acting Associate Principal Horn of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
A native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Ms. Showers received her Bachelor of Music degree from The Curtis Institute of Music. Her teachers included Mason Jones, Myron Bloom, Nolan Miller, Randy Gardner, and Stephanie Fauber. She has participated in the Aspen Music Festival as Principal Horn/faculty member and the Kent/Blossom Music Festival as a faculty member/chamber musician, and she was on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music. She is currently on the faculty of the Temple University School of Music and the Philadelphia Biblical University.
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