# Jeff Nelsen

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.

## 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.
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.
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