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2022 Western Horn Festival
2022 Western Horn Festival
LocationWestern Illinois University, COFAC Recital Hall, Macomb, IL 61455 Date and Time
Date: Sunday, April 3, 2022
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT Refund policy
Contact the organizer to request a refund. Tickets Fee
$10-25
- Full Day Registration $25 | Sales end on April 3, 2022.
- Full Day Registration - Student $20 plus $2.85 Fee |Must be under 24 years of age.
- Guest Artist Recital $10.00 |Admission is for the Guest Artist Recital at 3pm only.
Schedule of Events
9 am | Group Warmup | Dr. Jena Gardner |
10 am | Horn Festival Choir Rehearsal | Dr. Randall Faust |
11 am | Guest Artist Masterclass with Roger Collins Award Finalists | Dr. Katie Johnson-Webb |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm | Alexander Technique for Horn Players | Stasia Siena |
2:30 pm | Break |
3:00 pm | Final Concert | Dr. Katie Johnson-Webb, horn; Joanne Chang, piano, & the WIU Horn Festival Choir |
The Roger Collins Award (High School Students)
This award is in memory of ROGER COLLINS - The founding Hornist of the Camerata Woodwind Quintet and Horn Professor at Western Illinois University from 1966-1997. Rules- Applicants must be current high school school students and registered for the 2022 Western Horn Festival.
- The application and recording, must be received by Sunday, March at 5 pm.
- Applicants should submit two digital audio or video recordings to this form:
- A 5-7 minute solo of your choice (for example: first movement of a Mozart Concerto or an ILMEA etude)
- The first horn solo from Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony, II. Antante cantibile.
Available at https://www.hornsociety.org/tchaikovsky/tchaik5.
- Up to two awardees will participate in the ANDREW BAIN online masterclass and receive a $100 prize.
E-Mail: JE-Gardner2@wiu.edu with any questions. APPLY NOW -- coming soon

Artist Biographies
Katie Johnson-Webb

Jena Gardner

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