Bruce Hembd
Hello, they call me Bruce — a musician, web developer, and teacher.
Music performance, writing and graphic design have been a lifelong fascination. I like to write, read and think about music especially. Sometimes I poke a little fun at it.
Music has taken me around the world; now I am settled in Phoenix, Arizona. I currently play third horn in the Arizona Opera Orchestra and principal in the West Valley Symphony. I freelance a bit and maintain a small studio of private students.
I am a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Arizona State University, and am a member of AFM Local 586.
Listen to Bruce play
R. Strauss: Andante
Positions, places and professors
Bruce held principal horn positions with the Mexico City Philharmonic and Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and was also third hornist in the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. For 10 years he was a faculty member at the Bay View Music Festival. He has also performed with the Houston, Phoenix and Chicago Civic symphony orchestras.
Bruce has performed in Europe and across America in chamber ensembles, orchestras, shows and solo recitals. He has recorded several commercial projects including a handful of studio recordings for film and television.
For 5 years, Bruce taught in the public schools as music teacher in general music, wind band and string orchestra.
Private instruction:
Verne Reynolds, Milan Yancich, Warren Benson, Samuel Adler, Alan DeMattia, Thomas Bacon, Gail Williams and Dale Clevenger and Peter G. Kline, among others.
Web Development
The Horndog logo
Bruce has been creating web sites since 1995, ranging from large e-commerce and community web sites to small “mom and pop” operations.
Over the years, he has created a number of commercial and music related web sites, including Horn Matters and the first iterations of The International Horn Society, Osmun Music and the Robert King Music web sites.
He currently works at Rio Salado Community College as a web technician in marketing.
The pseudonym ‘Horndog‘ comes from playing the French horn and working like a dog at several occupations.
Et cetera
In his spare time, Bruce enjoys teaching and playing music, cooking and eating well, hanging out with friends, and messing around with computers.
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