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Dr. Peggy DeMers

Peggy DeMers
Dr. Peggy DeMers, Associate Professor of Horn, joined the Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX faculty in 1991. Her musical and horn studies were at the Cincinnati Conservatory (M.M.) and the University of Wisconsin at Madison (B.M., D.M.A),  with Douglas Hill and Michael Hatfield. Her extensive teaching, orchestral, and   other ensemble experience includes principal horn with the Minnesota Opera Orchestra and with orchestras in Wisconsin, Minnesota and New York. Currently  she is principal horn of the Lake Charles, Louisiana Symphony.

From 1993-98 she was a member of the Spoleto Festival USA and the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy  and  appeared as guest artist (principal horn soloist) at the Mezzogiorno  Concert  series sponsored by the Gian Carlo Menotti in conjunction with the  Festival of  Two Worlds.  Since 2004, Peggy DeMers has served as faculty/guest artist at the  Assisi Performing Arts festival performing primarily chamber music in Assisi,  Italy.

Dr. DeMers' research and  performances on the Alphorn have been recognized as truly authentic.  She has given lectures for the International Horn Symposium in the USA and for regional   workshops. She was featured on the cover of the AAA Home and Away magazine   (summer 1991) performing on the Alphorn, and in the Minnesota American Traveler  (1992). In 1999 she recorded "To the Winter Sun" by Douglas Hill on Thoughtful  Wanderings, a MSR Classics label. In 2006, Dr. DeMers was the guest artist  performing on the Alphorn for the Sigma Alpha Iota tri-annual national conference in Orlando, Florida. In 2007, the Swiss embassy requested her to  perform the Alphorn for the opening of the IMAX Eiger mountain documentary  film.  In 2010, Dr. DeMers worked with Capitol One on a TV commercial, performing the Alpine horn.

In 2009, Dr. DeMers began teaching Alphorn at the Midwest Alphorn retreat, a summer 5-day intensive Alphorn immersion program.  It has been so popular and successful that it has included performances throughout the region.



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