Taryn Lee, horn

Taryn Lee is currently a Horn Fellow at the New World Symphony. She is an accomplished musician and teaching artist that believes in music’s ability to recenter and express the dynamic nature of emotion. Performing under the batons of Marin Alsop and Michael Tilson Thomas, serving a year with ArtistYear Americorps, working with the Utah Symphony’s development team, and exploring music education through a social-emotional learning lens, Taryn is invested in the ever-changing musical ecosystem.

Taryn is grateful to her most influential mentor, Denise Tryon, as well as Elizabeth Freimuth, Ashely Hall-Tighe, and Michael Thornton for their guidance in shaping her technique, artistry, and relationship to the horn. Taryn received her artist diploma from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, master’s degree from the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins, and bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Taryn has spent summers at the Aspen Music Festival, Colorado College Music Festival, Blackburn Music Academy of Festival Napa Valley, and LEAD cooperative at the Wintergreen Music Festival.

When she has a moment to herself, Taryn enjoys hiking in the majesty of the Utah and Colorado mountains, finishing a macrame project, or hitting the dance floor.