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Spotlight on the Phil

Anne Howarth

PRINCIPAL HORN

Why the Horn?
Ten-year old me wanted to play an instrument
that no one else would and that my mom liked.
Luckily it stuck! What makes the horn section at the Phil
special?
Do you remember your first time playing with a Trust. Dave, Neil, Marina, and I have been playing
full orchestra? What was that like?
together for quite a long time. We get along
I auditioned into the Metropolitan (Detroit) well, our musical ideas align, and we genuinely
Youth Symphony in eighth grade, and I like each other. We have fun! But most of all, it’s
remember the thrill of making music with other deeply fulfilling to make music with people you
kids who really cared about playing well. During trust so completely.
my first performance at Detroit Symphony
Orchestra Hall, I actually stopped playing for a You mentioned you like traveling and that one
moment. When my Mom asked why, I told her of your dream destinations is be Mongolia.
I was amazed to be surrounded by so many What have your travels taught you that’s
gorgeous sounds. (I still feel that amazement, influenced your playing or teaching?
but now I keep playing!) One of the things I love about traveling is seeing
how other people live—how they spend their
What do you hope your students take with time, the food they eat, the views from their
them—whether or not they continue in music?
windows, the ways they communicate, what
A sense of their own worth. Confidence in they value. It’s a reminder that there are far
themselves and their abilities. A love of making more possibilities in the world than just the one
music. Patience with the idea that there are I experience.
few quick fixes in life, and the understanding Traveling has helped me understand that all
that consistent effort over time leads to lasting human beings are the same at our core—we
progress. Time management skills. And yes—a want the same things, and we feel the same
lifelong love of the horn! Notice how many of things. The more I can broaden my sense of the
those things aren’t directly about music…
variety of human experience, the better I can
What’s one of your favorite memories of connect with students, the better I can connect
performing with the Phil? with audiences, and the more honestly I can
express myself.
I’m sure the November concert is about
to become one! A special past memory is
performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Anne will be featured at the
winds with my woodwind principal colleagues ‘Come to the Party’ concert
in 2015. There are countless small moments on November 8th.
too, especially when my colleagues and friends
create astonishingly beautiful music, and I get For more information, visit this link.
to witness it up close on stage.

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