Margaret Tung
Dr. Margaret Tung is Associate Professor of Horn at University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music and Principal Horn of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Hailed as “masterly” in the Chicago Classical Review and “spot on at every moment” in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, she has performed with the famed Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Opera Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra. She is currently on faculty at Interlochen Arts Academy and the Bay View Wind Institute over the summers. Dr. Tung also serves on the Advisory Council of the International Horn Society. She has presented clinics and performed at numerous conferences including Midwest Clinic, International Horn Symposium, International Trombone Festival and North American Saxophone Alliance. In April 2015, Dr. Tung was invited to represent the USA in an international orchestra in Yerevan, comprised of musicians from 43 different countries, to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. In 2011, Dr. Tung collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma in Once Upon a Symphony, a new Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) project. She performed the world premiere of Spangled Unicorn by Anna Clyne with the CSO’s new music ensemble, MusicNOW. She performed on the Grammy nominated recording Concertos for Orchestra with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and music director, Louis Langrée. Dr. Tung is an education enthusiast and has been on faculty at University of Kentucky, The University of Akron, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, and Olivet Nazarene University. Dr. Tung completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts at The Ohio State University and holds a Master of Music from Rice University and a Bachelor of Music from DePaul University. She performs on a custom Steven W. Lewis horn.
