Biography

Eli Epstein joined the Cleveland Orchestra in 1987, and became Horn Instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Music in 1989. He has appeared several times as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra. An active chamber musician, he has performed at Severance Hall, Tanglewood, Philadelphia’s Academy of Music, Aspen Music Festival, the Kennedy Center, and Music Academy of the West. Mr. Epstein left the Cleveland Orchestra in 2005, and moved to Boston to devote more time and energy toward educational and creative endeavors. He is on the faculties of New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, Music Academy of the West, and the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he has served as Principal Horn of the Aspen Chamber Symphony since 2000. Mr. Epstein has conducted ensembles at New England Conservatory, the Cleveland Institute of Music, Music Academy of the West, Longy School of Music, and The Boston Conservatory. Advocating the idea that music can be a meaningful and uplifting force in society, Mr. Epstein has created and presented many Inside Out programs designed to help people actualize their own potential to enjoy music by accessing their memories and activating their imaginations. In 2009, he won Grand Prize in the Entrepreneur the Arts Contest for Inside Out, and will appear on Heartbeat of America with William Shatner. At New England Conservatory, Mr. Epstein is Brass Chair of the Preparatory School and School of Continuing Education, on faculty of NEC at Walnut Hill, Director of the NEC Youth Brass Ensemble, and Seminar Director of the Abreu Fellows Program and El Sistema USA.

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