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Rose French is an active musician and educator based in Phoenix, AZ, and the Symposium Exhibits Coordinator for the International Horn Society.
She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Australia, China, Croatia, Venezuela, South Africa, Mexico, and in the United States. In 2006, her transcription of the Clarinet Trio in A Minor by Johannes Brahms premiered at the International Horn Society Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, where she was also the winner of the Dorothy Frizelle International Horn Excerpt Competition. French has performed with groups in the Southwest including the Phoenix Symphony, Arizona Opera, Tucson Symphony, Musica Nova Orchestra, Symphony of the West Valley, Orquestra Sinfonica de Monterrey, and Orquestra de Baja California, Mexico. She is the Director of the Mill Ave Chamber Players, a professional woodwind chamber ensemble, hornist for the Phoenix Chamber Brass and Managing Director of the Pangean Orchestra.
French completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees at Arizona State University and holds degrees in Music Education, Music Technology, and Performance from Duquesne University. She is adjunct faculty at Glendale and Paradise Valley Community Colleges, maintains a private studio, and teaches at Rosie's House: A Music Academy for Children, a non-profit music academy that provides free instruction and instruments to under-served youth.
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