Philip Myers joined the New York Philharmonic as Principal French Horn (The Ruth F. and Alan J. Broder Chair) in January 1980, and made his solo debut with the Orchestra that month in the premiere of William Schuman’s Three Colloquies for French Horn and Orchestra.

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Be sure to hear all of Philip Myers’ 2012 Festival performances listed below

Sunday, August 5, 2012, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Mozart / Schoenberg / Mendelssohn

Monday, August 6, 2012, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Mozart / Schoenberg / Mendelssohn

Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 12:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Beethoven / Brahms

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Strauss / Kreisler / Schoenberg

Thursday, August 9, 2012, 6:00 PM at St. Francis Auditorium
Strauss / Kreisler / Schoenberg

Sunday, August 12, 2012, 6:00 PM at The Lensic Performing Arts Center
Bach / David Del Tredici / Strauss

Philip Myers joined the New York Philharmonic as Principal French Horn (The Ruth F. and Alan J. Broder Chair) in January 1980, and made his solo debut with the Orchestra that month in the premiere of William Schuman’s Three Colloquies for French Horn and Orchestra. He has since appeared as a Philharmonic soloist often, most recently performing Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 2, conducted by Lorin Maazel, in New York in January 2008 and again in February 2008 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Shanghai, China. Mr. Myers began his orchestral career in 1971 with a three-year term as principal horn of the Atlantic Symphony in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was third horn with the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1974 until 1977. As principal horn of the Minnesota Orchestra for a season and a half, he made a solo debut with that ensemble in 1979, performing Richard Strauss’s Horn Concerto No. 1, Sir Neville Marriner conducting. A native of Elkhart, Indiana, Mr. Myers holds two degrees from Carnegie–Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He plays Engelbert Schmid French horns.