School of Music - Lin Foulk
Lin Foulk (2003)
Horn
B.M. Missouri–Kansas City
M.M. Wisconsin–Madison
D.M.A. Wisconsin–Madison
She teaches horn, women in music, and is a member of the Western Brass Quintet. Especially interested in music with horn by female composers, she has performed and presented lectures on works by women throughout the United States and as a Guest Artist at the 2004 International Horn Symposium in Valencia, Spain. She currently serves on the Board of the International Alliance for Women in Music.
She performs regularly with the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek symphony orchestras. She has served as Principal Horn with the Oshkosh and Manitowoc Symphony Orchestras, Second Horn with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and was a member of the Wisconsin Wind Orchestra and Quinthorne Brass Quintet. She has also frequently performed with the Milwaukee and Madison Symphony Orchestras. During the summer, she teaches horn and chamber music at WMU's High School Summer Music Camp (Seminar) and the Kendall Betts Horn Camp in Lyman, New Hampshire.
Her final project for the DMA degree included a full-length professional recording and an annotated guide to works for horn and piano by female composers, and a Web site (www.linfoulk.org) which lists over 1,000 works with horn by female composers. Her principal teachers include Douglas Hill, Nancy Cochran, Laurence Lowe, and Bruce Heim.
Email: lin.foulk@wmich.edu