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 Michael Hatfield has been an orchestral horn player, a
teacher, and an active member of the IHS, currently serving as Chairman of the
scholarship program.
Mike is a native of Indiana,
born in 1936. He studied both trumpet and horn in his youth but also had early
ambitions towards a career in the television industry as a producer or
director. At Indiana University,
he earned both the Bachelor of Science degree and the first Performer's
Certificate in Horn granted by that institution under the tutelage of Verne
Reynolds. He also studied with Christopher Leuba and Philip Farkas.
Upon graduation in 1958, Mike joined the Indianapolis
Symphony as assistant principal horn, moving to third horn the next season. In
1961, he was appointed principal horn of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, a
position he held for the next 23 years. While in Cincinnati,
Hatfield also served as Adjunct Professor and Chair of the Brass, Woodwind, and
Percussion Division at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University
of Cincinnati, and was a member of
the Cincinnati Woodwind Quintet with his principal colleagues from the
Symphony. Summers he returned to Aspen
where he played second horn to Philip Farkas in the Aspen Festival Orchestra
from 1960-68. In 1972 he became co-principal of that orchestra and joined
the faculty of the Festival, positions he would hold until 1989.
In 1984, Mike joined the faculty at Indiana
University, replacing his former
teacher, Philip Farkas, upon Farkas's retirement, and served as Chair of the
Brass Department. In the summers he was also principal horn of the Santa Fe
Opera and a member of the Grand Teton Festival Institute faculty and its
Orchestra. He is now retired, with the title Professor Emeritus. In 2000, he
was elected to the Board of Directors of Cormont Music where he offers input
into the planning and execution of the Kendall Betts Horn Camp and its
scholarship program.
Mike was a featured artist at the 1983 and 1985 IHS
International Workshops and has served two terms on the Advisory Council. He
was presented with the Punto Award in 2003 and elected an Honorary Member in
2006.
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