An active horn soloist, a promoter of new horn music and a teacher, John Tyler Dodge regularly performs recitals, concertos, and chamber music throughout Chile and the western United States.

Mr. Dodge is the Associate Principal Hornist of the Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Chile where he performs in concerts, operas, and ballets.

John Tyler Dodge has had an active and eclectic career. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University, he taught band and orchestra in public school for four years before entering the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance where he earned his Master’s Degree in Horn Performance. While studying with William VerMeulen at Rice University in 2010 he won his current position as Associate Principal Hornist at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago.

During the 2014 season Mr. Dodge performed as principal horn in the chilean premiere of opera Katia Kabanova by Leos Janacek. Read a review of the opera: www.visionescriticas.cl/?p=5878

10 years of horn students, beginners through undergraduate level ..... 4 years of Teaching music in Public School in Washington and Oregon, U.S.A.

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de Artes, Santiago.
2014 Band directors' workshops

International School Nido de Águilas, Santiago de Chile.
2014 Guest Lecturer

Brazosport Independent School District, Clute, TX.
2010 Schooldistrict wide Horn Teacher

Siuslaw Middle School, Siuslaw School District, Florence, OR.
2006 - 2008 Director of Bands

Bethel School District, Tacoma, WA.
2004 - 2006 Band and Orchestra Director

Associate Principal Horn, Santiago Philharmonic at Teatro Municipal de Santiago.
2010 - present

As principal horn, Mr. Dodge has performed in the chilean premieres of the operas Il Postino (Catan) starred by Placido Domingo, Billy Budd (Britten) and Katia Kabanova (Janacek). He has also performed as principal in such diverse works as Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti), Aïda (Verdi), Tannhäuser (Wagner) with Eva Maria Westbröek, Attila (Verdi) starring Liudmila Monastyrska among other pieces. Mr. Dodge also played principal horn for Renée Fleming's concert in Santiago on 2012, as well as Placido Domingo's performance at Movistar Arena. At Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Mr. Dodge also performs in Ballets and Concerts. Last year (2013) he performed as principal horn in the performance for the 100th anniversary of the Rite of Spring (Stravinsky), at Teatro Caupolicán, Santiago de Chile.

Second Horn, Oregon Mozart Players.
2010 - 2011

Principal Horn, Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra.
2006 - 2010

Third Horn, Newport Symphony Orchestra.
2007 - 2010

Principal Wagner Tuba & Section Horn, Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble.
2008 - 2010

Substitute Horn, Eugene Symphony.
2009 - 2013

Guest Principal Horn, Eugene Ballet.
2009

Scales, Solos (Concertos, Sonatas and Other Works Featuring Solo Horn), Motivation And Love Of The Music, Alexander Technique And Yoga For Horn Players, Etudes, Flexibility On The Horn, Practice Methods, Transcription, Jazz Horn, High Horn, Low Horn, Fundamentals, Virtuosic Studies, and Orchestral Repertoire.

All levels, Beginner to Professional

Las Torcazas 70, Las Condes
(or student's home or school or university)

or via Skype

email your contact info and available lesson times for a free trial lesson: jt@inartsa.com

25.000 pesos Chilean/hour or $50/hour