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He is a horn player who was
born and raised on a pig farm near Edmonton,
Canada. His parents are opera singers and he
has one sister who is a freelance flutist and the other a freelance
bassoonist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His brother in law is David Ohanian of Canadian Brass and his cousin, Jamie
Somerville, is Principal Horn in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He became a member of Canadian Brass
from 2000 to 2004 after having already performed with many Canadian
orchestras including the Montreal,
Vancouver and Winnipeg Symphonies. Aside from orchestral and ensemble work
he has appeared with Broadway productions, on many film soundtracks and
toured with Michael Bolton, Barry Manilow and Donny Osmond among others. His hobby is magic and it is not unusual
for him to perform magic tricks during his musical performances. As a teacher he has been on the faculties
of
McGill
University
,
the
University of
Victoria
and the
University of
British Columbia
, and currently the
University
of
Toronto
, and in May 2006 was
appointed Visiting Associate Professor of Horn at the Jacobs School of
Music at
Indiana
University
for the academic year of 2006-7.
Sources:
- http://www.canbrass.com/bios/pastmembers.html#jeff
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Nelsen
- http://www.jeffnelsen.com/
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