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Steven Gross

Professor
French horn
Music Building #2305

Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion Program

gross@music.ucsb.edu
UCSB Horns Site

Steven Gross, French Horn, Director of the Winds, Brass & Percussion Program, is a former member of the Atlanta Symphony, National Symphony and the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. His recent international solo appearances include those with the Orchester der Stadt Vöcklabruck in Austria, the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Moscow Conservatory and the L'Abri International Arts Festival. His Carnegie Hall debut was described by the New York Concert Review as, "...offering some of the cleanest articulation and purest musicality...a listenable, bravura display of instrumental technique." He has recorded the Britten Serenade with the Camerata Indianapolis, and a Baroque CD with the Capella Istropolitana of Slovakia. His discography includes recordings on the Telarc, Hyperion, Koch, ProArte, CRI and ACA Digital labels. Dr. Gross is also Principal Horn of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.