John Schreckengost graduated from Butler University summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education. He earned the M.M. in Music History and Horn Performance at Bowling Green State University where he served as a Teaching Assistant in Renaissance and Baroque Music. During seven years as principal horn for the Israel Sinfonietta, he pursued an active solo and chamber music career, with extensive recording and broadcast performances. He commissioned and premiered more than a dozen chamber works, and performed as soloist with the Haifa Symphony, Israel Sinfonietta, and Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra, and extra with the Jerusalem Symphony. He also served as chair of the brass department of the Beer-Sheeva Conservatory.

Returning to the United States, John was named principal horn of the Northwest Indiana Symphony in 1991. He also holds positions in the Chicago Sinfonietta and Illinois Philharmonic, and has played with the Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Nutcracker Ballet at the Arie Crown, and Chicago productions of Sweeney Todd and The Secret Garden. Mr. Schreckengost has substituted or played extra with the Chicago Symphony, Lyric Opera, and Grant Park orchestras, Fulcrum Point, the Contemporary Chamber Players, and performs regularly with the Chicago Classic Brass Quintet.

Office: VUCA 2506
Tel: (219) 464-6889
Email: jgschreck@gmail.com

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