Jaclyn Rainey Appointed to UMN Music Horn Studio Faculty
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Jaclyn Rainey to the horn studio faculty. Rainey currently serves on the Minnesota Orchestra as the Associate Principal horn, and will join current studio faculty members Ellen Dinwiddie Smith and Caroline Lemen.
“We are delighted to welcome Jaclyn Rainey to our trio of horn faculty,” says Patrick Warfield, Director of the School of Music. “Working alongside Ellen Dinwiddie Smith and Caroline Lemen, Jaclyn further strengthens our long collaboration with the renowned Minnesota Orchestra and helps us to create a truly unstoppable horn studio, where the student experience is unparalleled.”
Biography
Jaclyn Rainey is the Associate Principal horn with the Minnesota Orchestra. Before joining the orchestra in 2022, Jaclyn was the Principal horn of the Atlanta Symphony, Associate Principal horn with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Third horn with the Atlanta Symphony, Acting Principal horn with the Naples Philharmonic as well as Associate Principal horn with the Louisiana Philharmonic.
Rainey, a Louisville, KY native, has also performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She has spent summers performing at the Tanglewood Music Center, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Chautauqua Institution, Festival Mozaic, Lakes Area Music Festival and Mainly Mozart. Also during the summer months Ms. Rainey has served on the faculty of the Brevard Music Center, Interlochen Arts Camp and the New England Conservatory’s Summer Orchestra Institute.
Ms. Rainey has toured with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City and across Europe, and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Asia, Europe and Mexico. She has also competed in solo competitions and was a winner in the National MTNA Senior Brass Competition. When not performing, Ms. Rainey has served on the faculty of Emory University and Georgia State University in addition to maintaining a private teaching studio. Ms. Rainey will be joining the faculty of the University of Minnesota School of Music in the fall of 2024.
She received her undergraduate degree in horn performance from the Eastman School of Music, followed by a Masters degree at the New England Conservatory of Music and has studied with W. Peter Kurau, Richard Sebring and James Sommerville.
