Leah strives for excellence each time she plays the horn. The basis of her playing is a warm, full sound which is combined with a high level of musicality and technical accuracy.
Leah is comfortable in both large and small ensembles, including orchestras, wind bands, and all varieties of chamber ensembles. She is also a confident soloist, who has performed in recitals in Ohio, New York, Texas, and New Jersey.
Ensembles
Binghamton Philharmonic - Binghamton, NY
BrassWorks quintet - Central New Jersey
Cayuga Chamber Orchestra - Ithaca, NY
Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra - Cincinnati, OH
City Limits Brass Quintet - Austin, TX
Chamber Winds - Austin, TX
Cornell Chamber Orchestra - Ithaca, NY
Garden State Symphonic Band - New Jersey
Ithaca Brass (Ithaca College Faculty Brass Quintet - Ithaca, NY
Ithaca College Brass Choir - Ithaca, NY
Ithaca College Chamber Orchestra - Ithaca, NY
Ithaca College Contemporary Chamber Ensemble - Ithaca, NY
Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra - Ithaca, NY
Ithaca College Wind Ensemble - Ithaca, NY
Orchestra for Frank Sinatra, Jr. - San Antonio, TX
Sacred Winds Ensemble - Hazard, KY
South Hill Brass Quintet - Ithaca, NY
Summit Symphony - Summit, NJ
Tim Keyes Consort - New Jersey
Temple Symphony Orchestra - Temple, TX
The University of Texas Graduate Wind Quintet - Austin, TX
The University of Texas longHORN Choir - Austin, TX
The University of Texas Symphony Orchestra - Austin, TX
The University of Texas Wind Ensemble - Austin, TX
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Recital Repertoire
- Jan Bach - Four Two-Bit Contraptions
- Sigurd Berge - Horn-Lokk
- Johannes Brahms / Reynolds - Hornsongs, Vol. III
- Es rauchet das Wasser, Op. 28
- Der Jager und sein Liebchen, Op. 28
- Weg der Liebe, Op. 20
- So lass uns wandern, Op. 75
- Walpurgisnacht, Op. 75
- Benjamin Britten - Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain
- Thomas Dunhill - Cornucopia: A Sheaf of Miniatures
- G.F. Handel / Reynolds - Sonata No. 3 in F Major, op. 1 no. 12
- Paul Hindemith - Sonata for Horn and Piano
- Gordon Jacob - Concerto for Horn and Strings
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- Volker David Kirchner - Tre Poemi
- Bernhard Krol - Laudatio
- W.A. Mozart - Concerto No. 3 in Eb Major, K. 447
- Halsey Stevens - Sonata for Horn and Piano
- Franz Strauss - Thema und Variationen
- James Willey - Sonata for Horn and Piano
- Vocal Transcriptions:
- Schubert / Machala - Wohin?
- Schubert / Machala - Nacht und Traume
- Schubert / Machala - Rastlose Liebe
- Schubert / Dishinger - Serenade
- John Dowland/ Jones - Flow my Tears
- Claude Debussy/ Jones - Romance
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World Premieres of solo and chamber works
- Dominick DiOrio - NoiTome (for horn and piano- 2003)
- Dominick DiOrio - Transformation: an homage to Arvo Pärt (for horn and marimba- 2007)
- Christopher Drew - The Flood (for trumpet, horn and piano- 2007)
Musicals, Operettas, and Operas performed
Anything Goes
Beauty & The Beast
Bye Bye Birdie
Can-Can
Camelot
Carnival!
Crazy for You
Cosi fan Tutte
The Desert Song
Die Fledermaus
The Gondoliers
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Guys and Dolls
H.M.S Pinafore
Iolanthe
Jekyll & Hyde
La chute de la maison Usher
L'enfant Prodigue
Les Miserable
Me and My Girl
Miss Saigon
The Most Happy Fella
No, No Nannette
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Oklahoma
Patience
The Pirates of Penzance
Pippin
Princess Ida
The Sound of Music
Sweeney Todd
Trial By Jury
Where's Charley?
The Wizard of Oz
West Side Story
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