Faculty Profile

Kelly Langenberg
NMS Horn Faculty

“She has a sound that makes people stop and listen.”  

-Hans Clebsch, Cleveland Orchestra

Kelly is pleased to be a part of the horn faculty at New Music School and has represented the New Music School horn faculty through her performances with the New Music School Brass Quintet. Kelly has been playing and teaching horn in the Chicago area since 2002 and is the horn professor at North Park University. Ms. Langenberg has also taught at De Paul University's Community Music Division  and partnered with Lincoln Park High School and Lane Tech High School before joining New Music School.

Kelly’s busy and fast-paced career has been highlighted by numerous accomplishments and a growing list of performing opportunities. In addition to her recent performances with the Cleveland Orchestra, Kelly is principal horn of the Battle Creek Symphony (MI), and a member of Quad City (IA), Peoria (IL), and Kenosha (WI) symphonies. As a freelancer in the Chicago area, she performs with Light Opera Works of Chicago, Ars Viva! Symphony Orchestra, Lake Forest Symphony, Tower Brass of Chicago, Chicagoland Pops, Elgin Symphony, Illinois Philharmonic, and many other regional orchestras. In the upcoming orchestral season, Kelly will appear as a soloist with the Muscatine Symphony (IA) and the Clinton Symphony (IA) to perform Richard Strauss’s Horn Concerto No.1.  

Kelly’s continuing passion for orchestral music study has taken her to the Blossom Chamber Music Festival (2008, 2007), Aspen Music Festival (2006), Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestral Musicians (2003) and the Chautauqua Institute (2000). Kelly’s most influential teachers include Neil Kimel (Lyric Opera), Dale Clevenger (Chicago Symphony), and Jon Boen (Lyric Opera).  Ms. Langenberg earned a BME and BM in Horn Performance from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory in Berea, Ohio, and a MM in Horn Performance from De Paul University in Chicago, IL.

If you would like to contact Ms. Langenberg, please email her at kellylangenberg@newmusicschool.com.