Notice Board

Dr. Reeves' performance will include primarily works for horn and piano or unaccompanied horn by Twentieth Century composers.  What is special about these works is that they remain tuneful, tonal works suited for the melodic, singing qualities of the horn.  While so doing, they employ the full resources that horns and hornists found at their disposal by this time period.  A special feature of the program will be a work for two horns performed by Dr. Reeves and Dr. Thomas Staples (faculty).  Dr. Deanna Oye (faculty) will perform on piano.

Biography
Dr. Gary L. Reeves is a native of Muscatine, Iowa, USA.  He holds degrees from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, University of South Dakota, and University of Iowa.  He is an active horn soloist both on the modern instrument and on the historical (natural) horn.  He has taught instrumental music in the Iowa public schools as well as at the university level. 

Dr. Reeves is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of South Dakota. He is a past member of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, has served as Principal Hornist of the Chamber Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra for the Superior Music Festival in Michigan. Currently, he is Principal Horn for the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra, hornist for the Superior Chamber Music Festival, and during the summer is Principal Horn for the Sioux City Municipal Band.  He is an Artist Representative for the Conn-Selmer Division of Steinway, Inc., is a member of the International Horn Society and is an Area Representative for that organization. 

His new CD recording from Mark Custom Recordings is titled “A Twentieth Century American Horn Extravaganza,” which was funded by the South Dakota Arts Council.  The CD features music by American composers including Samuel Adler and Leonard Bernstein, among others; the pianist is Dr. Nancy Redfern of Northern Michigan University in Marquette. Gary is married to Dr. Deborah Check Reeves, a member of the clarinet section of the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra.  In addition to their music, Gary and Deb enjoy bicycling and caring for their two Brittany Spaniel “pseudo-children,” Munson and Baby, both rescue dogs that came via the American Brittany Rescue Association.