Louis M. Wilson, hornist, composer

Lou Wilson, french hornist and composer, majored in music at Santa Monica College. He has performed with the Santa Monica Symphony, the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony, and served a term in the Navy Band at Seattle. While in the Navy Band he also studied music under the tutelage of the famed composer Lockrem Johnson.

As a horn player, Mr. Wilson studied with Sinclair Lott, principal hornist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has worked with renowned choral and instrumental conductors such as Roger Wagner, Miklos Rosza, Ernest Gold, Mehli Mehta, Nelson Riddle, Ernst Katz, and Victor Bey.

Currently a computer software engineer living in Aurora, Oregon, Mr. Wilson has returned to his original love and career as composer and horn soloist.

C.V.

• 1962 -- Student, principal baritone horn. USC Summer Band Workshop

• Robert Marsteller, director

• 1963 -- Student of Myron Richards (principal horn, Seattle Symphony)

• 1964-65 -- Student, Principal & Solo Horn, Santa Monica City College Band

• Robert Zachman, conductor

• Robert Winslow, conductor

• Ernest Gold, guest conductor

• Miklos Rosza, guest conductor

• 1964-65 -- Student, Baritone Vocalist, Santa Monica City College Choir

• Dr. F. Anthony Viggiano, director

• Roger Wagner, guest conductor

• Marnie Nixon, guest conductor

• Jester Hairston, guest conductor

• 1964-65 -- Principal Horn, Calif. Junior Philharmonic

• Dr. Ernst Katz, director

• 1964-65 -- 4th Horn, L.A.Doctor's Symphony

• Peter Merenblum, director

• Victor Bakalinikov, guest conductor

• (served in horn section with Victor Vener, now conductor of the Calif. Philharmonic)

• 1966-67 -- Student, USN Music School, Little Creek, VA

• 1967-68 -- Hornist, 13th Naval District Band, Seattle

• James Fox, MUC, USN, director

• Gerald Tanguay, MUMC, USN, director

• 1967-68 -- Student of Lockrem Johnson, composer, music director of Cornish School of Allied Arts, Seattle

• 1969-71 -- 4th Horn, Santa Monica Symphony

• Victor Bey, director

• Nelson Riddle, guest conductor

• 1970-71 -- Student, UCLA Horn Master Class

• Sinclair Lott, instructor (principal horn, L.A. Philharmonic)

• 1979-81 -- Conductor, Panorama Baptist Choir, Panorama City, CA

• 1992-07 -- Composer (Several small works for synthesizer, vocals and piano)

• 2000 -- Principal Horn, Paradise Valley College Orchestra

• Carolyn Broe, conductor

--- Mr. Wilson took a short sabbatical from 1971 to 2008, wherein he followed his other career as a computer software engineer.  (See his resume at http://www.gluefish.com/ )

Some music written by Lou Wilson - links: Dax In Xlima Interlife Jazz Chorale Late Night Beach Little Criminal – Synthahol Oh Daddy Waves Green Idyll Under the Citadel

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