In addition to his passion for solo performance, Matthew is an active chamber musician. He is the principal horn of the Capstone Horn Quartet, also known as “Tater and the Tots.” Since the group’s inception in 2017, the Capstone Horn Quartet has been awarded first-prize in both the Southeast Horn Workshop Quartet Competition and the International Horn Society Summer Symposium Amateur Quartet Competition. Matt is currently the Principal Horn of the Meridian Symphony Orchestra, Co-Principal Horn of the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, and Third Horn of the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera. Stacie Mickens Dr. Stacie Mickens is Associate Professor of Horn at the University of North Texas College of Music. Prior to UNT, she was Associate Professor at the Dana School of Music, Youngstown State University and adjunct faculty at Luther College and Winona State University. She holds degrees from the University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Luther College. Mickens has performed with Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Plano Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Chamber Winds, Blossom Music Festival, Monarch Brass, Madison Symphony Orchestra, and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. She previously held positions in orchestras in Akron, Wheeling, Youngstown, Lansing, Dearborn, Southwest Michigan, La Crosse, Waterloo- Cedar Falls, and Dubuque. She is currently principal horn of Richardson Symphony and acting third horn of The Dallas Opera. Mickens’ solo album From the Great Lakes features new works by David Morgan and James Wilding. “ Stacie Mickens’s playing is superb; her musicality has a sort of confidence that makes one feel entirely secure in her hands...” – Fanfare Nov/Dec 2020. “Stacie Mickens…shows masterful control of her instrument throughout the CD, displaying the diverse sound quality of the horn with beautifully lyrical and melancholic playing…”– Brass Band World Dec 2020. She is a founding member of the Lantana Trio. Lantana’s 2022 album, Crossing Barriers , features commissioned works by Jeff Scott, Ivette Herryman Rodriguez, Shanyse Strickland, Dorothy Gates, and Erik Morales. The group co-hosted the International Women’s Brass Conference at UNT in 2022. Mickens has been a member of Stiletto Brass Quintet since 2022.
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