BELLA KOLASINSKI
PERFOrMER & TEACHER
ABOUT ME
Dr. Isabella Kolasinski is the newly appointed Visiting Assistant Professor of Horn at the Crane School of Music, at SUNY Potsdam. Moving back to New York, she served as second horn of the West Valley Symphony in Surprise, Arizona, and also performed with the Phoenix Symphony, Symphony of the Southwest, Musica Nova Orchestra, Arizona Philharmonic, and the Phoenix Brass Collective. Alongside her freelance career, Dr. Kolasinski has been invited as a guest artist at the Chamber Music Silicon Valley Festival, the East Idaho Chamber Music Series, the Saarburg International Music Festival in Saarburg, Germany, and toured with the Potsdam Brass Quintet across New York State in 2024.Dr. Kolasinski's academic research includes an extensive study of early works for horn and fixed media, paired with a recording project. She is the first to record Janet Beat's "Hunting Horns are Memories" (1977) and also recorded Hildegard Westerkamp's "Fantasie for Horns II" (1979). Other professional recordings she is featured on include John Stevens' "Triangles" and Steven Bryant's "Ecstatic Waters" with the Arizona State University Wind Ensemble.Dr. Kolasinski has proudly served as a staff member at the world-renowned Cormont Horn Camp and previously attended as a camper and scholarship recipient from 2017-2019.
Dr. Kolasinski holds degrees from Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, and the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. Her major professors are John Ericson, Adam Unsworth, Bryan Kennedy, Lauren Becker, and Kiirsi Johnson.
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