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Maddy Tarantelli is Assistant Professor of Instruction in Horn at the University of Northern Iowa. Tarantelli has performed extensively with Utah Symphony and has performed with many of the orchestras in Iowa, Utah/Idaho, the midwest, and Fountain City Brass Band. She has previously held positions at Interlochen Arts Camp and Utah Valley University.
In Iowa, Maddy has continued the UNI tradition of horn choir by starting the Community Horn Choir back up. Members include UNI alumni, current students, high school students, community members, and professional hornists in Iowa where anyone is welcome to participate.
Tarantelli currently serves as president of the Lawrence Graduate Bayreuth Tuben Quintet and has performed in the US and Canada with the tubens. Tarantelli has taken part in performing section horn with the Colorado Mahlerfest since 2024. Tarantelli is a founding member of Trilogy Brass with Dr. JoDee Davis (UMKC) and Dr. Jennifer Oliverio (Missouri Western SU). Trilogy has performed recitals across the Midwest and at the International Women’s Brass Conferences.
Tarantelli is an active contributor to the International Horn Society’s publication The Horn Call, International Symposiums, and regional workshops. She has received grants from the American Scandinavian Foundation and UMKC Women's Council. She is currently working on a book to be published by Mountain Peak Music. Since 2017, Tarantelli has served on the board of directors for Audition Mode Horn Seminar alongside Denise Tryon and Karl Pituch. She spent her summers teaching theory and performing with faculty ensembles at Interlochen Arts Camp from 2015-2017. She aged out of DCI in 2011 playing mellophone with the Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps.
Tarantelli completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, a Master’s at the University of Miami, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education at Florida Gulf Coast University. She formally studied with Marty Hackleman, Sam Pilafian, and Kirsten Bendixen-Mahoney. Additional major influences include Denise Tryon, Julie Landsman, and Frøydis Ree Wekre.
In Iowa, Maddy has continued the UNI tradition of horn choir by starting the Community Horn Choir back up. Members include UNI alumni, current students, high school students, community members, and professional hornists in Iowa where anyone is welcome to participate.
Tarantelli currently serves as president of the Lawrence Graduate Bayreuth Tuben Quintet and has performed in the US and Canada with the tubens. Tarantelli has taken part in performing section horn with the Colorado Mahlerfest since 2024. Tarantelli is a founding member of Trilogy Brass with Dr. JoDee Davis (UMKC) and Dr. Jennifer Oliverio (Missouri Western SU). Trilogy has performed recitals across the Midwest and at the International Women’s Brass Conferences.
Tarantelli is an active contributor to the International Horn Society’s publication The Horn Call, International Symposiums, and regional workshops. She has received grants from the American Scandinavian Foundation and UMKC Women's Council. She is currently working on a book to be published by Mountain Peak Music. Since 2017, Tarantelli has served on the board of directors for Audition Mode Horn Seminar alongside Denise Tryon and Karl Pituch. She spent her summers teaching theory and performing with faculty ensembles at Interlochen Arts Camp from 2015-2017. She aged out of DCI in 2011 playing mellophone with the Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps.
Tarantelli completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, a Master’s at the University of Miami, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education at Florida Gulf Coast University. She formally studied with Marty Hackleman, Sam Pilafian, and Kirsten Bendixen-Mahoney. Additional major influences include Denise Tryon, Julie Landsman, and Frøydis Ree Wekre.
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