Homecoming Showcase: Tod Bowermaster & Friends @ The Great Hall

Tod Bowermaster

Tod Bowermaster, a proud graduate of Ottawa High School, is third horn of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 1995. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he studied with Dale Clevenger and Richard Oldberg. He was also very fortunate to have the opportunity to study with the great brass pedagogue Arnold Jacobs.

Noted for his “gorgeous solo playing” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) and his “golden-honey tone” (Kansas City Star), he released The Horn in Song, a collection of lyrical music for horn and piano, in 2012. He served as acting principal horn of the St. Louis Symphony for the 2002–2003 season and has appeared as a soloist with the orchestra on numerous occasions. He has also performed as a soloist with the Honolulu Symphony, the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, and many orchestras throughout the Midwest, including multiple engagements with the Illinois Valley…