Person Role: Musician
Caitlyn Smith Franklin
Caitlyn Smith Franklin is acting Fourth Horn of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for the 2024/25 season. Previously a busy freelancer in the San Francisco Bay Area, Caitlyn appeared in the pit regularly as a frequent substitute with the San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Ballet, including a one-year contract as Fourth Horn with the San Francisco Ballet for the 2022/23 season, and has performed extensively and toured nationally and internationally as an extra with the San Francisco Symphony.
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Reese Farnell
A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Reese Farnell is serving as Interim Assistant Principal/Utility Horn with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for the 2024/25 season.
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Katie Backus
Originally from Rhode Island, Katie Backus is now based outside of Burlington, VT. A violinist and violist, she received a degree in music education from the University of Rhode Island, and
taught strings both in public schools and privately for ten years in New Hampshire before moving to Vermont.
Marci Gurnow
Gurnow began her career as second and bass clarinet in the Jacksonville Symphony, and later served as acting second clarinet with the Detroit Symphony. She has also performed with the National and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, and the New York Philharmonic.
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Hyunjoo Choo
Critically acclaimed for her “innate instrumental prowess,” violinist Hyunjoo Choo is praised for displaying “technical assurance as well as showing effortless virtuosity with her beautiful tone” by critics.
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