Eric McIntyre has held positions with the Houston Ballet, Symphony of Southeast Texas, Brazos Valley Symphony, and OrchestraX and has performed with the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Des Moines Symphony, and several other ensembles. His playing has been heard on NPR’s World of Opera and Live from Festival Hill, and on Polish National Radio. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with ensembles including Wind Expressions, the Paragon Brass, and the Bluebonnet Brass, and he has toured throughout Eastern Europe and Italy as a chamber musician with the European Mozart Foundation.
Also skilled as a natural hornist, McIntyre has performed solo recitals and chamber music on the classical horn, including an appearance as a featured duettist on baroque horn with the Baroque Orchestra of Iowa in 2007 and a recital of classical and new works for natural horn with acclaimed fortepianist Carol lei Breckenridge in April 2008.
In addition to his work as a classical performer, he has appeared with popular musicians such as Ray Charles, Dennis DeYoung, and John Tesh and with the national tour of the musical Titanic.
He has been awarded an Iowa Arts Council grant for his programs of Theatrical Chamber Music and Narrative Improvisation. These boundary pushing concerts, performed in collaboration with vocalist Kimberly Fitch, pianist Patrice Ewoldt, and cellist Daniel Furuta, feature new and old stories brought to life in composed and improvised words and music.
In May and June of 2008, McIntyre presented a series of performances, masterclasses, and lessons on both modern and classical horns in Cape Town, South Africa. He performed for and worked with students at the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town, school children, and brass players studying with the South African Army band.
His primary teachers include former Cleveland Orchestra principal hornist, Myron Bloom, Volker Altmann of the Vienna Philharmonic, Jay Andrus and Nancy Goodearl of the Houston Symphony, and natural hornist Richard Seraphinoff. He has had additional studies with Aurčle Nicolet, Milan Turkovic, Boris Pergamenschikov, David Golub, and Eli Eban. He received B.M. and M.M. degrees in music performance from Indiana University, where he was also awarded the Performer's Certificate.
McIntyre continues to perform orchestral and chamber music and solo recitals on modern and natural horn, and his most recent work explores structured and free improvisation as well as the use of altered instruments of his own design.
Audio samples of recent performances are available here.
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