Laurel Bennert Ohlson

National Symphony Orchestra Associate Principal Horn Laurel Bennert Ohlson has appeared as a concerto soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra and Eclipse Chamber Orchestra and in numerous solo engagements across the U.S. and South America. Ms. Ohlson is on the faculty of The Catholic University of America, and has been an active performer and teacher through the NSO’s Youth Fellowship Program, Summer Music Institute, and the American Residencies. She also conducts master classes and Wagner tuba clinics at International Horn Society Symposiums and International Women's Brass Conferences (IWBC). Ms. Ohlson presents “History of the Horn” lecture-demonstrations, playing on at least a dozen horn-related instruments including the alphorn, shofar, natural horn, Wagner tuba, and the ever-popular garden hose. She has been on the Board of Directors of the IWBC since its founding in 1991.