Jean Jeffries

Jean Jeffries performs and lectures on modern, classical and baroque horns. A graduate of Harvard College committed to liberal arts education, Jean teaches horn, coaches chamber music, and advises the Alphorn Club at Amherst College.

Jean appears on modern horn with NERO, Juno, Barrington Stage, Pioneer Valley Symphony, Valley Light Opera, Eclectic Arts Trio and Clarion Brass Quintet, and in rock ’n’ roll in performances of The Complete Tommy Album with The Collective. She has played natural horn with period ensembles including ACRONYM, Arcadia Players, Connecticut Early Music Festival, Foundling, Handel and Haydn Society and La Dona Musicale.

Jean’s interest in promoting new music has resulted in a variety of commissions, including The Rusalka, a tone poem for horn and orchestra by Clifton J. Noble, works for horn, tenor and piano by David Kidwell and Lewis Spratlan and two quintets for horn and strings by composers Eric Sawyer and Geoffrey Hudson.