- Horn
- Session A and B
- Kathie and Michael Massey Chair
Austin Ruff is from Dallas, Texas, where he recently received his Bachelor’s of Music in Horn Performance and Bachelor’s of Science in Mathematics from Southern Methodist University as a student of Greg Hustis, Haley Hoops, and David Heyde. He is an active freelancer in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex, where he was a substitute Horn with the Dallas and Richardson symphonies. Austin has also had previous festival experience at the Cuban American Youth Orchestra and the Sarasota Music Festival. This fall, he will continue his education at Northwestern University, studying with Gail Williams and Jon Boen and acting as an Associate Member with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Cats or Dogs?
Dogs
If you had a super power, what would it be?
The ability to fly.