ELIZABETH FREIMUTH, French Horn
Elizabeth Freimuth is the principal horn of the Cincinnati Symphony. Before joining the CSO in 2006, Elizabeth was principal horn of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra (2005-2006), principal horn of the Kansas City Symphony(2000-2005) and assistant principal horn of the Colorado Symphony(1998-2000).
Elizabeth has performed as a featured soloist with the Kansas City Symphony, Overland Park (Kansas) Symphony and the Lakewood (Colorado) Symphony. She has performed with other orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony, Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Utah Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Saint Louis Symphony. In the summers, Elizabeth performs with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony in Sun Valley, ID and the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, WY.
As a chamber musician, Elizabeth has been a member of the Chamber Music Society of Kansas City, the principal horn of the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra and frequently performs with the Burning River Brass chamber ensemble. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music (BM) and Rice University Shepherd School of Music (MM), her primary mentors have been Verne Reynolds, Warren Peter Kurau and William VerMeulen.
Aside from her musical interests, Elizabeth loves to scuba dive, travel, work in her gardens and do other HGTV type projects. Currently, Elizabeth resides in the Kenwood area with her beloved black lab, Snoopy and four cats. She is married to Ben Freimuth, a clarinetist in the San Francisco Symphony.
