University of Georgia Horn Studio
Our Teachers
Dr. Jean Martin-Williams
Dr. Martin-Williams
Dr. Jean Martin-Williams is Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music and Associate Dean in the Franklin College. As Associate Dean, she is the liaison for the Willson Center and five departments/schools: Art, Dance, English, Music, and Theater/Film Studies. She has additional responsibilities in the areas of curriculum and instruction and is excited to be an advocate for the arts on campus.
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Under her guidance, the UGA Horn Studio has achieved a national reputation for excellence. Graduates now work in a variety of careers including arts management, music education, orchestral performance, military bands, and music technology in addition to other areas including health care and law.
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Dr. Martin-Williams’ creative activity includes performances in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, and Russia. She has recorded with the New York Chamber Symphony, the New York Pops, the Georgia Woodwind Quintet and the Atlanta Symphony, including the Grammy-award winning Berlioz Requiem. She is on the Board of Advisers for the International Horn Competition of the Americas and gives an annual lecture at The Juilliard School on the role of an artist/performer on a music faculty. She was a quarter-finalist for the 2017 Grammy Foundation Music Educator of the Year and hosted the 2001, 2006, and 2018 Southeast Horn Workshop at UGA and the 1999 International Horn Society symposium.
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A native of Decatur, Georgia, Dr. Martin-Williams attended the Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Lawrence University in Wisconsin, and the Manhattan School of Music, from which she was the first brass player to receive the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
Dr. James Naigus
Dr. Naigus​
Dr. James Naigus is Lecturer of Horn at the University of Georgia and hornist with the Georgia Brass Quintet. He is co-founder of the Cor Moto Horn Duo with Dr. Drew Phillips, and co-editor/contributor of the Creative Hornist and Technique Tips columns in the Horn Call, the journal of the International Horn Society.
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He has played with the Wichita Symphony, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, Orchestra Iowa, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Gainesville Chamber Orchestra, Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, and Ocala Symphony Orchestra. He has toured Europe in 2017 & 2014 and South America in 2011 as a member of the American Chamber Winds. He has also performed on recitals at the 2014 MidNorth Horn Workshop, 2013 Midwest Horn Workshop, the 2018 and 2017 Midsouth Horn Workshops, the 2018, 2016, 2014 and 2013 Southeast Horn Workshops, and the 2018, 2015 and 2013 International Horn Symposiums.
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As a member of staff at the prestigious Kendall Betts Horn Camp for the last four years, Naigus has designed and taught an aural harmony music theory course. Additional teaching interests include music theory, concert and commercial composition, and film music.
Naigus' compositions have been performed throughout the United States and beyond, with enthusiastic reception and rave review. In 2013 he was the Composer-in-Residence at the Southeast Horn Workshop in Richmond, VA. In 2009 he was awarded an honorable mention award in the International Horn Society Composition Contest. He has written commercial compositions for clients such as Google, University of Michigan, University of Florida, and University of Iowa. He is currently published by RM Williams Publishing and Veritas Musica Publishing.
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He is a graduate of the University of Iowa (DMA) studying with Jeffrey Agrell, studied horn and composition with Paul Basler at the University of Florida during his masters degree, and while attending the University of Michigan for his undergraduate degree studied with Soren Hermansson, Bryan Kennedy, and Adam Unsworth. Prior appointments include the University of Central Missouri and the University of Iowa.
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Visit http://jamesnaigus.com and http://cormotohorn.com for more info!