Praised as “fearless” by Opera Today, horn player Carys Sutherland has performed at major concert halls and festivals globally, including Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the BBC Proms. In 2024, she joined Symphony Nova Scotia as Principal Horn and was featured in CBC’s Classical 30 Under 30.

Carys has performed with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Handel and Haydn Society, the Jupiter Chamber Players, and as guest principal with the National Arts Centre Orchestra; as a award-winning soloist, she has appeared with the Juilliard Orchestra and Symphony Nova Scotia. She has enjoyed multiple summers at the Marlboro Music Festival and the Music Academy of the West.

Carys earned a Bachelor of Music from the Juilliard School, where she studied under Julie Landsman and Jennifer Montone as a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship, a Gluck Community Engagement Fellowship, and a teaching fellowship in the Music Advancement Program.

Outside of the symphony, Carys is a coach for the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra and a regular program annotator for the Juilliard School and the New World Symphony. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking, and practicing yoga.

To learn more about Carys, horn lessons, or about our programming in general don’t hesitate to get in touch!

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