Gene Berger joined the Interlochen Arts Academy faculty as Instructor of Horn in 2008. Previously, he was a member with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and The Florida Orchestra. In addition to his Academy position, Mr. Berger is Principal Horn of the South West Florida Symphony in Fort Myers, Florida. He has performed as guest principal horn with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra.
Mr. Berger has been an active educator serving on the faculty of the University of Central Florida and the University of Tampa. He was a member of the Pegasus Wind Quintet at the University of Central Florida, and was the founding member of the Category Five Winds, which served The Florida Orchestra's educational outreach programs.
Mr. Berger has performed with numerous festival orchestras including the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, Spoleto, Colorado Music Festival, Music in the Mountains and the AIMS Music Festival in Graz, Austria. Mr. Berger is also active as a chamber musician and soloist. He was a soloist with The Florida Orchestra in W. A. Mozart's Simphonia Concertante and Robert Schumann's Konzertstuck, Opus 81.
In college, Mr. Berger studied with Greg Hustis, Principal Horn of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and William Capps His early private horn instructor was Frederick Schmitt, former horn with the New York Brass Quintet and Principal Horn of the Indianapolis Symphony, who gave him the inspiration to pursue a career in music.
