Assistant Professor
Percussion
Contact Information
Cogswell Hall 110
rhorner@iup.edu
724-357-2065
Courses
Applied Percussion
Class Percussion
Introduction to Music
Degrees
DMA, West Virginia University
Artist Diploma, Duquesne University
MM, Duquesne University
BSEd, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Biography
Ron Horner is an assistant professor of Music (adjunct) at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Music degree in Performance and an Artist Diploma from Duquesne University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from West Virginia University. His primary teachers include Elden “Buster” Bailey, Roland Kohloff, Stanley Leonard, and Gary Olmstead. A member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, he has received numerous academic and professional awards, including membership in Who’s Who in America. He is an active participant in the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy; the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers; and the Percussive Arts Society.
His performing experience includes former membership in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and regular performances with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, under conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, and Georg Solti. Additionally, he is currently serving as principal timpanist of the Johnstown and Westmoreland Symphony Orchestras in Pennsylvania, and is timpanist for the acclaimed Keystone Wind Ensemble. He has recorded on the Deutsche Grammofon, London/Decca, CBS Masterworks, and Citadel labels. Dr. Horner is a clinician for the Ludwig/Musser division of Selmer Industries, and is the author of the timpani method book The Tuneful Timpanist.