Kathryn Mehrtens

Kathryn Mehrtens is an active freelance hornist in the Philadelphia area. She is 3rd horn with the Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra, and principal horn in the Broadway show pit orchestras of the Academy of Music, the Forrest and Merriam Theaters, where she has played Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Miss Saigon, Beauty and the Beast, Wicked, The Lion King, Spamalot, Mary Poppins, and numerous other touring Broadway productions. Ms. Mehrtens also has performed with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, the Delaware Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, West Jersey Chamber Orchestra, Academy of Vocal Arts Orchestra, and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic.

Kathryn has been on the faculty of The College of New Jersey since 1984 where she is Instructor of Horn and Director of the Horn Ensemble. She has hosted a number of Master Classes at TCNJ featuring such artists as Arnold Jacobs, Philip Farkas, Barry Tuckwell, Bill Capps, and Randy Gardner. Ms. Mehrtens is also on the faculty of Eastern University, and is a member of the International Horn Society. She has an extensive private horn studio with students from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Many of her students have gone on to such schools as Eastman School of Music, The Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Peabody Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati Conservatory, Northwestern University, and have experienced successful careers in performance.