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Meredith Plays Horn

@meredithmoo25.bsky.social

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Horn Player/Composer Brooklyn NY Available for remote session work meredithplayshorn.com

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · Jul 5

Siegfried’s Long Call from Twilight of the Garage (Gäragerdämmerung)

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 1d

NGL, glad I have a day off and it’s shitty out so I don’t feel guilty sleeping till noon and spending the rest of the day deep cleaning my apartment
Soooo much harder to do when the weathers nice

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 2d

Also did the math, and I would have gotten home two hours earlier if I had driven back to Brooklyn from Detroit

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 2d

NANCY…THIS
IS A VERY PUNK MEAL

SLUGGO IS VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE LUNCH NANCY IS SERVING
NANCY ISN’T WITH SLUGGO’S CRITICISM OF HER COOKING

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 2d

AFM 802 voted to authorize a strike if necessary. Hopefully this sends a clear message to the Broadway League that they can’t cut our pay and health benefits without expecting a fight. AEA and AFM are a united front now, solidarity forever!

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 2d

Update: Got home at 3am and had such a turbulent landing I threw up all the free snacks and prosecco I got in first class

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 2d

Whelp my flight is three hours delayed but at least I got upgraded to first class because all the rich people bailed

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 2d

This is so Cousin Greg coded

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 3d

Also the table next to me is a Spaniard and Belgian, I’m assuming here on business, because they are talking so much shit about their English colleagues and the English in general lololololol

Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 3d

The New Yorker in me still always surprised when I have a good meal outside of NYC 🤡

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 3d

Isn’t it funny how they still do low horn/high horn in Europe where the low horns are still expected to have high chops but all the high horns can’t play below middle C

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 3d

I also remember bringing Shosti 5 to my lessons in London and my teachers (all principal horns) were like “oh you don’t have to play this, you’re the principal horn!”. One even told me job the committee gave it to him as sight reading once and he refused to play it but they still gave him the job 🙃

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 3d

Small orchestras (small as in per-service/local) orchestras ask it on auditions as a way to let you know they won’t hire you an assistant

Had this confirmed to me by a trumpet player on the OC of a local ROPA orchestra I auditioned for

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 3d

Ooof that’s rough

My horn audition pre-lim horror list:

1. Shosti 5 low tutti
2. Brandenberg Trio w/rpts
3. Candidate dismissed

Also related to my pet peeve of orchestras asking Brandenburg when they know they will never program it

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 3d

Also Wagner, would love to see the look on that shit heads face when he sees a woman (!) play his Long Call in a garage

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 3d

Ravel, I love his music so so so so much but his horn parts can be absolutely treacherous

Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 3d

Sad to hear this is the culture in Minneapolis, was there a few weeks ago and found it very walkable. Especially enjoyed walking along the river path to get back downtown after getting incredible Hmong food at Diane’s Place. A meal+walk I’ll never forget!

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 5d

Taking my students to a Broadway show tonight. Adventure time!

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 5d

TLDR of what's happening with the Broadway contract negotiations

Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 5d

Per my last post: Please sign this petition showing that you support the AFM and AEA as we continue with negotiations!

actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

Stand United for a Healthier Broadway

If you love going to the theatre, then you're familiar with the "the show must go on" mentality that has persisted within the theatre industry. For generations, that phrase has been a plucky, pull-...

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 5d

Seeing a Broadway show be like:

a cartoon character sitting at a table with a bottle of wine

ALT: a cartoon character sitting at a table with a bottle of wine

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 5d

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 5d

ATM my union, AFM 802, is voting to authorize a strike in solidarity w/AEA as we both negotiate w/the Broadway League of Producers for a fairer contract. A question that came up in a recent meeting was: “how do we explain the importance of our jobs to those outside our field”
Here is my attempt:

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 5d

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Thank you for your support!!!

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Meredith Plays Horn @meredithmoo25.bsky.social · 6d

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