Address: 3380 Folsom St., Unit 111, Boulder, Colorado 80304
Telephone: 720 406-3496
Email: dkaslow@du.edu
Born: May 12, 1943, Brooklyn, New York
Education: BM, Horn Performance, 1963; MM, Horn Performance, 1969; Manhattan School of Music (horn studies with Richard Moore)
Professional horn performances: Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra; Manhattan Woodwind Quintet; Little Orchestra Society; New York Philharmonia; National Ballet of Canada; Mantovani Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; Aspen Chamber Symphony; New Hampshire Music Festival; Denver Symphony Orchestra; Bonfils Theater Staff Orchestra; Central City Opera Orchestra; Denver Brass Trio; Young Audiences, Inc. ensembles in New York City, Washington, DC, and Denver
Teaching: horn teacher, Williamsburgh
Settlement; adjunct professor, Colorado State University; adjunct
professor, The Naropa Institute; adjunct
professor, The University of Colorado in Denver; horn
professor/horn professor emeritus, Denver University; faculty,
"Explore" program of
The Northstar Institute; professor, Community College of
Vermont;
consultant and guest lecturer, Union Institute University; faculty,
Vermont Youth Orchestra; instructor, Vermont and Colorado Elderhostel
program (Road Scholar); instructor, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute;
staff, Mountains and Plains Institute for Lifelong Learning and Service
Awards and Grants: writer residency fellowship, The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts; support grant, The John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund; support grants, Lamont Music Associates; support grant, Denver University Faculty Research Fund; writer residency fellowship, The Helene M. Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico; book prizes, The Foreman Institute Award and Colorado State Music Teachers Association
Publications, lectures and masterclasses: article, Living Dangerously with the Horn, "Horn Call" magazine; article, Fearlessness, "Horn Call" and "American Music Teacher" magazines; education consultant, The Fischbach Corporation; article, The Egg, "Pilgrimage" magazine; article, Relationship, "The Mensa Bulletin" magazine; book publication, Living Dangerously with the Horn: Thoughts on Life and Art, 1996; book readings, lectures, discussions, masterclasses, and signings at University of North Texas, Southern Methodist University, East Texas State University, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Eastern Michigan University, Florida State University, Hartwick College, Naropa University; Indiana University, Oklahoma University, Bowdoin College, and The University of Vermont; book readings at Osmun Brass, The Harvard Coop Bookstore, John Rollins Bookstore, Tattered Cover Bookstore, and Striped Cat Books; guest faculty, Kendall Betts Horn Camp; article, Everything I Needed to Know I learned from an Eggshell; article, Fearless Teachers, Fearless Students, Denver Mensa "Matrix" magazine and Colorado Music Educators journal; article, Eggshells, "The Mensa Bulletin" magazine; lecture, University of Denver Faculty Lecture Series; two lectures, Colorado State Music Teachers Association; guest artist, Midwest Horn Workshop and Southwest Horn Workshop; lecture Vermont Mensa Society; lectures and masterclasses, Hunger Mountain Co-op; presenter, Onion River Arts Council; book publication, With Aspirations High: Discussions and Exercises for Musicians, 2002; article, All-Day Music Lessons, "Music for the Love of It" and "Keyboard Companion" magazines; article, The Exercise from Hades, "Horn Call" magazine; book discussion and signing, Hunger Mountain Co-Op; book reading and signing, Bear Pond Books; visiting artist, Performing Arts Institute at The Wyoming Seminary; book readings, Plainfield and Marshfield Vermont public libraries; artist-in-residence, Western US Horn Symposium; article, All-Day Learning, "The Mensa Bulletin; book readings and interviews, radio station WGDR; Arts correspondent and columnist, Barre-Montpelier Times Argus and Rutland Herald; liner essayist, First Edition Records
Memberships: American Mensa Society; International Horn Society; Staff, Court of Last Resort of American Mensa Society; Authors Guild; Admissions Committee, The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation; Board of Directors, Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra; Board of Trustees, Onion River Arts Council