Jean Jeffries performs, records and lectures on modern, classical and baroque horns. A graduate of Harvard College committed to liberal arts education and creative approaches to learning, Jean teaches horn and coaches chamber music at Amherst and Mount Holyoke Colleges. Working with bright, enthusiastic hornists inspires Jean’s ever-evolving musical perspective.

Jean appears as a modern horn player with Juno, Barrington Stage, Opera North, Pioneer Valley Symphony, Fanfare Brass, Eclectic Arts Trio, and in rock ’n’ roll performances of The Complete Tommy Album with The Collective. She has played natural horn with period ensembles including ACRONYM, Arcadia Players, Connecticut Early Music Festival, Foundling, Handel and Haydn Society and La Dona Musicale.

Jean has commissioned several works, including pieces by composers Clifton J. Noble, David Kidwell and Lewis Spratlan. She looks forward to premiering her most recent commission, Amherst College Professor Eric Sawyer’s Quintet for horn and strings, with Wistariahurst Quartet.