Margaret Tung

About Margaret

Dr. Margaret Tung is the Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Kentucky. Hailed as “masterly” in the Chicago Classical Review, she has performed with the famed Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Opera Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, and Virginia Symphony Orchestra; she was also a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. As a chamber musician, Dr. Tung has shared the stage with Yo-Yo Ma in a Chicago Symphony Orchestra chamber project, Once Upon a Symphony. Additionally, she currently performs in the UK Faculty Brass Quintet. Dr. Tung has presented at several clinics including the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, OMEA in Cleveland, and KMEA in Louisville. She has also performed at several International and Regional Horn Symposiums throughout the years including the 2016 International Horn Symposium in Muncie, IN where she commissioned and performed the world premiere performance of John Cheetham’s Sonata for Horn and Piano. As a soloist, she can be heard as a featured soloist with Anima on their CD release, An Anima Christmas. Her most recent recording release was Grammy nominated with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra entitled Concertos for Orchestra. Dr. Tung is an education enthusiast and recently published an article in the journal for the International Horn Society, The Horn Call, entitled "The Benefits of Adding a Horn Choir to Your Program." Dr. Tung is honored to be serving on the International Horn Society’s Advisory Council and also as the Kentucky Area Representative. She is on the faculty at Bay View Wind Institute during the summers. She completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts at The Ohio State University and holds a Master of Music from Rice University and a Bachelor of Music from DePaul University. Her teachers include world-renowned Dale Clevenger, Oto Carrillo, Jon Boen, David Griffin, and Bruce Henniss.

I encourage my students to ultimately be their own best teachers and be able to creatively problem solve and love music for a lifetime.