Czech-born horn player and music educator Jon Chromik has had more
than 30 years professional experience both as a musician and music educator.
He is a graduate of the State Conservatory of Music Brno and the Janacek
Academy of Performing Arts in the Czech Republic. He studied horn under
Professor Frantisek Solc. During his graduate studies he became a full
time member of the major Czech orchestras including the National Opera
Orchestra, Brno and the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra. He also performed
with the Brno Philharmonic and the State Radio Orchestra among the others.
He holds a Masters Degree in Music Education and a Ph.D at the University
of Connecticut in the USA. In the USA he was a member of the Corpus Christi
Symphony Orchestra and worked as a freelance musician. His experience
includes teaching Horn at the Cairo Conservatory of Music in Egypt, the
University of Connecticut and at the Hollins University in Virginia.
