Maddy Tarantelli

Maddy Tarantelli is Assistant Professor of Instruction in Horn at University of Northern Iowa. Tarantelli has performed extensively with Utah Symphony and has performed with Ballet West, the Boise Philharmonic, Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, and Fountain City Brass Band. She has previously held positions at Interlochen Arts Camp and Utah Valley University.
 
Tarantelli is a founding member of Trilogy Brass with Dr. JoDee Davis (UMKC) and Dr. Jennifer Oliverio (Missouri Western State University). Trilogy has performed recitals across the Midwest and at the International Women’s Brass Conferences.
 
Tarantelli is an active contributor to the International Horn Society’s publication The Horn Call, international symposiums, and regional workshops. She has received grants from the American Scandinavian Foundation and UMKC Women's Council. She is currently working on a book to be published by Mountain Peak Music. Since 2017, Tarantelli has served on the board of directors for Audition Mode Horn Seminar alongside Denise Tryon and Karl Pituch. 

She spent her summers teaching theory and performing with faculty ensembles at Interlochen Arts Camp from 2015-2017. She aged out of DCI in 2011 playing mellophone with the Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps.
 
Tarantelli completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, a Master’s at the University of Miami, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education at Florida Gulf Coast University. She formally studied with Marty Hackleman, Sam Pilafian, and Kirsten Bendixen-Mahoney. Additional major fluences include Denise Tryon, Julie Landsman, and Frøydis Ree Wekre.