Horn player Carla Blackwood builds threads of connection through her playing, teaching and research. As a leading performer on both modern and period instruments, Carla's artistry is heard through her informed approach to historical performance and her enthusiastic advocacy for new and Australian music. Carla is a sought after teacher and mentor: she is French Horn Lecturer at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music and Horn Faculty at the Australian National Academy of Music.

Ignited by excellence, Carla is in demand as a collaborator for composers and performers alike. On historical natural horns Carla is principal horn of the Orchestra of the Antipodes (Pinchgut Opera), the Australian Haydn Ensemble and Genesis Baroque, and has performed as guest principal horn with Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. On modern horn Carla performs regularly with leading Australian chamber ensembles including Quercus Trio, Lyrebird Brass, Ensemble Liaison, Australian Wind Quintet and Australia Ensemble, and is a regular guest principal horn with symphony orchestras around Australia.

Prior to taking up her current position in Melbourne Carla was Principal Horn of the Tiroler Symphonie Orchester Innsbruck and Professor for Horn at the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium in Austria. During her 13 years living in Europe, Carla performed as guest principal horn with orchestras including the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the SWR Sinfonie Orchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Camerata Salzburg, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Swedish Philharmonic Orchestra. Carla has held contracts in a number of orchestras across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. She holds masters degrees from Zurich and Basel, and studied under Christian Lampert, Horst Ziegler, Hector McDonald and Radovan Vlatkovic.

Carla is a passionate researcher, currently focused on writing the history of the horn in Australia. Carla has a strong interest in performance psychology and the physical and psychological aspects of being a musician. She has pursued some studies in psychology to deepen her understanding in this area and benefit her teaching.

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Senior Lecturer in Music (French Horn)

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

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