Braydon Ross

Braydon Ross is a second-year Horn Fellow with the New World Symphony and supplementary horn with the Sarasota Orchestra. Previously, he was a member of the Santa Cruz Symphony, Stockton Symphony and Orchestra Next. He’s performed with many other orchestras close to home in the San Francisco bay area, as well as around New England.

In addition to orchestral work, Braydon is passionate about the fantastic solo repertoire for the horn. His accomplishments as a soloist include prizes at the 2025 International Horn Society’s Premiere Soloist Competition, 2024 International Horn Competition of America’s University Division and the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Instrumental Competition. Additionally, he was a finalist in the Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition during both his years at Yale, and he won the 2023 Concerto Competition at University of the Pacific, performing Reinhold Gliere’s Horn Concerto.

Teaching is just as crucial to Braydon’s musical life. He was a Teaching Artist with the Music In Schools Initiative, working with New Haven Public School students in after-school and in-school programs. Similarly, he taught lessons at the Pacific Community Music School and Pacific's Summer Institute during his undergraduate studies in Stockton, CA, in addition to student-teaching high school band in Sacramento as part of his music education degree. Braydon has also been fortunate to work for two summers on the staff of the Cormont Horn Camp (formerly Kendall Betts Horn Camp) in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.

Braydon has a master’s degree from the Yale School of Music, studying with William Purvis, and a bachelor’s degree in music education and horn performance from the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music, studying with Sadie Glass. He’s thrilled to be living in Miami with his girlfriend and their two pets, Benji and Kaz.