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Jean McCullough is the horn player for the Gaudete Brass. She also manages many of the financial aspects of the business side of the quintet. Jean is the only member of the quintet that can call both Gaudete Brass home cities “home.” Growing up in Chicago, Jean began a serious study of the horn at an early age participating in the MERIT music program in Chicago. Jean holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Performance from Lawrence University. She was the recipient of the Chancellor Fellowship Award while completing a Masters degree in Music Performance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She now makes her home in Milwaukee where, in addition to her active chamber music career, she works with students from the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra. Jean has performed with such groups as the Hot Springs Festival Orchestra, the Milwaukee Choristers, and the White Heron Chorale. She was the 2004 winner of the Fred Schroeder Prize in Wind Performance. Her horn teachers have included Gregory Flint, David Griffin, James DeCorsey, and William Barnewitz.
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