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Dakota Corbliss
Dr. Dakota Corbliss is currently the Assistant Professor of Horn and Graduate Director of Music Performance at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Corbliss has previously served as an instructor of horn at the University of South Carolina, UNC-Wilmington, and Coastal Carolina University.
As an ensemble performer, Corbliss is Fourth Horn in the Western Piedmont Symphony. Additionally, he plays with many other regional orchestras such as North Carolina Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, and Virginia Symphony. In the past, he has performed with the likes of New World Symphony, Miami City Ballet, South Florida Philharmonic, New River Valley Symphony, the United States Navy Band Southwest, the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band, and many others.
He is an avid chamber musician, bridging gaps and styles of music across different instrumentations. His ventures include Vice City Brass, PIVOT, NewStream Brass, and Doctor’s Orders, all of which have albums streaming on all major platforms.
Dr. Corbliss has an extensive background in pedagogical instruction, working with a wide variety of private students, chamber groups, and large ensembles. Presenting masterclasses at regional high schools and universities is a regular occurrence, as well as his involvement in the marching arts. Currently a member of the brass staff of Drum Corps International’s Phantom Regiment, he enjoys his time as a technician and adjudicator in the Mid-Atlantic region of the country.
In an administrative role, Corbliss is currently the Director of Operations for the Brass Institutes of America, a series of brass chamber music festivals that take place in the summer across the country. He has also worked logistics on many projects including the Savvy Arts Venture Challenge and the College Music Society Summit.
Corbliss has earned a DMA from the University of South Carolina School of Music, an MM from the University of Miami Frost School of Music, and a BA from Virginia Tech. His teachers have included JD Shaw and Wallace Easter.
App State Horn Studio
The horn studio at Appalachian State is proud to be filled with students with diverse career goals. Focuses include performance, education, industry studies, composition, musicology, and more, allowing for a multitude of opportunities for cross collaboration and comradery. Outside of the horn, the studio is a tight-knit community that supports their peers both within the studio and across the Hayes School of Music. Many of our students are involved in Greek life within the building, and many are focused on chamber music opportunities on campus and in the surrounding High Country Communities. We are so excited to welcome you to Boone!
The Hayes School of Music prepares musicians for professional lives as performers, music educators, music therapists, and music industry professionals, ensuring the next generation of musical leadership for the state, region, and nation. Noted for quality instruction offered by nationally and internationally recognized faculty musicians, the school offers four undergraduate and two graduate-level degree programs.
The Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University, nestled in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, cultivates passion, creativity, and academic excellence to create musical professions for life. Supported by faculty and staff in our innovative degree programs, students work together in a diverse community, becoming composers, educators, performers, therapists, and music industry professionals dedicated to music's transformative power. Performances and community programs make us a destination for music in the region while preparing graduates to be leaders in their community and the world.
Named for Mariam Cannon Hayes, the Hayes School of Music enrolls more than 475 students pursuing careers in the following fields: Music Education, Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sacred Music, Composition and Theory, Music Industry Studies, Jazz Studies, Graduate Music Studies. These programs are supported by more than 50 faculty, numerous performance ensembles, and modern academic and performance facilities.
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