MUSIC | MEDIA | EDUCATION
Welcome to Horn Hippie Media, an inclusive independent queer-owned media company specializing in music, education, and so much more. We pride ourselves on fulfilling unique needs and taking content to new heights with our unmatched expertise and unwavering passion.
With a skilled team ready to tackle projects of all sizes, we ensure that your creative vision is not only realized but celebrated.
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Meet the Team
John Turman joined the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Seattle Opera in the fall of 2015 as third horn.
Mr. Turman was awarded the position of principal horn of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in the spring of 2015. During the 2013-2014 season, Mr. Turman performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as acting third horn.
Additionally, he has performed with the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Austin Symphony and the Austin Lyric Opera.
In 2010, he was named one of the Yamaha Corporation’s Young Performing Artists.
In addition to his orchestral playing, Mr. Turman is a dedicated chamber musician, music educator, and producer. He is a founding member of the Noctua Wind Quintet. In 2012, Noctua was the recipient of the Coleman-Sanderson grand prize for winds at the Coleman Competition and received the bronze medal in at the Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition. The group was awarded second prize at Chamber Music Yellow Springs in 2013. His horn quartet, The Southern Bells, released their first album, Carolina Horn Hotel, in 2014, and can be found on all streaming sites.
Since arriving in Seattle, Turman has performed with his colleagues in the Seattle Symphony as part of The Olympic Wind Quintet, and as part of a popular music combo, for which he arranges, The Beauxtet. As part of the Seattle Symphony Horns, he has recorded and performed horn ensembles at various events and symposia (and online, during the pandemic). The group’s catalog of work can be found on their YouTube channel, and Instagram @seattlesymphonyhorns.
In the field of media production, Mr. Turman is the host and executive producer of the Seattle Symphony’s early music education program Tiny Tots, as well as its online companion program, Tiny Clips, which won the 2021 Ford Musician Award for Excellence in Community Service. He is the founder and executive producer of Horn Hippie Media LLC, an independent digital media company that specializes in music education content creation. A catalog of music-related software tutorials, performances and gear reviews can be found on the YouTube channel: Horn Hippie Media.
Mr. Turman is a dedicated teacher and was welcomed to the faculty at the University of Washington School of Music in 2021 as Professor of Horn. Go Dawgs!
In an adjacent field, Mr. Turman is also a powerlifting coach and enjoys helping clients and musicians get stronger and achieve their fitness goals. Lifting and coaching content can be found under the @hornhulk handle.
Originally from Austin Texas, Mr. Turman began to play music at age seven. Mr. Turman received his degree in Horn Performance from Rice University in 2015 where he studied with William VerMeulen. Prior to his time at Rice, Mr. Turman studied with Dr. Thomas Hale in Austin.
Mr. Turman plays on handcrafted instruments made by the Canadian horn maker Keith Berg.
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Gabriel Slesinger is 3rd/Associate Principal Trumpet of the Charlotte Symphony.
In 2016, Gabriel received a Bachelor’s Degree in trumpet performance from Rice University and has since performed with a variety of leading ensembles, including the orchestras of Atlanta, Washington, DC (National Symphony), Houston, Richmond, and Utah, plus the Mercury Chamber Orchestra. He has also performed in the summer as principal trumpet with the Bravo! Big Sky Music Festival, in Big Sky, Montana.
Gabriel has had many great teachers, including Josh Keller, David Levin, and Pat Whitehead.
At Rice, he was a student of Barbara Butler and Charles Geyer, and he has recently studied extensively with Martin Angerer.
During the early months of 2020, Gabriel dove headfirst into the field of digital audio and video production and specialized in the art of the DAW.
Outside of orchestra, Gabriel likes to cook delicious food, play pickup basketball without rebounding, and play trumpet in friends’ bands.
Prior to joining the Charlotte Symphony in 2020, he spent two years living in the beautiful state of Utah.