Kira Ford Performs with Emporia State Horn Ensemble

2016 Mar 7

Kira Ford of Junction City, Kansas, performed with the Emporia State horn ensemble on March 1 to introduce a lecture by Robert Watt, the first African American horn player hired by a major U.S. symphony orchestra.

Watt, who plays with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, presented a master class session before his evening lecture. The visit was coordinated by the ESU horn studio and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Ford is a freshman majoring in criminology.