Kurt Heichelheim is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins, where he studied French Horn Performance with Denise Tryon of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Kurt teaches privately in the Vancouver/Battleground area, as well as teaches masterclasses and run a summer horn workshop for the local students. He has been a featured soloist with the Hillsboro Symphony, plays Principal Horn with the Southwest Washington Wind Symphony, and occasionally plays with the Vancouver Symphony, Portland Columbia Symphony, and the Big Horn Brass.