ROBERT BONNEVIE

A native of Seattle, Robert Bonnevie (1934–2012) graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Mason Jones, former principal horn of The Philadelphia Orchestra. Bonnevie was a hornist with the Seattle Symphony, the US Army Band in Washington, DC, and the New Orleans Philharmonic. He served as Professor of Brass Instruments at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and was a member of the Soni Ventorum Wind Quartet. His other engagements included the Marlboro Festival, the Hong Kong Philharmonic and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra. He retired from the symphony in 2000, having been an orchestra member since 1967.