Clinicians: Allan Horney

Allan L. Horney is Professor of Trombone and Jazz Studies at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.  In addition to applied trombone and euphonium, he teaches arranging courses, jazz methods and supervises student teachers in music. As a composer-arranger, Mr. Horney has written works for jazz ensemble, marching band, orchestra, solo trombone, and piano.  He has published over 25 works for jazz ensemble and marching band, including the 1998 IMEA required jazz ensemble piece, “Minority Ruling”. Since 1977, he has been the arranger for the Marching Illini of the University of Illinois and writes for numerous university marching bands. As a trombonist, Mr. Horney has performed with the numerous big bands and solo artists and currnetly performs with the Eastern Brass Quintet. Mr. Horney led EIU’s award winning jazz program for 21 years. Under his direction, the EIU Jazz Ensemble was awarded two outstanding performance citations at the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival, and in 1990 won Downbeat Magazine’s coveted DB Award for best big band recording in the U.S. Its first CD, Eastern Time Zone was released in 1993. He has two new publications for jazz ensemble which will be released in October, 1999. Mr. Horney received an undergraduate degree from Indiana State University, with masters and doctoral work from the University of Illinois.