Corbin Wagner

ABOUT

Corbin Wagner is a highly regarded horn performer, teacher, and longtime member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He served as Associate Professor of Horn at the Michigan State University College of Music and retired in 2026. performs Kansas City-born Wagner received a bachelor’s degree in 1979 from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Professor Louis Stout. Upon graduation he became a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, retiring in 2013. In 1989 he earned a master’s degree from the University of Michigan. He became the associate professor of horn in the Michigan State University College of Music in 2012 and has served as adjunct horn professor at Oakland University, the University of Michigan, and Wayne State University. Wagner has received many prestigious performing honors, including third prize at the 1983 Munich International Horn Competition, first prize at the Heldenleben International Horn Competition (now International Horn Competition of America) in hand horn, valve horn, and horn quartet. He has performed as soloist in the Detroit area and at five horn workshops, including the 2018 Muncie Symposium. Wagner was a judge at the 2017 and 2019 International Horn Competition of America and a 30-year member of the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings. To keep artistically sharp, he performs regularly, and he is an experienced clinician, giving clinics around the country.