Associate Professor of horn, Lydia Van Dreel joined the University of Oregon faculty in 2006. Ms. Van Dreel maintains an active and diverse performing career as an orchestral, chamber, solo and recording artist. A member of The Eugene Symphony Orchestra, The IRIS Orchestra (Memphis, TN) the UO's Faculty Brass and Wind Quintets, The Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, and Quadre: The Voice of Four Horns, Ms. Van Dreel can be heard in concert halls worldwide, and on recordings with groups as diverse as The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies and the IRIS Orchestra. Ms. Van Dreel’s first solo CD, “New Millennium Music for Horn” was released on the Quadre Records label in 2014, and her playing was featured in the 2012 Chrysler Super Bowl ad “It’s Halftime in America”. Before joining the Oregon faculty, Van Dreel held a ten-year tenure as co-principal horn of the Sarasota Orchestra (FL). Lydia is a graduate of the Juilliard School and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.