Dr. Elliott Stanger has been the adjunct horn instructor at East Tennessee State University since 2022. He earned his B.M. from Northern Illinois University and his Master’s and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Stanger frequently performs with symphonies across the Southeast including the Greensboro Symphony, Raleigh Symphony, Winston- Salem Symphony, and the Symphony of the Mountains. He maintains an active horn studio in Greensboro, North Carolina and Johnson City, Tennessee, and his students have gone on to win several awards and placements in youth symphonies and honor bands.