About | Wendy H. Chinn

Wendy H. Chinn

Wendy Chinn is a private brass music teacher in Northern Virginia. Wendy holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the Crane School of Music, and a Master of Music, Music Performance from George Mason University. Wendy has also been an elementary school band director, general music teacher, and sectional instructor in Arlington County, Fairfax County and Alexandria public schools. She has performed in many different venues, from the Conservatoire Americain in Fountainbleau, France, to the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, to the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra in California. She currently performs on the French horn in groups in the Washington, DC metropolitan area including the Cathedral Brass, Virginia Grand Military Band, Scotts Run Brass Quintet, and Morpheus Chamber Players.

FrenchHornTeacher@gmail.com

(571) 336-2055

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Testimonials

"We would like to extend our hearty endorsement of Wendy Chinn as a music professional and educator. Our son Noah has studied French Horn with Ms. Chinn for over 5 years. He has won several music awards while being tutored by Ms. Chinn.

Finding the right music teacher for a young person can be challenging. That instructor must form a relationship with the student that can adapt and grow over time as the young musician matures and develops new skills and interests. Ms. Chinn is a master. She knows when to push and when to ease back, peppering that mix with humor and patience.

Ms. Chinn is a quality professional. Her commitment to her craft and dedication to her students shines through week after week."

— Eric Labs

Shofar

Wendy Chinn offers lessons on shofar as well as French horn. The shofar is a ritual animal horn, and is usually a horn from a ram. The shofar that Wendy uses is from an African kudu and pictured below.

Originally the shofar was used as an instrument of war and ritual. It was used to sound an alarm with various meanings; to gather the chiefs to the people, to tell certain factions to move ahead or to assemble for a meeting. The shofar was also blown as a signal to gather.

The shofar became to be used more for religious services and calls to worship. It is blown on Rosh Hashanah, or Jewish New Year, which is a time of reflection and a time to contemplate one’s relationship with God and the community. Unlike the common secular New Year, it is a time of sobriety, piety, reflection and prayer.