Susan McCullough served for 22 years as principal/third horn in the Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra and on the faculty of the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver (1996-2018) and is highly esteemed as both a performer and an educator.
McCullough earned a bachelor's degree in horn performance from Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas in 1975. She was principal horn and soloist of the Air Force Academy Band in Colorado Springs (1975-1979). She was a member of the Aries Brass Quintet (1996-2008) is a founding member of the Denver Brass (since the first concert in 1981). She toured the US as principal horn with the Swiss chamber orchestra Lucerne Festival Strings in 2003. She is on faculty of the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute (since 2007), the Lamont Academy (since 2208), and the Kendall Betts Horn Camp (since 2021).
McCullough performs with many of Colorado's ensembles and with operas and shows that tour to Denver, considered the number one freelance horn player in the region. She is a soloist and recording artist (often with her son, Jesse McCormick, second horn in the Cleveland Orchestra). She has been a featured soloist and clinician across the US and around the world, including in South African National Symposiums since 2007.
Her valuable contributions to the IHS include serving on the Advisory Council (2008-2014 and 2017-2024), as a featured artist at many symposiums, and as host of the 2008 IHS Symposium in Denver, which set attendance records.
McCullough was given the Punto Award in 2024.
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