Player Profile: Neal Bolter

Neal Bolter: Horn

Neal Bolter: Horn
Neal Bolter: Horn

Neal Bolter has been playing the horn professionally for almost 40 years. Some of the musical adventures through the years include: Symphony work with Jerusalem Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Brooklyn Symphony in New York, Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Minnesota Opera, extra with the Minnesota Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and principal horn of the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra. Recording work: many movies such as Matrix Reloaded, Mount Everest, Lake Placid, along with many commercials and video games. Broadway touring musicals: Phantom of the Opera, Joseph, Lion King, Wicked, Young Frankenstein, Showboat, Mary Poppins, King and I, Carousel and many more. As well as VocalEssence, 2 World Cruises with Original Works for Silent Comic and Horn and Empire Brass Quintet substitute. Neal has taught privately and for many schools for over 30 years. He attended Julliard and won 2 competitions in the Twin Cities – Young People’s Association for the Minnesota Orchestra and WAMSO and was honored to perform both Strauss Horn Concertos with the Minnesota Orchestra while in High School.