User:Hornista2004

Julie Gross is a versatile hornist (French horn), performing in soloist and duo soloist roles, as well as in orchestras, chamber groups, choral programs, opera, ballet and musical theater. She has appeared throughout the United States and internationally in Taiwan, mainland China, Germany, and the Czech Republic.

Ms. Gross earned a Bachelor of Music degree from The Pennsylvania State Universityand a Master of Music degree from the University of California - Santa Barbara. She freelances throughout the Central and Southern California areas.

Julie is a member of the Ventura College Jazz Band and the Quintessence Brass Quintet. She is Fourth Horn in the Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra and Principal Horn in the Topanga Symphony. Julie's interests are in works for unaccompanied horn and the horn in jazz.

Ms. Gross' writing background comes from 12 years in the Silicon Valley computer industry during the 1990s. She wrote hardware and software articles, tutorials, user guides, white papers, reference guides, programmer manuals, and online help. She worked for several computer companies, large and small, including Apple_Inc. At one point Julie formed her own technical writing firm, Only Excellent Material (OEM), and had 15 clients.