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Joe Assi  

Co-Principal Horn

Joe Assi

First season with the SO: 2008

Hometown: Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey

Degrees / Colleges: Bachelor of Music at the Curtis Institute before going on to start a Master’s program at Juilliard School for the Arts.

Award / Musical Accomplishment you are most proud of: Playing Mahler 5 with Valery Gergiev at the Verbier Festival Orchestra on a live broadcast, which my family and friends were able to watch all over the country. 

Hobbies / interests: Spending time in or out with friends; playing basketball, soccer or Frisbee (all very poorly); and rotting my brain with video games. 

My dream is to: truly leave my mark on music in some way.  

Personal Fact / Something you would like people to know about you: My father is a chef, and he makes tons and tons of the world's greatest baclava every Christmas.