Kyle Hoyt

Guest Musician

Kyle Hoyt is an active French Horn player and teacher in the NYC metropolitan area and beyond. Kyle can be heard frequently playing with the American, Detroit, New Haven Symphony Orchestras, Orchestra of St. Lukes, the Knights Chamber Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of New York. He performs regularly at the Bard Music Festival Orchestral and Chamber Music Programs. Previously he was Associate Principal horn of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and held full time positions with the Columbus and Syracuse Symphony Orchestras. He recently recorded with Yo-Yo Ma.

Kyle has also recorded for Naxos, Telarc, Nimbus Records, CBS, and NFL Films.

He currently serves as French Horn Faculty at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. He has given masterclasses at the University of Michigan, the Ohio State University, Bowling Green State University, and the University of Kansas.

He studied at the University of Michigan and Manhattan School of Music. Kyle’s principal teachers were Bryan Kennedy, Erik Ralske, and Jeffrey Lang.