Sydney Braunfeld
Born in 1986 in upstate New York, Sydney began taking horn lessons at the age of eight. She attended Juilliard, studying under William Purvis for her Bachelor’s degree and Jennifer Montone while completing her Master’s.
While in the US, Sydney had the honour of performing with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra and the New World Symphony Orchestra. Sydney then went on to study further at The Curtis Institute and received her Performer’s Certificate in 2011, the same year she moved to Melbourne.
Since relocating, she has also played with the symphony and philharmonic orchestras of Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Sydney, Adelaide and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Sydney is currently a full-time member of Orchestra Victoria, specializing in low horn!
3 Shades Black 
Hello Sydney, You may not remember me, however, I was a former member of the MSO and busy freelance player. I think I met you at the Curve Bar when I was in the dusk of my playing days. Hope your career is still booming. If you are after a great b flat/high f Alex 107, I’ll consider selling! Best wishes, Russ Davis
Hi Sydney,
Your playing in the OV horn quintet of Mozart’s E-flat major, K.407/386c was just superb. The acoustics of Holy Trinity Church, Coleraine, VIC, Australia suited the piece perfectly. The whole program on Wednesday 5 April afternoon was wonderful. The experience was capped off by meeting you in person at the end of the performance where I tried (unsuccessfully) to figure out where you charming accent came from. Fortunately you relived my clumsy attempts to figure it out in two tries before you came to my aid.
I look forward to seeing you again in a future visit by Orchestra Victoria, or even as a tourist, to come and sample some of our Bochara wines.
Geoff Slocombe