Brianna Volkmann is an emerging performer and educator based in Kansas City, Missouri. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Horn Performance at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, where she serves as the horn fellow of the Plaza Winds graduate woodwind quintet.

In addition to the ensembles at UMKC, Brianna regularly performs as principal hornist with the Kansas City Civic Orchestra and the Kinnor Philharmonic. She is also a substitute/extra hornist with the Kansas City Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Wichita Symphony, and St. Joseph Symphony. With Plaza Winds, she performs in the Kansas City community throughout the year at local schools, hospitals, and nursing homes. In the spring of 2023, the quintet was selected as semifinalists for the Plowman Chamber Music Competition in Columbia, Missouri.

In addition to performing, Brianna thoroughly enjoys teaching, and serves as the Adjunct Professor of Horn at Missouri Western State University. She has also maintained a private horn studio of her own for the last seven years in addition to serving as horn instructor in the Blue Valley School District in Overland Park, Kansas.

Originally from Rochester, NY, Brianna is a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music, where she earned her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Horn Performance, respectively. Her primary teachers include Alberto Suarez, Denise Tryon, Martin Hackleman, Jeff Nelsen, Dale Clevenger, Richard Seraphinoff, and Jesse McCormick.