School of Music

Bio

Mr. Pruzin is currently associate dean and director of undergraduate studies, director of advisement and student teaching and professor of music at the University of South Carolina, where he also teaches horn. Pruzin is the Principal Horn in the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1993-2003, Pruzin was the artist-in-residence at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts.

Pruzin is also the creator, producer and artist performer of a program titled, Bring Mozart Alive! Dressed as a court musician in the time of Mozart, Pruzin has performed for more than 20,000 elementary school children throughout the Carolinas, educating future musical audiences about the work of this great composer.

Having earned a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the State University of New York at Potsdam, Pruzin received his Masters of Music in Performance at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. with continued postgraduate work at the University of Maryland and Northwestern University. Pruzin was a member of the United States Marine Band, The President's Own, in the District of Columbia. He has appeared as a guest soloist at the International Horn Society symposiums in New York, Texas, Colorado and Australia; at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C.; as well as at numerous regional orchestras throughout the southeast, receiving critical acclaim wherever he has performed.