A maverick French horn player, Anni Hochhalter is a founding member of award-winning wind quintet, WindSync. Anni graduated from the University of Southern California and has been told she “sounds like the movies” on more than one occasion. Specializing in chamber music, she recently performed with violinist Martin Beaver (Tokyo String Quartet), Yale faculty and chamber musicians David Shifrin, Frank Morelli, and William Purvis, and internationally recognized pianist Jon Kimura Parker. Outside of WindSync, she is principal horn of the McCall Music Festival and performs on vocals, electronics, and horn with the band Late Aster. Based in San Francisco, she enjoys ultra running and backpacking in her spare time.