Caitlynn Sandberg

Caitlynn Sandberg is a freelance educator and performer currently based in Austin, Texas. A Los Angeles native, she has taught students from the beginner to collegiate level and absolutely adores seeing her students grow as players and human beings throughout their time with her. In 2026 she joined the faculty of Austin Horn Camp, a week-long summer camp that focuses on horn pedagogy in both large and small group settings. As an active performer, she holds the Principal Horn position with the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra and subs with the Tucson Symphony, Tucson Pops, Austin Brass Collective, and other groups throughout the Southwest Region. Her performances with various symphonies and chamber groups have taken her around the United States in the cities of Austin, Tucson, Sierra Vista, Los Angeles, San Diego and Portland as well as around Central Europe performing in the countries of France, Czech Republic, Austria, and Italy. Stepping into the jazz and contemporary scene, she has also performed in jazz recitals and the entirety of Miles Davis’s Birth of the Cool album with The New Nine in Southern California and joined Icelandic post-rock ambience band, Sigur Rós, on their latest tour.

She holds degrees from California State University, Northridge (B.M) and The University of Arizona Fred Fox School of Music (M.M) where she was a graduate teaching assistant for the Horn Studio and a member of the Fred Fox Graduate Wind Quintet. Her primary teachers are Annie Bosler, Dylan Hart, and Johanna Lundy. Outside of music she loves to travel (searching for the best coffee in a new city) and spending time with her partner Chris, and their pets Dakota, Jelly, and Peanut Butter.