French Horn

Megan Amos joined the Columbus Symphony Orchestra as principal horn in 2024. Megan had played with the CSO as a substitute musician since 2018, including two temporary appointments in her current role. Previously, Megan was the principal horn player of the Toledo Symphony from 2019-2024 and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic from 2018-2019. In 2019, Megan was the grand prize winner of the Susan Slaughter Solo Brass Competition at the 2019 International Women’s Brass Conference. In addition to the Columbus Symphony, Megan has appeared as a soloist with the Reading Symphony Orchestra, Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra, Greater Columbus Community Orchestra, and the Aspen Music Festival. In 2017, Megan did a solo tour in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, as part of the Educational Bridge Project. Megan frequently performs as guest principal with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra and as a section musician with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Megan is the third generation of professional orchestral musicians in her family. She grew up in York, Maine, and learned to read music and the Kodály Solfège System at a young age from her grandmother (former Soprano Soloist of the Met Opera) and grandfather (former Associate Principal Cellist of the Met Opera). Megan studied at the New England Conservatory from 2013-2017. Megan’s mentors include Jamie Sommerville and Adam Unsworth. Megan performs on the third horn made by the legendary Ukrainian-American horn maker, Jerry Lechniuk. Megan lives in Dublin with her daughter and husband.

Julia Rose has been Associate Principal Horn of the Columbus Symphony since 1997. A Minnesota native, she received her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, where she was a student of Douglas Hill. Upon graduation she became a member of the New World Symphony in Miami, FL, where she played for 3 years before joining the Columbus Symphony. In addition to performing regularly with the Columbus Symphony, she has also performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Detroit Symphony, and the San Francisco Symphony.

Besides her orchestral playing, Julia has also won 1st prize (professional division) at the IWBC Solo Competition, as well as 2nd place and finalist at 2 American Horn Competitions (now called the International Horn Competition of the Americas). She has appeared twice as a concerto soloist with the New World Symphony. She maintains a busy private horn studio at her home in Dublin, where she lives with her husband, their 3 children, and a rescue dog named Lady.

Adam Koch is currently second Horn with the Columbus Symphony. Prior to Columbus, Adam was second horn with the Charleston Symphony in South Carolina.

The son of a career military officer, Adam was born in San Antonio, Texas. He spent his early childhood in Missouri, elementary school in Vicenza, Italy, and high school in Olympia, Washington. He attributes much of his musical success to studying art, architecture and sculpture at an early age.

Adam earned his Bachelor of Science in French Horn Performance with an outside field in Business from Indiana University, where he studied with Michael Hatfield and Richard Seraphinoff (natural horn). He also spent a year at Rice University studying with William VerMeulen.

In high demand as a freelancer and substitute, Adam has performed throughout North America including performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Houston, Cincinnati, Seattle, Detroit and Toronto symphonies. Adam has spent summers in Colorado performing with the Aspen Music Festival and the National Repertory Orchestra.

An Eagle Scout, Adam enjoys cooking, photography and hiking with his wife Katherine and his Siberian Husky. Adam and Katherine currently reside in Worthington, Ohio.

A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Connor Monday joined the Columbus Symphony as acting fourth Horn in February of 2026. He previously spent four seasons as fourth horn with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and has performed as a substitute musician with several orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra and the Houston Symphony Orchestra.

Growing up in Jacksonville, Connor started studying the horn with the Jacksonville Symphony’s Kevin Reid. He earned a Bachelor of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Richard Solis, and a Master of Music from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. As a student, he spent summers at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara and the Aspen Music Festival.

Connor lives in Upper Arlington with his wife and two children.