Caroline Kinsey, a native of San Antonio, TX,  is third horn with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra after 11 years as principal horn of the Arkansas Symphony, Little Rock, AR.  She received her Bachelor of Music degree and Performers Certificate from the Eastman School of Music in 1990 and her Professional Studies Certificate from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 1993. 

Ms. Kinsey has toured throughout Europe and Japan, and has been a member of several orchestras across the United States including the Honolulu Symphony, the Corpus Christi Symphony, Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra (Columbus, OH), and the Canton (OH) Symphony Orchestra.  Other orchestral appearances have been with the San Antonio Symphony, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Hawaii Opera Company, and the National Orchestral Institute. 

In addition to orchestral playing, Ms. Kinsey has been a guest artist at several horn workshops as well as holding many master classes in Arkansas and Texas. In August of 2004 she was invited to spend two weeks in Santa Cruz, Bolivia teaching and holding master classes to horn players at the local performing arts academy and air force bands. Before coming to Memphis, Caroline was co-founder and principal horn of the Pinnacle Players Music Festival in Little Rock, AR as well as music librarian and Outreach Services Coordinator for the Arkansas Symphony.

She and her husband Dan, also a professional horn player, teach private horn lessons at several high schools in Memphis and maintains an active private studio in their home near Shelby Farms.