Sergeant First Class Natalie Wren joined the West Point Band in 2014. She earned a Doctor of Musical Arts and a Master of Music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a Bachelor of Music from Furman University. Her teachers have included Petrea Warneck, Mark Ostoich, Christopher Philpotts, Dwight Parry, and Pascal Saumon, under whom she studied at the Conservatoire de Versailles. Sgt. 1st Class Wren has given recitals throughout the United States and has made solo appearances in Italy, France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom. As an orchestral musician, she has performed with the Louisville Orchestra, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic, South Carolina Philharmonic, West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Anderson Symphony Orchestra, Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, Carolina Pops Orchestra, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and the Cincinnati Sinfonietta. She has held teaching positions at Earlham College and the Indian Springs Academy of Music, and has given master classes at several universities, including Arizona State University, University of Arizona, University of Central Florida, Xavier University, University of Louisville, Furman University, and the University of Cincinnati.
