Horn player Ellen Dinwiddie Smith shares her story of performing in the Minnesota Orchestra since 1993 when she and her husband, fellow Juilliard and Curtis Institute alum Mark Russell Smith moved to Minnesota to make it their home. Mark is the Artistic Director of the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies and of Orchestral Studies at the University of Minnesota, where Ellen also teaches. She is passionate about guiding her horn students to find their path. Ellen finds calm through her love for SCUBA diving. With breathtaking swims with sharks and whales, Ellen has completed nearly 1000 dives and has mastered underwater photography and videography. She shares her love of diving with fellow musicians Principal Horn Michael Gast and First Violin Milana Elise Reiche.