Jesse McCormick enjoys a distinguished career as an orchestral hornist, soloist, chamber musician, and pedagogue. He was appointed to the horn section of The Cleveland Orchestra by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst in 2006. Mr. McCormick has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, including an appearance on the nationally-televised PBS series Live from Lincoln Center. In 2005, he received the highest prize awarded in the Professional Division of the International Horn Competition of America.  He has performed as a soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland Philharmonic, The Denver Brass, the Chamber Orchestra of Colorado Springs, and Windworks Ensemble in Cape Town, South Africa.

He is currently a member of the Factory Seconds Brass Trio, a nationally renowned ensemble comprised of fellow Cleveland Orchestra members Richard Stout and Jack Sutte. Factory Seconds premieres, performs, and records an extensive catalog of 20th and 21st century music. The ensemble made its Carnegie Hall debut in 2018 with the Baldwin Wallace Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Factory Seconds Brass Trio returned to Carnegie Hall in 2019, performing with the Interlochen Arts Academy Band.

Mr. McCormick was Lecturer in Horn at Baldwin Wallace Conservatory from 2007 to 2023 and currently serves as the Associate Artistic Director of Cormont Horn Camp. His former students enjoy successful careers as orchestral musicians, music educators, music therapists, and arts administrators. Mr. McCormick has appeared as a guest artist and clinician at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Curtis Institute of Music, the University of Denver, the University of Florida, Florida State University, The Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, the University of Miami, the University of Minnesota, and the San Francisco Conservatory. He has taught masterclasses in Asia, Africa, and South America.

Before joining The Cleveland Orchestra, he held the position of fourth horn with the Colorado Symphony and was a member of The Denver Brass.  He began his studies with Sally Ann Wilson in Colorado Springs and completed his studies with Jerome Ashby at The Juilliard School. Mr. McCormick performs on Conn 8D and Alexander 103 horns.