Since 2018 Denise Tryon has been the Professor of Horn at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Tryon joined the famed American Horn Quartet as 4th horn in 2019. Previously, Tryon was fourth horn of The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Starting in 2023 Tryon will be Associate Professor of Horn at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

Tryon co-created Audition Mode, a horn seminar on orchestral auditions with Karl Pitch in 2009.

In 1989 Tryon graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy and in 1993 received her Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) in Boston.

Tryon has released 3 Albums; SO•LOW, A Pair of Aces, and Hope Springs Eternal, receiving rave reviews and several awards.