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John Clark, Song of Light–Memories of Horn Calls Past: My First Issue of The...

One feature of The Horn Call for many years has been reviews of new books and recordings. My first issue had a special, guest...

Horn Improvement Surveys and More–Memories of Horn Calls Past: My First Issue of The...

Any good horn player has their eyes out looking for a better horn. In recognition of this, In the Fall of 1978 the I.H.S. inserted...

Elliott on the Brahms Horn Trio–Memories of Horn Calls Past: My First Issue of...

As noted earlier in this series, it is very interesting to me to look back and see how several of the articles in my...

Karl Stiegler, Vienna Horns, and a Viennese Bass Horn–Memories of Horn Calls Past: My...

One of the things my name has become associated with over the years is scholarship into the horn in the nineteenth century. Even in...

Hornmasters on Inhalation

Inhalation is a big topic. Before turning to this installment of our series of articles of quotations from classic horn methods, I would like...

A Horn Maker on Mouthpieces

How you perceive the playing qualities of a horn you are testing will be impacted quite a bit by what horn you have been...

35 Mellophones=Huge Sound

When I can make it I like to get to ASU Band Day for a portion of the event. It is a marching band...

Memories of Horn Calls Past: My First Issue of The Horn Call, Part II–Reports...

Part one of this series touched on the 1979 Annual Horn Workshop but there were several reports in the October, 1979 issue of The...

Memories of Horn Calls Past: My First Issue of The Horn Call, Part I—Notes...

I joined the IHS when I was a senior in high school. In those days long before E-mail or Horn Matters the journal of...

Choosing the Right School

It is that time of year again; people are looking for schools for horn study. Last spring I had a specific question come in...