Horn Players, Teachers, Makers

In a previous article, I told the story of how I came to study with my mentor, Milan Yancich. At the time I felt broken,...

This photo and the memories associated with it are among my most prized possessions. This is Milan Yancich, the man who saved my creative soul....

Following up on the recent post on jazz horn pioneer Julius Watkins, I made an effort to buy a couple more of his recordings...

Talking with colleagues recently, a topic that came up was how some great players of the recent past are unjustly neglected today. In terms...

American hornist and pedagogue Nicholas Smith was able to briefly study in 1977 with Roland Berger (b. 1937), longtime solo hornist of the Vienna...

I believe many Horn Matters readers will recognize the name of Erwin Miersch (1886-1969), as he wrote a set of Melodious Studies for French...

I recently had the opportunity to try a custom horn by Jerry Lechniuk and was surprised how little there was online about this maker...

Working on notes for this CD project I realized that the dates given in IMSLP for B. Ed. Müller can’t possibly be correct. Their...

A recent link on Facebook pointed me to a great article, “A Little Leitgeb Research” by Michael Lorenz. One thing I have been very...

Working on the articles that became the “Hornmasters” series in Horn Matters, one name and method that had been unfamiliar to me was that...