The instrument that is now called the “French Horn” has a long history of evolving not so much from musical instruments but from the hunting horns used in medieval times to communicate over long ...

If you’ve seen a Hollywood movie in the past 30 years, chances are excellent that you’ve heard the majestic horn playing of James Thatcher. As one of the industry’s busiest French horn musicians, ...

Felix Klieser’s bio follows the same format as most classical musicians’ promotional literature. There’s a bit about his early studies – in this case, at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and ...

As Hanukkah begins Tuesday evening and continues for the next eight nights, the Jewish holiday may conjure up images of candles, latkes and dreidels. However, French horns might not be an image that ...

Picture this: A young cowherd leads his cattle for grazing in the rolling hills that glint under the sun in the European countryside. His grandmother believes it's his love for cows that makes him ...

It's not just rock concerts that could damage your hearing: orchestral horn players are particularly vulnerable to hearing damage, according to a new study Spending large amounts of time surrounded by ...

If you find yourself strolling out for a morning hike in Alberta's Rockies and discover the sounds of Switzerland cascading around the mountain ranges there could be a perfectly good explanation. You ...

When it comes to choosing an instrument, Spokane Symphony principal horn Katie Upton explained, the deciding factor is often the sound. As a child, Upton considered sticking with piano, her first ...