EDMONDS — Just a month past its holiday pops concert, the busy Cascade Symphony Orchestra begins the new year with a concert Monday featuring French hornist Jeffrey Fair. Fair, the principal horn of ...

Every orchestral instrument has its Everest to climb, and for the French horn, it’s Robert Schumann’s beautiful but brutal “Konzertstuck,” a concerto for four horns and orchestra. This Saturday’s ...

What happens when you get about 40 French horn players together in one room? In the Nutmeg state, they band together to create a powerful sound, while raising funds for a powerful cause. The ...

The French horn. It’s the heart and soul of any symphony orchestra, and writing for it always brought out the best in Mozart, Brahms, Richard Strauss and so many other great composers. But don’t let ...

Favorite aspect of Cleveland/Northeast Ohio: Fantastic place to live. Why you chose your instrument: I thought France was cool and didn't know the French horn wasn't French. Greatest passion other ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. This family needs no fanfare! Brass intruments can fit in anywhere: ...

Bruce Lawson can be remembered for bringing some music into the world through his meticulous work of shrinking and expanding brass and applying his engineering background to create different designs.

The details What: Syracuse Symphony Orchestra Classics concerts. When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Where: Crouse-Hinds Concert Theatre, John H. Mulroy Civic 411 Montgomery St., Syracuse. The program: ...

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