SANTA FE, N.M.—Within the world of devoted French-horn players in the U.S., Elliott Higgins was a pioneering figure. As a young hornist in the 1970s, he helped launch the first French-horn ...

Strings: Vitula was the Roman goddess of joy ... Brass: “Trumpet” is from Old French “trompette,” for a tube-like musical instrument. “French horn” is ultimately from the hunting horn used in France. ...

An Andean Walkabout,” performed by string quartet. In this chamber music setting, hornists Matthew Oliphant and Rachel Velvikis will give this the French horn a spotlight and allow audiences to ...

That’s what you’ll find at this weekend’s St. Paul Chamber Orchestra concerts. The SPCO periodically presents chamber music, with a handful of orchestra members splitting off into small groups. These ...

A video of actor Ewan McGregor performing Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 live on Scottish TV when he was a teenager proves he has always had plenty of strings to his bow (or ... year-old Ewan McGregor ...

His Cor (French for “horn”) pulls a lot of new ... always in festive interplay with one another and the horns. All those strings and horns sounded so deeply reverberant inside the homy ...

the Machine, a record framed by horns, strings, and a rousing choir on nearly ... mainstream country singer daring enough to emphasize French horn over electric guitar on a major-label album." ...

Staff reports The instrument that is now called the “French Horn” has a long history of evolving not so much from musical ...

Suze Orman recently advised a young musician to reconsider a big-ticket purchase — a $6,500 French horn — during an episode of her YouTube series "Approve or Deny." Orman's response was direct ...

French horn player Felix Klieser is one of today’s leading instrumentalists, who recently finished a two-year residency with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Felix Klieser is a German professional ...

the Machine, a record framed by horns, strings, and a rousing choir on nearly ... mainstream country singer daring enough to emphasize French horn over electric guitar on a major-label album.” ...