Naxos: Composer Kenneth Fuchs; Timothy Jones, horn
The London Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of conductor JoAnn Falletta, has recorded five new works by American composer Kenneth Fuchs. Naxos released the disc on January 1, 2008, on its American Classics label, 8.559335. Three of the works feature Timothy Jones, co-principal horn of the LSO. The works (all published by E.B. Marks Music Company) include: • United Artists, an orchestral work Fuchs composed especially for the LSO; • Canticle to the Sun (Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra), composed for Timothy Jones; • Autumn Rhythm, idyll for woodwind quintet after a painting by Jackson Pollock; • Fire, Ice, and Summer Bronze, idyll for brass quintet after two works on paper by Helen Frankenthaler; • Quiet in the Land, idyll for flute, clarinet, English horn, viola, and cello. Jones will join the Hartford (Connecticut) Symphony Orchestra in the première performance of the concerto on April 29 and 30, 2008.
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Kenneth Fuchs
01-12-2008
Air Force Band of Liberty records Kenneth Fuchs, On Silver Wings
The U.S. Air Force Band of Liberty (Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts), has released On Silver Wings, a disc that includes Kenneth Fuchs's piece of the same title. Lt. Col. Larry H. Lang, commander and conductor, commissioned three of the nine works, including On Silver Wings. The CD is sent primarily to the military, libraries, schools, and universities. To request a copy, write to SSgt Jason Millot,
NCOIC Media, USAF Band of Liberty, 25 Chennault St., HAFB MA, 01731. Five excerpts are available at http://www.usafbandofliberty.com/music_mp3s.html.
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John Q. Ericson
12-21-2007
Four new publications from Horn Notes Edition
Horn Notes Edition has just released four new publications by John Ericson, Associate Professor of horn at Arizona State University, including, Playing High Horn: A Handbook for High Register Playing, Descant Horns, and Triple Horns, Introducing the Horn: Essentials for New Hornists and Their Teachers, Playing the Wagner Tuba: A Handbook for Hornists, and A Mello Catechism: A Guide to the World of Mellophones and Marching Horns. Playing High Horn focuses on the topics of high horn playing, descant horns, and triple horns. This book provides complete parts for the Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 and B Minor Mass of Bach, Concertos by Telemann and Förster, the Symphony No. 31 and Divertimento a tre of Haydn, the Symphony No. 40 of Mozart, the Schumann Concertstück, excerpts from a number of other works, exercises for range development, and much more. Introducing the Horn is the ideal resource book for beginners, those converting to the horn, and music educators. Playing the Wagner Tuba is a handbook on the Wagner tuba and includes complete parts in orignal notation and transposed for Bruckner 7 and excerpts from Strauss and Wagner. Finally, A Mello Catechism is a guide to all things Mellophone. More information on all of these publications may be found at www.hornnotes.com
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John Q. Ericson
12-19-2007
The Brass Gym for horn now available
The Brass Gym: A Comprehensive Daily Routine for Brass Players by Patrick Sheridan and Sam Pilafian, is now available for horn. Edited by John Ericson, The Brass Gym includes a 108 page book and a 78 minute play-along CD featuring the two authors. Originally developed for tuba/euphonium, this volume is a great comprehensive horn workout. It is available through Horn Notes Edition (www.hornnotes.com) and other sources.
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Prof Hans Pizka
12-08-2007
Frau ohne Schatten DVD
May I point you to the release of "Frau ohne Schatten" (DVD regionfree) with Sawallisch conducting the Bavarian State Orchestra at
the 1992 inauguration of the Nagoya Opera House. I did not expect that we were that good, but it is reality. There is a lot of exciting horn playing. Guess, who might have played. Luana de Vol sings Empress, Mirjana Lipovsek sings the Amme, Peter Seiffert the Emperor, Alan Titus the Faerber & Jan Rootering the Geisterbote. It is a production of Ennosuke Ichikawa with wonderful costumes & superb guidance to the characters. It is a release by TDK.
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Geoffrey B Winter
12-04-2007
Latest American Horn Quartet CD
The latest AHQ CD, Myths and Legends is now available! This CD features works by Eric Ewazen, Kaz Machala and Kerry Turner (for more info see the AHQ website.) To order your copy in North America please contact Ken Pope at his shop in Boston, telephone: 1-617-522-0532, or email: ken@poperepair.com. He can send CDs internationally as well!
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Susan McCullough
11-27-2007
Rafael Méndez Brass Institute
I’m happy to announce that the Lamont School of
Music at the University of Denver will again this year be
hosting the Rafael Méndez Brass Institute. The
dates are July 6-12, 2008. Generous scholarships are available to the
first 200 students to register and be accepted,
making the total tuition amount only $125 for
participation in this great event.
This is an
amazing opportunity to hear and to work with
world renowned brass artists, so I encourage you
to pass this information on to interested brass
students and urge them to register soon, so as
to take advantage of these great tuition scholarships! For an information sheet and registration form, send me an email at suehikr@hotmail.com.
Susan McCullough
Host, 40th International Horn Symposium, July 2008
Instructor of Horn, University of Denver Lamont School of Music
The Denver Brass/Aries Brass Quintet
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IHS Online Manager
11-11-2007
Call for Papers and Performance Proposals
Historic Brass Society 24th Annual Early Brass Festival
Conference Theme: "Moments of Change: Zorzi to Armstrong. Key moments of change in brass music from Medieval wind bands to jazz.
July 24-27, 2008
Loyola University, New Orleans
Tentative keynote speaker: Gunther Schuller
Submission deadline: February 1, 2008
send to: president@historicbrass.org
More conference and HBS membership information at:
www.historicbrass.org
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Scott and Andrea Bacon Siegfried's Call
10-31-2007
Siegfried's Call Celebrates 1 Year
Scott and Andrea Bacon would like to announce the birthday of Siegfried’s Call. On October 13th 2006, we founded Siegfried’s Call with the interest of providing horn players top level instruments crafted from master craftsmen in Germany. Since starting the company, we now have moved into our new home in Beacon, NY, where we have transformed our 500 square foot garage into a studio/display/workshop. We would like to invite all who are passing through to come visit us, as we continue our venture into the 2nd year. With our current inventory of instruments, display and workshop space, and a solid vision for the future, we hope to serve many horn players for years to come.
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IHS Online Manager
10-23-2007
Premiere of Sleeper Concerto
Stefan de Leval Jezierski, Berlin Philharmonic and Scharoun Ensemble, will perform the European Premiere of Thomas Sleeper's Concerto for Horn and Orchestra with the Sinfonie Schoenberg at the Philharmonie in Berlin this November 10 with Stanley Dodds conducting. Jezierski recorded the work in 2001 for Albany records.
