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My guest for Episode 46 is Bernhard Scully, Associate Professor of Horn at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign!
Episode Highlights
Isla Verde Bronces International Brass Festival in Argentina
Music is subjective!
Studying with Kendall Betts in high school
It’s all about fundamentals.
Studying at Northwestern University: Dale Clevenger, Roland Pandolfi, Gail Williams
Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Method
Performing with the Minnesota Orchestra
Graduate School at UW-Madison, studying with Douglas Hill
Performing with the Canadian Brass
Advice for students on keeping your playing in shape.
“You really don’t have time to practice on the road.”
Transcendental Meditation
“Try to live as healthy as you can.”
Aging
Value of improvisation
Collaborating on a book: Consilience - Learning About Ourselves by Applying Indigenous Traditions to Western Music and Technology
Join the International Horn Society!

Episode 45 of The Horn Call Podcast features Tommi Hyytinen, a member of the Finnish Radio Orchestra and horn and natural horn faculty at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
Episode Highlights
Starting out on the horn
Finnish horn playing tradition
Attending the Sibelius Academy
The path from student to professional
Balancing school and professional work
Musical inspirations, legacy of Holger Fransman
Studying with Radovan Vlatkovic
Audition process in Finland
Instruments used in horn sections in Finnish orchestras
The “Finnish Horn Sound”
Chamber music work
Golden Horns Quartet, performing on television in Helsinki
Pop music influences
Playing from the Core book
Work with Pilates
Breathing misconceptions
Lieksa Brass Week

Join us in Episode 44 for a discussion with Michelle Stebleton, Professor of Horn at Florida State University and a member of the IHS Advisory Council!
Episode Highlights
Starting out as a horn player
Attending Interlochen Arts Academy, studying at University of Michigan with Louis Stout and Lowell Greer
Musical inspirations
Performing in the Midland-Odessa Symphony
Path to teaching, path to FSU
“If you want to play well, playing has to be your hobby.”
Playing in lessons, teaching techniques
“I teach macro to micro.”
Teaching tone “Stebletones”
Sighing through the horn
Involvement with the International Horn Society
Editing the “Teacher Talk” column in The Horn Call

Our next guest on The Horn Call Podcast is James Hampson, of Hampson Horns!
Episode Highlights
Deciding to change majors from engineering to music
Mozart operas and becoming fascinated with the natural horn
Remembering Lowell Greer
Studying with Marc Guy at SUNY-Fredonia
Dick Martz Collection: https://www.rjmartz.com/horns/
Moving Hampson Horns from Ohio to New York
Douglas Lundeen and Rutgers University
Early Music scene in Boston, studying at Boston University
Shout out to Paul Austin!
Brass Witch: https://www.brasswitch.com/
Mouthpiece consulting, Alpine Mouthpieces: https://www.alpinemouthpieces.com/
On mouthpieces: “Our bodies change.” And “One mouthpiece isn’t going to fix everyone’s problems.”
Take care of your instrument.

Join us in Episode 42 for a chat with John McGuire, Associate Professor of Horn at Colorado State University, and the host of the 2024 International Horn Competition of America AND the 56th International Horn Symposium, July 26 – August 2 in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

Episode Highlights
Planning process for IHCA and IHS Symposium: https://hornsonthehorizon.com/
Shout out to Nancy Joy!
How competitions can be beneficial
Venue: Colorado State University and Fort Collins, CO
Rocky Mountain National Park
Weather, altitude, staying hydrated!
Guest Artists for IHCA
The planning team for IHCA/IHS56
 
 
 

 
Join me in the 2023 Holiday Bonus Episode for a chat with Allison DeMeulle, IHS Interim Executive Director, and Johanna Lundy, IHS Treasurer and member of the Advisory Council.
Episode Highlights
How the IHS works; overview of the past year
Allison’s transition to Interim Executive Director of the IHS
What does the IHS Treasurer do?
Overview of IHS programs (what do membership dues and other contributions help fund?)
Role of social media, Social Media Coordinator position
How can someone’s contributions help the IHS?
Revamping awards and scholarships programs
New website at hornsociety.org
Shout out to Dan Phillips!
Fellowship and community are important
Reaching out to horn players around the world
Benefits to joining the IHS, how to join, how to help support the IHS: https://www.hornsociety.org/donate
Student advisory council
Shout out to the Advisory Council!
Shout out to Mike Harcrow and the editors at Horn and More!