Horn Links

• Featured link: Horn Matters A great new resource with a focus on French horn and brass related topics and on the business of performing classical music. Launched in 2009 as a merger of the Horn Notes Blog and the Horndog Blog, the site by John Ericson and Bruce Hembd has over 800 posts on a wide variety of topics with new posts added daily.
• The International Horn Society Online A great site. Also, join the IHS!
• Hornplayer.net 700 pages of free classifieds, section listings, and more
• The British Horn Society
• http://www.hornexcerpts.org A site featuring music and recorded examples of horn excerpts by Daren Robbins
• http://www.hornhistory.com A comprehensive timeline of instrument development, repertoire, pedagogy and performers
• TheFrenchHorn.net

• Horn Articles Online Articles by John Ericson on the performance and history of the horn

Horn related articles on the web--selected

• A Brief History of the Conn Company (1874-present) by Margaret Downie Banks
• Trashing the Valved Horn? by John Ericson
• Works with Horn by Female Composers by Lin Foulk
• Nodal Venting on the Baroque Horn: A Study in Non-Historical Performance Practice by Richard Seraphinoff
• Don't Miss: Some Random Ideas and Reminders for Improving Accuracy by Nicholas Smith 

Horn players on the web--a few favorite sites

• The American Horn Quartet
• Hornplanet.com The site of Tom Bacon, solo artist and former professor of horn at Arizona State University
• An Enthusiasm for Dennis Brain a tribute site (English and Japanese)
• Vincent Chancey Jazz hornist and composer
• Andrew Clark Natural hornist
• John Clark Jazz hornist and composer
• Pip Eastop London freelance hornist and professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music
• Eli Epstein includes excerpts from his book in progress
• Dick Martz Horn collector
• Jeff Nelsen IU and Candaian brass
• QUADRE the voice of four horns
• Julia Rose Columbus Symphony hornist
• Scottish Vienna Horns
• Mark Taylor Jazz horn and mellophone
• Kerry Turner American Horn Quartet
• Tom Varner Jazz hornist and composer
• Vienna horns of Scotland
• Bob Ward's Homepage San Francisco Symphony Hornist
• Larry Williams Peabody prep horn faculty

Also check the blog roll at Horn Matters for yet more horn players!

Looking for mellophone, tenor horn, or Wagner tuba links?

• The Mello Zone
• A Tenor Horn/Alto Horn FAQ
• The Wagner Tuba Page

Places to shop for new and used horns and accessories--selected

• Brass Arts Unlimited
• Clebsch Strap (tm)
• Dillon Music
• Giardinelli
• MooseWood Hornists' Requisites [Great mouthpieces]
• Osmun Music Sales [Besides being a great place to purchase horns, CDs, etc,  check out their library and links]
• Patterson Hornworks [Check out their leadpipes and the "magical" disk]
• Richard Seraphinoff Natural Horns
• Wichita Band Instrument
• Woodwind and Brasswind

Great brass sites--selected

• The American Brass Quintet
• The Canadian Brass
• The Historic Brass Society
• Hosaphone(tm) Headquarters Be sure to check out the FAQ on this low-cost valveless trumpet for the post-modern age
• Robert King Music Sales Over 28,000 brass music titles
• International Trombone Association
• International Trumpet Guild
• International Tuba and Euphonium Association
• Doug Yeo Bass trombonist, The Boston Symphony--perhaps the best brass site out there

Most recently updated 10/3/09