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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Certain musical instruments are becoming ‘endangered’ as children turn away from them to other, more popular, ones. The French ...

If you’ve seen a Hollywood movie in the past 30 years, chances are excellent that you’ve heard the majestic horn playing of James Thatcher. As one of the industry’s busiest French horn musicians, ...

He abandoned his French horn years ago, so why did the composer decide now was the time to dust the cobwebs off it? I grew up in a forest at the edge of England and Wales; a borderland in the shape of ...

The movie music maestro was asked to blow a few notes on a French horn. How did he get on? Berlin Philharmonic French horn virtuoso, Sarah Willis, loves her instrument and enjoys sharing the magic ...

In 2010, Kristi Crago was in California helping her younger sister go through chemotherapy. While she was there, her French horn was stolen. Kristi thought she'd never see the instrument again. But, ...

When it comes to choosing an instrument, Spokane Symphony principal horn Katie Upton explained, the deciding factor is often the sound. As a child, Upton considered sticking with piano, her first ...