The Horn Call Podcast

Our guest for Episode 64 is the amazing Ken Pope! Ken is the owner of Pope Horns and has been a member of the IHS Advisory Council.

Episode Highlights

• Early Musical Journey and Transition to Horn R…

Join us in Episode 63 for a conversation with the great Randy Gardner! A member of the IHS Advisory Council, Gardner is currently Artist-In-Residence at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music an…

Our guest for Episode 62 is the one and only Richard Todd, a veteran of the Los Angeles recording studios, professor at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, and member of the IHS Ad…

Welcome to the fourth and final installment of our Summer 2025 series of short Bonus Episodes! At IHS40 (2008), hosted by Susan McCullough and Jesse McCormick at the Lamont School of Music in Denver,…

Welcome to the first in our 2025 series of short Bonus Epsiodes! At IHS40 (2008), hosted by Susan McCullough and Jesse McCormick at the Lamont School of Music in Denver, Colorado, Honorary Member Dou…

Join us in Episode 61 for a conversation with Vidhurinda Samaraweera, IHS Country Representative for India and Sri Lanka, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of The Horn Call.

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In this episode, we sit down with composer, horn player, and music preparer Steven Juliani!

Episode Highlights

• Early Horn Studies
• Studies at Curtis Institute of Music
• Graduate studies at USC: study…

Join us in Episode 59 for a conversation with Gabriel Radford, Third Horn of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Co-founder of The Embouchure Project.

Episode Highlights

• Studying with Fred Rizner at…

Our guest for Episode 58 is the fabulous Lisa Bontrager, Emeritus Professor of Horn at Pennsylvania State University, and a member of the IHS Advisory Council and the Brass Band of Battle Creek, amo…

Our guest for Episode 57 is the amazing Christoph Eß, Principal Horn of the Bamberg Symphony and the IHS Country Representative for Germany.

Episode Highlights

• Current playing and teaching activiti…

Our guest for Episode 56 is Mars Gelfo!

Episode Highlights

• Being rejected from music school 7 times
• Application of cognitive science to horn playing
• Practicing differently
• Performing with the Macau…

Happy 2025! Our guest for Episode 55 is the amazing Brian KM!

Show Notes

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IG: @imbriankm

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Join us for a discussion with IHS Advisory Council member Emma Brown in this special New Year Bonus Episode!

Emma Brown is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Orchestral Studies from the Chicago…

Our guest for Episode 54 is Nikolette LaBonte, Principal Horn of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and a member of The Horn Call's Editorial Advisory Board.

Episode Highlights

• Teaching and Perform…

Our guest for Episode 53 is Dr. Libby Ando!

Episode Highlights

• Congratulations to Dr. Ando!
• Coda Brass Quintet: https://www.codabrassquintet.com/
• Working with the Rowan University Marching Band, Dru…

Join us in Episode 52 for a conversation with Ian Zook, Professor of Horn at James Madison University and the host of IHS57!

Episode Highlights

• Growing up in North Carolina, attending UNC Chapel Hil…

Join us in Episode 51 for a conversation with the amazing Aliyah Danielle!

Episode Highlights

• Growing up around music.
• Studying music education at Arizona State University
• Graduate school at Berklee…

Join us for a special bonus episode of The Horn Call Podcast on Injury Recovery with Nick Fife and Joey Johnson. Nick and Joey are both active performers and teachers in the Southeastern United State…