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 ...

According to Tom Lord's Jazz Discography, the French horn in jazz dates back to 1921. By the 1930s, the instrument was popping up on recordings by Bing Crosby and Woody Herman. In the 1940s, Artie ...

Bruce Lawson can be remembered for bringing some music into the world through his meticulous work of shrinking and expanding brass and applying his engineering background to create different designs.

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 ...

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, ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. This family needs no fanfare! Brass intruments can fit in anywhere: ...