SANTA FE, N.M.—Within the world of devoted French-horn players in the U.S., Elliott Higgins was a pioneering figure. As a young hornist in the 1970s, he helped launch the first French-horn soloist ...

I played the French horn every day for hours, just producing long tones, getting used to the instrument, and enjoying the lovely tone. When I tried to play bugle calls on the real French horn, I ...

Look at the BBC Proms poster this year and you'll spot some classical big-hitters - the conductor Sir Simon Rattle and cello superstar Sheku Kanneh Mason. But look closer still and you'll clock a ...

Of late, a new sound, melodic, often melancholy, has floated through the woods. Virginia Oliver, 73, of New Frontenac, heard it as she watered flowers in the Old Frontenac cemetery. "I couldn't quite ...