The instrument that is now called the “French Horn” has a long history of evolving not so much from musical instruments but from the hunting horns used in medieval times to communicate over long ...

EDMONDS — Just a month past its holiday pops concert, the busy Cascade Symphony Orchestra begins the new year with a concert Monday featuring French hornist Jeffrey Fair. Fair, the principal horn of ...

If Ian Fleming's most famous fictional character had played a musical instrument, whether for his own pleasure or to charm his female friends, there could only have been one possible choice. Bond, ...

I caught up with Richard Della Ratta recently, which reminded me of one of the most amusing columns I ever wrote. It was a piece about his early days as a lawyer. Since the column appeared more than a ...

RACINE — As the Racine Concert Band continues to celebrate its landmark 100th season, the band welcomes guest vocalist Melissa Cardamone and French horn soloist Bob Kenehan Sunday night. Cardamone is ...

French horn players are notorious for being the naughty boys and girls of the orchestra, and why not? A horn player takes so much grief from this supremely treacherous instrument that the prospect of ...

Picture this: A young cowherd leads his cattle for grazing in the rolling hills that glint under the sun in the European countryside. His grandmother believes it's his love for cows that makes him ...