“Horn playing is easy – you just take a big breath and
pucker your lips
and put your whole life through the horn.” – Lili Agrell
(age 6)
Last
Site Update: 11-19-09
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Welcome
to
The University of Iowa Horn Studio Web
Site!
Jeffrey Agrell, Associate
Professor of Horn
The
University of Iowa Horn Studio Web Site was
established
•to provide information for
current
and
prospective
students
•to further connection and information exchange with
high school players
and
band
directors
•to list current events in the
studio
and in world of the horn playing (below)
•to bring quick access a plethora of interesting, amazing,
and useful
resources
for the horn student, amateur or professional player,
band director, music educator, trivia buff, or music
researcher.
The
set of annotated
links
to web sites of interest to horn players is the most
comprehensive on the web
New
Features:
WHO PLAYS WHAT?
- survey of equipment
Top Sites
- Cross section of interesting links
Announcing a new horn blog:
"Horn Insights"
by Jeffrey Agrell
Most recent post:
Horn
Fartlek"
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"Golden ("Angel") Clam of Merit Award". We are touched and honored, but mostly we hope that now more people become aware of the resources of the UI Horn Studio Web Site.
ArtsIowa Events Calendar
Bulletin Board for current students: latest news, events of the day and week, special announcements
Prospective Students - click here for comprehensive information about playing horn and studying music at the University of Iowa
•World of Horn News•
Click here for a link to extensive listings of horn events at the IHS Web Site
Join the International Horn Society!
Get in on the action! Meet horn players around the country and the world!
Find out what's going on: people, places, events, equipment
New: IHS Online store - stickers, horn T-shirts, mugs and more!
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British journalist, author, and hornist(?) Jasper Rees has a new book out entitled "A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument" (UK title: "I Found My Horn"), which has been made into a one-man show playing in London (click here for a review of the play).
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A horn by any other name...
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