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Oct 27, 2026
AJ JacobsGUEST
And for me, one way to tell what might resonate with others is if it has something really impactful to say about what's going on today.
AJ JacobsGUEST
So, you know, I could write a book about learning to play the French horn.
AJ JacobsGUEST
I might even enjoy it.
AJ JacobsGUEST
trying to become the best French horn player.
AJ JacobsGUEST
Wait, weren't you a tuba player? I was.
AJ JacobsGUEST
That's funny.
Andrew LeachGUEST
Correct.
Andrew LeachGUEST
One of the pieces that we've had to put right at the top after the fanfare for the French horns, it's an incredibly hard blow for the five French hornists that we've got, is the main theme from Man From Snowy River.
Andrew LeachGUEST
The Australian representation in the concert, we just had a look at that last night for the first time, Bruce Rowland.
Andrew LeachGUEST
Yes.
Andrew LeachGUEST
So that's kind of like the, I guess you could call it the overture to our concert, then the French one's going to have a little bit of a rest.
Michael SmithHOST
He would be the only Australian composer there, wouldn't he? On this program? Yeah.
Michael SmithHOST
No, but Bruce Rolland was Australian, wasn't he? Yes.
JoAnn WieszczykGUEST
And...
JoAnn WieszczykGUEST
My gut was French horn and not because it's my favorite instrument.
Julius SarkozyHOST
I do love the French horn.
Julius SarkozyHOST
She doesn't.
JoAnn WieszczykGUEST
I'm going to say because it's complex.
Julius SarkozyHOST
Another shrug.
JoAnn WieszczykGUEST
But I like to think I make the world a more beautiful place.
Julius SarkozyHOST
And the French horn does exactly that.
ShermGUEST
You know what, Alex, quick little story.
ShermGUEST
I was a French horn player in fifth and sixth grade.
ShermGUEST
And nobody cares about the French horns, okay? But it's very, very important in the band of an orchestra.
ShermGUEST
It's a fact.
ShermGUEST
If the French horns aren't there, nothing can be in tune.
ShermGUEST
And every single time everybody would get in key and in tune, literally the instructor would just skip over us.
ShermGUEST
And I'm like, hey, man.
ShermGUEST
And I feel like the Indiana Pacers are the French horn of the NBA, the French horn section.
Kyle KellamsHOST
Ken Weatherford is co-founder with his wife Casey of the Northwest Arkansas version of Beer and Hymns.
Kyle KellamsHOST
A 10th anniversary celebration called Beer and Horns is set for Sunday at Bike Rack Brewing in Bentonville and then December 13th, Beer and Carols.
Kyle KellamsHOST
There is a community gathering this weekend on West Finger Road in Fayetteville.
Kyle KellamsHOST
Freak Show Day Fest as a celebration of music and circus arts.
Robert EstrinHOST
And even at that young age, I took it extraordinarily slowly, and I really enjoyed those harmonies.
Robert EstrinHOST
Now in fourth grade, I started playing the French horn.
Robert EstrinHOST
On the horn, I had no physical limitations like I had on the piano.
Robert EstrinHOST
So really, I enjoyed dividing my time between the horn and piano, and I loved playing in ensembles.
Robert EstrinHOST
And I said, no, I won't.
Robert EstrinHOST
And I didn't.
Robert EstrinHOST
So after high school, I majored in both French horn and piano at the Manhattan School of Music.
Robert EstrinHOST
It was only decades later that I finally devoted myself solely to the piano.
Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHOST
So that's what I did.
Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHOST
I was a classical French hornist.
Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHOST
I did my master's and my first doctorate in French horn pedagogy and music education and went to Yale, worked hard, finally found a job.
Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHOST
I mean, I got to tour with people like Ray Charles.
Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHOST
which was like super cool.
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Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHOST
But yeah.
Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHOST
But yeah, I mean, that's what I did.
Melissa Robinson-WinemillerHOST
I started playing piano when I was around four and then I moved to French horn and my dad was military.
Katie BooneHOST
... all this technical stuff that not, like, is gonna go over everyone's head.
Aly ThomasHOST
I'm gonna tell you, I'm gonna tell you right now, my daughter plays the French horn-
Katie BooneHOST
Yeah
Aly ThomasHOST
... and she don't, she doesn't know a thing about embouchure.
Aly ThomasHOST
I don't- [laughs]
Katie BooneHOST
Okay.
Aly ThomasHOST
Katie, let us know, and I, you know what? I'm gonna let you know about my daughter's French horn journey.
Aly ThomasHOST
She's making the noise and it sounds really good so far.
Eric McIntyreHOST
Later on in this dance, don't forget to look back at the percussion section for the thunder sheets.
Eric McIntyreHOST
These suspended metal sheets are rattled to thunderous effect and a wonderful musical reference to the sinister character of Daryl Van Horn, played so devilishly by Jack Nicholson.
Eric McIntyreHOST
In addition to unusual instruments, we'll also hear some unusual ways of playing familiar instruments.
Eric McIntyreHOST
Both Liszt and Berlioz call for string players to play colegno, that is, with the wood of the bow.
Chuck ToddHOST
When I was a...
Chuck ToddHOST
Some of you know, I, I, uh, went to college on a French horn scholarship.
Chuck ToddHOST
Really a music scholarship, but it w- my talent that I had was playing the French horn.
Chuck ToddHOST
And my private, uh, GW professor for that was the, a French horn player with the National Symphony.
Chuck ToddHOST
And if you guys know the geographic location of GW, it's literally walking distance from the Kennedy Center.
Chuck ToddHOST
As somebody, you know...
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