The Horn Call Podcast

Our guest for Episode 53 is Dr. Libby Ando!

Episode Highlights

• Congratulations to Dr. Ando!
• Coda Brass Quintet: https://www.codabrassquintet.com/
• Working with the Rowan University Marching Band, Drum Corps
• Studying with Lyndsie Wilson at Rowan University, Elizabeth Pfaffle at West Chester University, and Leelanee Sterrett at Rutgers University
• Attending college during COVID
• Transcribing Ethel Smyth’s Cello Sonata
• John Burroughs quote, “Leap and the net will appear.”
• Research on orchestral excerpts by women composers: Alice Mary Smith, Augusta Holmès, Amy Beach, Ethel Smyth
• Advice for those who want to start a chamber group.

Join us in Episode 52 for a conversation with Ian Zook, Professor of Horn at James Madison University and the host of IHS57!

Episode Highlights

• Growing up in North Carolina, attending UNC Chapel Hill and the University of Michigan.
• Studying with Sören Hermansson and natural horn with Lowell Greer
• Trading North Carolina stories
• Favorite horn recordings
• Celebrating the differences and subtleties in horn playing around the world
• Czech School of Horn Playing, Tylšar brothers
• Horn and More Column, Horn on Record, ianzook.com
• IHS 57 planning, June 24-28, 2025: www.heritage-horns.com
• How to get to Harrisonburg, Virginia
• Join the IHS!

Join us in Episode 51 for a conversation with the amazing Aliyah Danielle!

Episode Highlights

• Growing up around music.
• Studying music education at Arizona State University
• Graduate school at Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Spain
• Growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Shoutout to Dr. John Ericson
• “I didn’t have a lot of free time in undergrad…”
• Musical inspirations
• Shoutout to Darcy Hamlin
• “I grew up listening to anything and everything…”
• Creating a structure for myself as an artist.
• Kendall Betts Horn Camp
• Learning work/life balance
• Moving to New York
• Advice for younger musicians
• “You can do more than one thing…”

Join us for a special bonus episode of The Horn Call Podcast on Injury Recovery with Nick Fife and Joey Johnson. Nick and Joey are both active performers and teachers in the Southeastern United States, and they have created a new column focused on injury recovery for The Horn Call.

Join us in Episode 50 for a discussion with the creative and talented Kate Warren!

Episode Highlights

• On choosing the horn and majoring in music
• Coming from a small high school band program
• Choosing a life in the arts
• Shoutout to Michelle Stebleton
• Postgraduate study at The New School and Yale University
• Shoutout to John Ericson and Horn Matters
• Website: https://www.katewarrenmusic.com/
• Instagram: katewarrenmusic
• Advice for navigating social media
• “Just good enough is ok!”
• Learning to be better at time management
• Learning to edit audio and video content
• Learning to take time off
• “Music takes time.”
• Drum Corps and playing the mellophone
• Touring with Blast!
• Improving access to music education

Our guest for Episode 49 is Dr. Monica Martinez, Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and a member of the IHS Advisory Council!

Episode Highlights

• Full circle moments
• On choosing the horn
• Playing the horn right-handed
• Growing up in South Texas
• “Change is not instant…”
• Pursuing music as a career.
• Studying with Jennifer Sholtis at Texas A&M Kingsville
• Majoring in music education and music performance
• Work ethic, persistence
• “You have to work hard for everything.”
• Studying with Patrick Hughes at the University of Texas-Austin
• Balancing a teaching job with practicing the horn
• Working for a music store
• “I never had just one job…”
• Dealing with imposter syndrome
• Building a culture in a horn studio: “It’s never about me.”
• “You have to be mindful…”
• Serving on the IHS Advisory Council

Our guest for Episode 48 is Marshall Sealy, a multi-talented artist who has performed all over the world, including the 54th International Horn Symposium as a Featured Artist.

Episode Highlights

• Starting out as a horn player
• Kinhaven Music Camp: https://kinhaven.org/
• Singing in Bach cantatas
• Touring with the Long Island Youth Orchestra
• Attending Ithaca College on both music and soccer scholarships!
• Studying with John Covert
• Studying brass instrument repair
• Meeting Julius Watkins and studying with him
• Importance of being a well rounded player
• Friendship with Jerome Ashby
• Performing in Mexico
• Performing multiple styles
• Importance of warming up, equipment
• Advice for young horn players
• Willie Ruff
• Importance of sound
• Have a really great practice mute and stop mute.
• Instrument maintenance advice

Join us for this special panel discussion on IHS Honorary Member Hermann Baumann (1934-2023). Guests include Ab Koster, Joseph Ognibene, Justin Sharp, and J. Bernardo Silva. *Above image provided by Justin Sharp, courtesy of the Baumann Family.

Join us for a special Bonus Episode, featuring Richard King and Daniel Grabois. This interview was originally published as part of Dan's Pedagogy Column in Horn and More.

My guest for Episode 46 is Bernhard Scully, Associate Professor of Horn at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign!

Episode Highlights

• Isla Verde Bronces International Brass Festival in Argentina
• Music is subjective!
• Studying with Kendall Betts in high school
• It’s all about fundamentals.
• Studying at Northwestern University: Dale Clevenger, Roland Pandolfi, Gail Williams
• Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Method
• Performing with the Minnesota Orchestra
• Graduate School at UW-Madison, studying with Douglas Hill
• Performing with the Canadian Brass
• Advice for students on keeping your playing in shape.
• “You really don’t have time to practice on the road.”
• Transcendental Meditation
• “Try to live as healthy as you can.”
• Aging
• Value of improvisation
• Collaborating on a book: Consilience - Learning About Ourselves by Applying Indigenous Traditions to Western Music and Technology
• Join the International Horn Society!