Nominations for election to the Advisory Council three-year term of office (beginning after the 2015 International Symposium and ending after the 2018 Symposium) must be received by Executive Secretary Heidi Vogel before December 1, 2014. Nominees must be members of the IHS and willing to accept the responsibilities of the position. Nominations must include the nominee’s name, address, telephone number, email address, written consent, and a biographical sketch of not more than 150 words. Nominations by fax and email are acceptable; consent must originate from the nominee.

Terms of the following AC members expire in August 2015: Lisa Bontrager, Ken Pope, and Leighton Jones are completing their second terms and are therefore ineligible for re-election this year. Bruno Schneider is completing his first term in office and is eligible for nomination.

Send nominations to:

Heidi Vogel, IHS Executive Secretary
PO Box 630158
Lanai City, HI 96763-0158
USA

telephone/fax: 808-565-7273; e-mail: exec-secretary@hornsociety.org.

Beginning with the October 2014 edition, The Horn Call, the journal of the International Horn Society, is now available for download in pdf form from the IHS website. Logged in, current members of the IHS should choose Home—>Downloads from the main menu. to access their copy.

Schubert’s Adagio from the Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821, in a transcription by Steve Lewis, has been added to the IHS Online Music Sales. In the words of the arranger: "After first hearing the Adagio from Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata I knew I must arrange it for horn and piano. The breathtaking lyricism of Schubert's melodies and the Horn are a perfect match. While many of us wish Schubert had left us a Horn sonata maybe this arrangement can help fill the void."

The winners of the IHS's annual competitions have been announced:

Jon Hawkins Memorial Award

• 1st. place: Ana Beatriz Menezes
• 2nd place: Laszlo Gal

Judges -Ysolt Clark, Leighton Jones, Nancy Joy, Susan McCullough, and Nozomu Segawa

Premier Soloist Competition Finalists

• Hanxuan Liang
• Ryan Little
• Ana Beatriz Menezes
• Markus Osterlund
• Gillian Williams

Preliminary Judges - Andrew Bain, Nicole Cash, Shirley Hopkins, Hector McDonald and Jeffrey Snedeker

Barry Tuckwell Award

• Bethany Beck

Judges - Barry Tuckwell, Michael Hatfield, Frank Lloyd

Paul Mansur Award

• Ana Beatriz Menezes
• Allison DeMeulle 

Judges - Marilyn Bone Kloss, Peter Luff and William Scharnberg

The IHS announces vacancies for country representatives of Australia, China, France, Germany, Italy and Russia.

If you are interested in serving the IHS as a representative of one of these countries, please go to Area Reps - Country  where you will find the job description and application forms.