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Published: 19 May 2012

The 45th International Horn Symposium will take place July 29 - August 3, 2013 on the campus of the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Featured Artists signed so far include Jasper de Waal, Elizabeth Freimuth,  Abel Pereira and Eric Ruske. Additional artists will be announced as soon as they are finalized.

The theme for IHS 45 is "Horn & Song," and much of the repertoire to be performed will include voices or have a vocal theme or origin. Proposals on this theme are solicited for contributing artists, lecturers and clinicians. Contact Dan Phillips at host@ihs45.org for more details. Repertoire will also include at least two premieres of music commissioned for the occasion: a unique concerto for horn and chorus and another for solo horn quartet, participant horn ensemble and soprano soloist.

See the symposium website for further details.

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Published: 19 May 2012

The 2012 General Membership Meeting of the International Horn Society was held on Saturday, May 19, in the Student Union Lyceum at the University of North Texas in Denton, on the final day of the 44th International Horn Symposium.

Read more: 2012 Elections

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Published: 18 May 2012

Aurora Chamber Music, which hosts festivals and master classes throughout the year near Gothenburg, Sweden, announces an extension of the application deadline for its Aurora Music Star Festival in August. Artistic director Per Nyström explains that the festival features master classes as well as chamber music and orchestral performances, with repertoire including Beethoven 9 and Tchaikovsky 5. Guest artist Michael Thompson will be in residence for most of the festival, giving master classes, coaching chamber music, and performing in concerts. See aurorachambermusic.com for more details.

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Published: 08 May 2012

It is 72 degrees and cloudy today in Denton with an overnight low expected to be 64. Given that weather generally follows a seven-day cycle, let's keep our fingers crossed. While the registrations keep coming in, the dorm still has plenty of single and double rooms available. The dorm cafeteria is large and full of natural lighting. Meals are $7 each and can be purchased for the week or in any number on a "swipe card." The Symposium artists and IHS Advisory Council will be eating lunch and dinner in the dorm so that you have the opportunity to visit with them. Lunch-time entertainment will be provided by university horn choirs.'

If you intend to buy a banquet/barbecue ticket for Thursday evening please do so before 4 pm on May 14. We have to turn in banquet numbers at 4 pm and for every added person after that we are charged $5 extra. So the $16 ticket will go up to $21 after 4 pm Monday (no exceptions). There will be 2 buffet tables at the banquet: 1) barbecue and 2) fajitas (make your own). Some awards will be handed out at the banquet and Dennis Brain's birthday will be celebrated by playing recordings of a few of his live performances.

See you soon.

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Published: 27 April 2012

Winners of the 2012 Awards and Competitions have been announced.

Read more: 2012 Award and Competition Winners

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Published: 24 April 2012

It's less than three weeks to Symposium 44 which is being hosted by Bill Scharnberg from May 15 - 19 (with registration on the 14th) at the University of North Texas College of Music. About 300 have already preregistered and we expect to see many more of you who'll be registering on site. If you haven't done so already, you can get details of the Symposium by going to its website http://music.unt.edu/ihs44/ Because of conflicts in some of the participant's schedules, there are some changes from the previously announced program. Here is an update of some of the featured performances. You'll note that one of the changes in Thursday's program is that Barry Tuckwell will conduct the UNT Symphony Orchestra and soloists in, among other works, Schumann's Konzertstück.

Among the participating organizations and hornists on Tuesday will be the UNT Wind Symphony and Jennifer Montone, Geoffrey Winter, and Bernhard Scully. ON Wednesday evening, a concert of Baroque music featuring Andrew Clark, Steve Denroche, Paul Hopkins, and Bruce Atwell. Thursday evening will present the Symposium Orchestra conducted by Barry Tuckwell and featuring David Thompson, Zach Glavan, Gail Williams, Tsun Tak Cheung, Greg Hustis, Joseph Ognibene, John Ericson, and Randy Gardner. The Friday evening concert will present UNT's internationally known One O'Clock Lab Band with Arkady Shilkloper and Thomas Bacon and will end with Stan Kenton charts with 8 horns. Saturday is "Long Horn" Day (Texas Horn Fest and Alphorn Festspiel) (Go to http://music.unt.edu/ihs44/ and click on Texas Horn Fest for details. Saturday will also present something unique. We hope to gather as many as 1,000 hornists at UNT. The purpose of this is to get us into the Guinness World Book of Records for the largest number of hornists at one performance. Jasper Rees, who many of you know as the author of "I Found My Horn" (UK) or "A Devil to Play" (US) is flying in from London as the official witness for the record book. See more details at http://www.onethousandhorns.com/about/