French Meadow View Listening List

Listening to great musicians is an essential part of learning how to be a great musician. In the Meadow View Band, you will have the opportunity to listen to some professionals on your instrument throughout the year. It is the hope this will inspire you to be a better musician yourself and will allow you to discover other great musicians who you enjoy listening to. You can listen to these musicians any way you choose. Many students will simply listen to recordings of a particular musician using YouTube, but you might consider other services such as Spotify, Apple Music, or Amazon Prime Music if they are available. Of course, many professional musicians have music for sale on CD or digitally. Some of the suggested performers on the list below may be difficult to find a recording of, but there are plenty of options. If you are not sure which one to listen to, just pick one! Please be sure to listen to an artist from the list on the back. When listening to ensembles that have in them, you may find quite a few excellent ensembles that are not on the suggested list. Feel free to listen to groups that are not listed. Listening Assignments

Listening Assignment #1: Listen to a Horn Player from the list below Listening Assignment #2: Listen to a Horn Player from the list below Listening Assignment #3: Listen to an ensemble from the list below Listening Assignment #4: Listen to a Horn Player from the list below Listening Assignment #5: Listen to a Horn Player from the list below Listening Assignment #6: Listen to a Horn Player from the list below Listening Assignment #7: Listen to an ensemble from the list below Listening Assignment #8: Listen to recordings of your band pieces Listening Assignment #9: Listen to a Horn Player from the list below Listening Assignment #10: Listen to a Horn Player from the list below Listening Assignment #11: Listen to recordings of your band pieces Listening Assignment #12: Listen to a Horn Player from the list below

French Horn

Suggested Performers

Classical Horn Players: Dennis Brain, Philip Farkas, Radek Baborak, Hermann Baumann, Stefan Dohr, Sarah Willis, Dale Clevenger, Barry Tuckwell, Radovan Vlatkovic, Alan Civil, Radovan Vlatkovic, Frank Lloyd, Philip Myers, Kees Versney, Arkady Shilkloper, Peter Kurau, William VerMeulen, Peter Damm Jazz Horn Players: Pietro Amato, David Amram, John Clark, Vincent Chancey, Sharon Freeman, John Graas, Stefan de Leval Jezierski, Dave Lee, Bob Northern, Willie Ruff, Gunther Schuller, Arkady Shilkloper, Richard Todd, Tom Varner, Julius Watkins

Notable Horn Ensembles: Berlin Philharmonic Horn Ensemble, The London Horn Sound Notable Brass Ensembles: Canadian Brass, Empire Brass, Atlantic Brass , American , Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Dallas Brass, Annapolis Brass Quintet, Berlin Brass Quintet, Carolina Brass, Center City Brass Quintet, Chestnut Brass Company, Itter Brass, Meridian Arts Ensemble, Brass Quintet, Presidio Brass, Saturday Brass Quintet, Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet, Quinto Imperio Brass Notable Wind (Usually , Oboe, , , and Bassoon): Amsterdam , Arabesque Winds, Artecombo, Bergen Wind Quintet, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Blythwood Winds, Carion, Cinque Elementi Wind Quintet, The City of Tomorrow, Coreopsis Quintet, Danzi Quintet, Dorian Wind Quintet, Farkas Quintet Amsterdam, Fifth Inversion, Galliard Ensemble, Imani Winds, LutosAir Quintet, New London Chamber Ensemble, New York Woodwind Quintet, Pentaedre, Pennsylvania Quintet, Quintet of the Americas, Quintette Aquilon, Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet, Vancouver Woodwind Quintet, Vento Chiaro