Articles - Houghton Horns

Proudly hailing from Washington, D.C., Hakeem Bilal is an internationally sought-after performer and teacher. Recent highlights include performing at the Indianapolis 500, and masterclasses in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Beijing, China.  Mr....

This October we feature Stephen Laifer, 4th Horn of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and Adjunct Instructor of Horn at the Eastman School of Music. Laifer has worked with orchestras around...

This month features Mr. Zach Collins, Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. You’ll recognize Zach from his debut in our TMEA/ATSSB Tuba etudes this year! Zach is...

20 Questions with Kyle Sherman! Mr. Sherman serves as Principal Trumpet of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2016. Kyle heads to Durango, Colorado most...

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We caught up with James Nova for July’s edition of 20 Questions. Jim is Second/Utility Trombone of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Brass Area Coordinator and Adjunct Trombone Faculty at Duquesne...

This month we feature Amanda Collins, Assistant Teaching Professor of Horn at the University of Missouri School of Music. Ms. Collins is a graduate of the Peabody Institute Preparatory (certificate),...

Michael Sachs is Principal Trumpet of the Cleveland Orchestra, esteemed faculty of both the Cleveland Institute of Music & Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, and music director of Strings...

This month’s 20 on 20 features John Sebastian Vera, Principal Trombone at the Pittsburgh Opera, the River City Brass Band, and current Acting Principal Trombone of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra....

This month we’re proud to feature Dr. Jacquelyn Adams, Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Southern Mississippi School of Music! Dr. Adams is a member of Iris Orchestra...

20 on 20 for February features Billy Hunter, Principal Trumpet with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York, and Assistant Principal Trumpet with the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra in Chicago....