Articles - Houghton Horns

Bb Trumpet: If you are in middle or high school, studying music in college, playing professionally, or are simply a trumpet enthusiast, you likely have a Bb trumpet. It uses piston valves, which reroute the air through...

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...

You’ve heard the phrase “No pain, no gain”, but when it comes to your brass instrument, pain might impede your progress instead of fostering growth. Who wants to practice when...

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....

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Micah Wilkinson is featured this month in our 20 on 20 series! Mr. Wilkinson is currently the Principal Trumpet of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with many of...

Mutes are used to create different sounds on the horn. Straight mutes create a more distant, far-away sound.  Stop mutes create a brassier, edgier sound. Composers use different words to...

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For August’s 20 on the 20th series, we interviewed George Vosburgh! Mr. Vosburgh was formerly with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and recently retired as Principal Trumpet of the Pittsburgh Symphony...

Kyle Sherman Praised by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for his “gorgeous and moving solo work,” Kyle Sherman joined the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra as Principal Trumpet in 2016. Originally from...