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Written for the advanced student to professional, 12 Jazzy Etudes for Horn feature different techniques that are essential to horn playing. In a fun, fanciful and whimsical style, Mr Matosinhos focuse...

A complete manual of all scales and arpeggios in all major and minor keys, offering extensive source material for embouchure building, daily warmup routines as well as basic technique. The only book o...

15 Low Horn Etudes Mr Matosinhos wrote 15 Low Horn Etudes as an extension of his series of fun etudes, this time written for low horn. Continued in the frivolous and fancy free style as the jazz etude...

The story behind 13 (un)Lucky Etudes started in 2010. 12 Jazzy Etudes for Horn were published by Phoenix Music Publications. Then in 2013 Phoenix published 10 Jazzy Etudes for Horn and the 15 Low Horn...

A light hearted, jazzed up rendition of the old favorite. Simple in its concept and immediately playable by every intermediate level quintet. Another classic and popular arrangement by Walter Perkins.

Nowadays, the level of playing required in our profession is extremely high, necessitating an impeccable technique in a wide range of situations. It is not uncommon to have a 90-minute Mahler symphony...

In today's musical environment, horn players find themselves performing an ever-expanding variety of musical styles. Our traditional music education system and private lessons prepare us for performin...

It's been over 50 years since hornists were first introduced to Lowell Shaw's wonderful Fripperies. Most of us have played and enjoyed them with friends and colleagues. They are something that connect...

In each of the Jazztets 4 Horns collections, I strive to present pieces in diverse styles, which can be categorised as jazz by today's somewhat vague definitions. Jazztets, Set #4, focuses on music fo...

The American Horn Quartet, formed in 1982, features 4 award winning American hornists who perform in well known European orchestras. As individuals, members of the quartet have won prizes in competiti...

Commissioned by the horn ensemble "aHorn," composed in May, 2011 in Luxembourg The grand cathedral pipe organ has always been one of Mr. Turner's favorite instruments. The huge range of dynamics and s...

The Hornist’s Opera & Ballet Handbook was compiled by Arthur Labar. Hornist’s Opera & Ballet Handbook is the ultimate reference book for the hornist who is preparing for auditions. It is THE reference...

In the summer of 1979, I was employed on the Mayan Ranch in Bandera, Texas, located about sixty miles south of San Antonio. It was there that I encountered all of the excitements as well as the hard w...

The Casbah of Tetouan The Casbah of Tetouan is a tone poem for Brass Quintet composed by Kerry Turner in an arrangement for 5 horns for the American Horn Quartet. It is 12 minutes of spectacular virtu...

Ricochet is a ten minute work for advanced quintet. A gauranteed crowd-pleaser, it is composed of three sections which are loosely associated with the following themes: Ricochet, Repose and Rodeo. Whi...

Soundings on the Erie Canalwas composed in 1984 and is based on the well-known American folk song "Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal". The piece is written to be light-hearted and fun rather than a seri...

Judas Maccabaeus was composed in England in the tumultuous year 1746 and was designed as a compliment to the Duke of Cumberland for his victory over the forces of "Bonnie Prince" Charles. The year had...

I chose the title "Improvisation" because of the circumstances in which the piece was written. At the time of receiving the commission by the Loraine Brass Quintet, I was doing quite a lot of travelin...

Instrumentation: Piccolo Trumpet/Flugel Horn, 3 Trumpets, 4 Horns, 2 Trombones, Tuba, Tympani, Snare Drum, Maraccas, Wind Machine, Syspended Cymbol, Cymbals, Tam-tam Heros, a three movement tone-poem...

Instrumentation: 3 Trumpets, 2 Horns, 2 Trombones & Tuba Adaptation of the work originally written for string orchestra but made famous in the version for 8 horns. Theme and variations of a traditiona...

The Labyrinth fo large brass ensemble was commissioned by Susan Salminen and the Bethany Brass Ensemble at Bethany College in Lindsburg, Kansas. The composer’s conception of the piece came out of a dr...

Commissioned by the Mill Ave Chamber Players Escape from Winter has begun To such remoteness must I go. Across the sea to find the sun, On the road to Tasartico. Across the sea and over the pass, So d...

Catalonian Serenade by Kerry Turner 1. Alba a Barcelona (Dawn in Barcelona) 2. Mitjanit al Barri Gotic (Midnight in the Gothic Quarter) 3. Bal a la Posta del Sol (Dancing in the Sunset) Commissioned b...

Composers of the 1980's and 90's are striving more and more to communicate with their audiences. The modern horn player is, on the other hand, constantly searching for new music that is challenging bo...

Rhapsody was meant to recreate, with music, four vivid yet fleeting memories in the life of the composer. The scenes which flashed into Mr. Turner’s mind were both full of character and color, indeed...