I am a French Horn player (aka Horn, we ‘Horn’ players nix the ‘French’ forename because there’s not much French about the horn, it’s quite German actually). And that’s not the end of my dorking out here, folks…
I’ve played for about 15 years, went to college for horn and came out with a Masters in Music Performance. I do still play, although not professionally nor full-time. I play with orchestras often, so I’m totally fascinated and thrilled when I hear rock/pop songs and other genres of music using horns.
Some of the hipsters among us may have heard of the group French Horn Rebellion
, consisting of Brooklynite brothers Robert and David Peck-Molinari. Robert co-produced and engineered MGMT Time to Pretend
and David is an accomplished horn player, having attended Northwestern University (which is an excellent music school and horn studio, by the way). Pretty neat combo, I’m excited to see them when they play at Brookyn Bowl in June.
