Our guest for this episode of The Horn Call podcast is Wojciech Kamionka, the host of IHS 58 in Poland!

Episode Highlights

• Musical journey, current teaching position
• IHS58 preparations, news/updates
• What IHS58 attendees can expect
• Musical life in Poland, opportunities for horn players
• Polish Music Edition: New method book
• Scales and Arpeggios book: Penderecki Academy Press

Our guest for this episode of The Horn Call Podcast is the ebullient Heidi Oros!

Heidi professional freelance hornist in the Finger Lakes area and is a former second hornist with La Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México. Heidi is a founding member (2006) of the woodwind ensemble, “i venti dementi,” and has been the hornist with the Swamp College Brass Quintet since 2007. Most recently, she joined the Lake Effect Winds, a woodwind quintet situated in Ithaca. Heidi earned her BM and MM at Ithaca College. She teaches private horn lessons in Trumansburg.

Episode Highlights

• Personal journey on the horn, important teachers/inspirations along the way
• Keys to Transposition Book: https://www.keystotransposition.com/
• Performing in Mexico
• Organizing performances of Lionheart's Call by James Naigus to honor healthcare workers: jamesnaigus.com
• Taking time off and coming back to the horn
• High Range Magic: https://marsgelfo.com/hrm-overview/
• Zoom Meetings with Jack Covert/Memorial Concert
• Importance of the IHS, symposiums, community, etc.

Our guest for Episode 67 is the incredible Scott Schiffer Leger! Widely known for his fun and educational videos, Scott is a member of the Louisville Orchestra and is in high demand as clinician, teacher, and soloist.

Episode Highlights

• Balancing a career and lots of other obligations
• Performing in the New World Symphony
• Early video work, getting into social media
• Learning new skills, saying yes!
• “Experience is valuable”
• Shoutout to Jennifer Montone!
• Having fun playing the horn, taking away the stigma of high and low range
• How has content creation changed over the last few years
• “AI has changed the name of the game.”
• Importance of not taking yourself too seriously