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2010 Web Site Stats Report

Echoing John's sentiments from yesterday, I would also like to extend a big THANK YOU to all our readers. Since launching Horn Matters about...

Silver and Gold: A Full Circle to HornPlanet.com

Planets and horns. When I was a graduate music student at Arizona State University back around 1995, I became fascinated with this new thing called...

A Golden Clam for James Boldin’s Kopprasch Project

It has been a long while since a Golden Clam has been awarded and our honoree today most certainly deserves one in recognition of...

Updates to the Horn Matters Web Site (2014)

Regular visitors may have noticed some changes here at Horn Matters. The overall look-and-feel of the site has changed significantly over the past few...

Big News: The New 8D for the 21st Century

Conn just dropped some big news on the horn world, that they have upgraded the venerable 8D model horn, following extensive focus group testing...

The Golden Clam Award of Merit

The HORNDOG GOLDEN CLAM AWARD of MERIT* is reserved for recognizing and honoring noteworthy accomplishments in the world of classical music. This honor, governed by the...

Retroactive Golden Clam Awards

Angel Awards for four previously reviewed sites. At the time of this post, the Golden Clam Award is relatively new and some previously reviewed items...

Welcome to Horn Matters

As the old saying goes, "two heads are better than one." Combining the Horn Notes Blog and Horndog Blog into one resource, Horn Matters is...

Horn Matters Merchandise on CafePress

In a few weeks Horn Matters will be hitting its third-year anniversary. To celebrate this, the new University of Horn Matters, and other future projects, we have...

A New Major Horn Quartet

The number of truly great horn quartet pieces can pretty much be counted on one hand ... okay, maybe two hands. Thomas Bacon wants...