Why do we need to play just the standard repertoire or pieces written for our own instrument? In my Recital I don’t want to play repertoire like everyone else. I want to play repertoire originally written for other instruments such as the violin and piano. They both have many interesting pieces and why wouldn’t I like to play them? So, in my Senior Recital I would like to push my limit on the french horn and show what the french horn can do by presenting pieces written for other instruments and in different styles. If you look at my programme you will see popular classical music and pieces that combine Jazz and Classical styles.

 

We horn players do not have nearly as broad a repertoire as the violin or piano. That is why I want to play violin and piano pieces. I have written the arrangements myself when no satisfactory arrangement yet exists. Some of the pieces on my programme have good arrangements made by Eric Ruske. Ruske is a virtuoso horn player. He enjoys a multi-faceted and impressive career as a outstanding hornist. He excels at making arrangements of violin and piano repertoire. I have studied his arrangements to help me learn how to best write my own.

 

“The horn is not important. What is important is  music.” Javier Bonet the unique and refreshingly innovative horn soloist, said this. I agree with Bonet wholeheartedly. That is why I wonder, as a musician, why I should only play pieces written for horn? I love music and the horn is just an instrument for realizing my interpretation. There is no need for me to be bound to the horn repertoire. Music is unbounded.