OSU French Horn Studio

This will be the final post for my Web site. I would like to thank Lanette Compton, the OSU Music Department and all the members of the OSU French Horn Studio for making this site happen. If it weren’t for all of you, I would not have been able to put this site together. I thank each and every one of you for the dedication you show to advancing your skills as horn players and as musicians because it reflects very well on the talent and commitment OSU students have to supporting the fine arts.

Thank you again, and good luck to all the members of the OSU French Horn Studio.

Ryan Lipscomb kicked off his senior year with an excellent recital in October. The music education major chose a tough mixture of pieces to perform.
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The French Horn was not my first choice of instrument. I remember the first day of sixth grade in band class. We were selecting our instruments, and we got them on a first come first serve basis. I was certain I wanted the trumpet, but I was one of the last in line to get a school instrument. The director, Mr. Curtis, told me that I could try the French Horn because it played a lot like a trumpet and it had the same note fingerings, so I could switch later if I wanted. Turns out that wasn’t true.
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The mellophone is basically a french horn appropriately shaped to function within a marching band. It points forward like a trumpet instead of backward like the french horn, and it’s sound is comparable to the horn. The mellophone is not known for its power or loud sound, and it is usually used as “filler” sound for most marching band songs.

This is true for most bands across the country; the mellophone section typically is not the confident section, and it was the same for the Cowboy Marching Band. Three years ago, however, the mellophone section of the CMB started to take a dramatic shift from a section that played well and in tune to a section that played loud and proud.
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The Horn Choir is a group of members of the OSU Horn Studio that meet weekly to improve in ensemble playing and to rehearse pieces for mini-concerts during the school year.
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The OSU Horn Studio is a dedicated group of French Horn players, majors and non-majors, that seek to master this instrument with the most beautiful sound. Under the direction of Lanette Compton the OSU Horns have become a group with the potential for greatness in their careers at OSU and beyond.

This site is intended to inform others of the accomplishments of studio members and give information about upcoming concerts. This site was made to get the word out about the talent here at Oklahoma State and get people to support its continued growth.

In the future you will see bio’s of the Professor Compton and the studio members so you can get to know the people behind the mouth pieces. Recordings of favorite pieces, videos of studio parties and news of studio events will be updated regularly.

So enjoy the site and please hold all applause until each piece has ended.