James Downs

James Downs

It’s been a while! 👋 But we are BACK with another Friday podcast episode! 🎙️✨ This week, Sean sits down with James Downs from the Sierra Alphorn Players to talk all things alphorn, music, and community. You won't want to miss this conversation! 🎧 Listen now https://www.alpensong.com/ https://www.alphornassociation.org/ #TheAlphornProject #Alphorn #SierraAlphornPlayers #PodcastFriday #NewEpisode #MusicPodcast  We want to thank our sponsors ANNA and Alpensong

Hazel Dean Davis: Harvard • Juilliard • Brevard • Boston Symphony Orchestra • The Alphorn Project

Hazel is a professional French horn artist and a founding member of The Alphorn Project. She is a faculty member at the Boston University School of Music and the Longy School of Music. Hazel spends her summers as a faculty artist and teacher at the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina and Cormont Horn Camp in New Hampshire; she also maintains a private horn studio in Arlington, MA. Originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, Hazel graduated from Harvard University in 2003 with a BA in Biological and Social Anthropology. At Harvard, she studied horn with James Sommerville and was highly active in the chamber and orchestral music scene, receiving both the David McCord Prize for Music and the Louis Sudler Top Senior Prize in the Arts. Hazel studied with Caroline Lemen and Kendall Betts in St. Paul, and with Julie Landsman at The Juilliard School, where she received a Graduate Performance Diploma in 2004. She spent two summers as a Tanglewood fellow, and she has also enjoyed summers performing at the Marlboro Chamber Music Festival, the Pacific Music Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival. RESOURCES & LINKS: Official Website: hazeldeandavis.com [https://www.hazeldeandavis.com/] YouTube Channel: Hazel Dean Davis on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4QVa9ftuhF71Q7oLlnuvfg] Faculty Profiles: Hazel Dean Davis | Boston University College of Fine Arts [https://www.bu.edu/cfa/] (or direct link) Hazel Dean Davis | Longy School of Music [https://longy.edu/] (or direct link) Hazel Dean Davis | Cormont Horn Camp [https://www.google.com/search?q=https://www.cormonthorncamp.org/] (or direct link) We want to thank our sponsors ANNA and Alpensong

Dr. Molly Gebrian: Learn Faster, Perform Better, A Musician's Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing

Dr. Molly Gebrian is a professional violist with a background in neuroscience. She is the author of Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician’s Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing. Holding degrees in both music and neuroscience from Oberlin College and Conservatory, New England Conservatory of Music, and Rice University, her area of expertise is applying the science of learning and memory to practicing and performing. Previously, Dr. Gebrian was the viola professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the University of Arizona. After a decade of teaching viola at the collegiate level, she joined the faculty at New England Conservatory of Music in Fall 2024 as the inaugural Teaching Artistry Scholar-in-Residence to teach about the science of practicing.   https://www.mollygebrian.com/ https://www.mollygebrian.com/music-and-the-brain https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Faster-Perform-Better-Neuroscience/dp/0197680070/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1419D… https://www.youtube.com/@DrMollyGebrian https://youtu.be/uN9TsKNAPeU We want to thank our sponsors ANNA and Alpensong

Sadie Glass and The Alphorn Project

This week, we are thrilled to sit down with one of today’s leading natural horn artists, Sadie Glass!  Assistant Professor of Horn and Brass-Percussion Program Director at the Conservatory of Music at the University of the Pacific, Sadie is also one of the four inaugural university faculty ambassadors for The Alphorn Project. Through her innovative work with historical instruments and modern pedagogy, she has become an influential voice in the growing alphorn community. Sadie performs with many of North America’s leading period-instrument ensembles, including Portland Baroque Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and American Bach Soloists. In California, she is a member of the Monterey Symphony and performs regularly throughout the Bay Area with ensembles including the San Francisco Symphony and Santa Rosa Symphony. In addition to her university teaching and performing career, Sadie serves on the faculty of Cormont Horn Camp and has appeared as a guest artist, clinician, and performer at alphorn and horn festivals throughout the United States, including many regional and national International Horn Society Symposiums, the Northwest Alphorn Festival, Santa Fe Alphorn Festival, and the Northern California Alphorn Festival. You can find her sharing her expertise at several upcoming festivals!   Upcoming Opportunities to Connect: Northern California Alphorn Festival: Stockton, CA | August 6–9, 2026 Santa Fe Alphorn Festival: Santa Fe, NM | November 5–9, 2026   Explore Sadie's work here: Official Website: sadieglasshorn.com [https://www.sadieglasshorn.com] Instagram: @ive_got_no_valves [https://www.instagram.com/ive_got_no_valves/] YouTube: @sadieglass3831 [https://www.youtube.com/@sadieglass3831] University Profile: Pacific.edu Directory [https://www.pacific.edu/campus-directory/sadie-glass] Horn Camp: horncamp.org [https://horncamp.org/] Horn Camp Faculty Bio: Sadie Glass [https://horncamp.org/faculty/sadie-glass/] Leavenworth Workshop: leavenworthalphorns.org AANA- The Alphorn Association or North America 🔗 The Alphorn Association [https://www.alphornassociation.org/] 🔗 Alpensong [https://www.alpensong.com/] #SadieGlass #TheAlphornProject #NaturalHorn #Alphorn #BrassEducation #UniversityOfThePacific #HornPlayer #ClassicalMusic #AlphornFestival We want to thank our sponsors ANNA and Alpensong

Peggy DeMers

We are thrilled to celebrate the incredible contributions of Dr. Peggy DeMers to the alphorn community! 🏔️🎶 Dr. DeMers is a renowned professional alphorn artist, composer, author, and a celebrated Champion of the Festival International de Cor des Alpes (FICA) de Nendaz. As the founder of the Midwest Alphorn Retreat, she has been instrumental in growing our community and passion for this unique instrument. In 2023, Dr. DeMers gave a monumental gift to the alphorn world: she translated, edited, and published the English edition of Alfred Leonz Gassmann’s "The Little Alphorn Book." It is an essential resource for players everywhere! Learn more about her work and workshops here: ✨ https://midwestalphornretreat.us/ [https://midwestalphornretreat.us/] ✨ https://leavenworthalphorns.org/nw-alphorn-workshop [https://leavenworthalphorns.org/nw-alphorn-workshop] Find her music and book here: 📚 https://www.treblecmusic.com/peggy-demers [https://www.treblecmusic.com/peggy-demers] 📖 https://www.treblecmusic.com/product-page/the-little-alphorn-book-blow-the-alphorn-again-for-me Support ANNA here: https://www.alphornassociation.org/ [https://www.alphornassociation.org/] Alpensong.com    #Alphorn #DrPeggyDeMers #FICA #AlphornMusic #MidwestAlphornRetreat #SwissTradition #MusicEducation We want to thank our sponsors ANNA and Alpensong