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F r i t z F o s s
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Denver, CO |
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Colorado
Symphony Orchestra
4th /
Utility Horn
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| School: |
Boston
University
New World
Symphony
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Hometown: |
Glen Ellyn, IL |
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Greatest opportunity through music:
Touring the
world with orchestras. |
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The best
thing about the horn is:
Its sound!
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How I got
started in music:
Sang in the
Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus.
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F r e n c h H o r n
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The French Horn is a valved brass wind
instrument that produces a mellow tone from a 21 foot long, narrow tube that
is coiled in a elaborate circular structure before ending in a flaring bell.
In performance, French horn players place their right hand inside the bell
of the instrument to produce special sound effects like muting. Because of
its smooth tone color and expressive ability to play both loudly and softly,
it helps to blend the homogeneous sound of the strings with the more varied
color of the woodwinds. It evolved from the hunting horn developed during
the 17th century.
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