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The article reviews the album "Hornscapes" by Ricardo Matosinhos.

The article focuses on invitations to participate in international competition hosted by Ricardo Matosinhos, featuring recordings of technical studies and solo pieces with feedback from the composer, and the congress of the Association of Cosrnists of French-speaking Switzerland, held in Geneva.

The article reviews the website "Horn Stuff" by Ricardo Matosinhos, highlighting its extensive and valuable resources for horn players and teachers, particularly aimed at Portuguese-speaking users.

An interview with professional horn player and teacher Ricardo Matosinhos is presented. Matosinhos recalls when he started his interest on playing the horn, as well as the reason behind his decision to pursue his interest in jazz. Also mentioned are his experience studying jazz with saxophonist Mario Santos, the people who influenced his horn playing techniques and his view on improvising during a performance.

The article discusses the Pedagogical music resource called Quatro Pe^as, op. 76a by Ricardo Matosinhos which is a collection of short, easy pieces for low horn and piano.

The article reviews the sheet music "Mirage" by Ricardo Matosinhos.

The article provides information on the Wagner tuba, an instrument played by horn players. Topics covered include a renewed interest in Wagner tuba, in part due to low-cost instrument makers, some challenges of playing the Wagner tuba, when compared to the horn, and an increasing number of solo and chamber music repertoire for Wagner tuba.

The article presents the information for horn performers dedicating the lives for playing the horn and now teaching online. Topics include determining the method of communication among the horn studio and between the members and teacher; reusing previous posts making it quicker and easier for delivering the same personalized information to different students; and allowing teachers for inviting students using a link or a code.

The article reports that French horn player Ricardo Matosinhos and his publisher are holding an Online International Horn Competition and will be accepting videos until December 24, 2013.

The article offers information on the Composition Contest of the International Horn Society (IHS) that was held in 2016. Topics discussed include winning of the Featured Division by composer Ricardo Matosinhos, biography of professor Arthur Gottschalk and information on the performance of winners at the 49th International Horn Symposium to be held in Natal, Brazil.

The article offers the member news brief. Topics include James Boldin, University of Louisiana Monroe, performing guest recitals and giving master classes at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville and Mississippi State University; program including works by Mozart, Franz Strauss, Richard Strauss, James Naigus, Ricardo Matosinhos, and Rachmaninoff; and Steve Eddins and Hazel Dean Davis performing in chamber music in January at the Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham Massachusetts.

The article offers tips to horn players on using the hand in the bell in playing a stopped passage or a hand glissando. It describes basic positions in which the hand in the bell can be used. It also discusses factors to be considered by players in making interpretative decisions based on what they believe are the composer's intentions, including the dynamic level and the tone color.

The article focuses on impacts of orthodontics in performance with horns. Topics include appearance of difficulties in playing horns with braces, importance of proper planning by parents towards complexity of braces, recommendation of Invisalign braces for serious dental problems, reduction of excessive mouthpiece pressure by avoidance of finger hook, development of an accessory Stratos Embouchure Training System by trombone player Marcus Reynolds and maintenance of clear articulation.

The article discusses the horn and piano composition "Abide with Me" by Kerry Turner commissioned by the author as part of his research in identifying the idiomatic elements in horn music. Topics include the relationship of the title with a hymn written by British priest Henry Francis Lyte, the descending motifs of the theme representing a battle of emotions and the passages that can be played with standard fingerings in pairs or groups.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of searching for his horn that was stolen from his car.

The author offers tips on how to practice horn playing during school breaks. He discusses his own experience, in which he challenged his students to send him a video recording of their horn playing activities on a weekly basis during the school break. He cites some positive effects of the activity, including it encourages regular horn practice and allows the students to learn how to use technology to record, edit and convert videos.

The author discusses the use of metaphors, comparisons and analogies in horn teaching. Topics discussed include his belief that his approach has a decisive role when explaining a musical idea as it makes an idea or concept that is hard to explain clear and easy to understand and some of his favorite metaphors including music and cooking, music and food, a balance meal and music study and learning music and agriculture.

The article discusses the compositions and composers who received Honorable Mention citations at the 2014 International Horn Society (IHS) Composition Contest. Topics covered include the "Miniatures for Horn and Piano" composition of Sy Brandon, the book "15 Low Horn Etudes" by Ricardo Matosinhos, and the "Dancing on the Hill" composition of Patrick Hughes. It also discusses the performances at the "47th International Horn Symposium" held in Los Angeles, California in August 3-7, 2015.