The Alphorn Podcast

Melanie Oesch

🇨🇭 Melanie Oesch ist zu Gast im Alphorn Podcast. Ein Gespräch über Jodel, Alphorn, Familie und den Mut, ein Lebenswerk loszulassen, bevor Oesch’s die Dritten sich auf ihr

Dr. Noa Kageyama - The Bulletproof Musician

Dr. Kageyama is a performance psychologist. He works with musicians around the world to apply sports psychology principles to music. Born in Marysville, Ohio, he began pl

Nikolette (Nikki) LaBonte

🎙️ NEW EPISODE: Featuring Nikolette (Nikki) LaBonte! 🎶 (Note for listeners: Due to a technical glitch, our recorded intro was cut, so this episode jumps straight into ou

Stephen Saxon

🎙️ NEW EPISODE SHOWCASE: Featuring Multi-Instrumentalist & Vocalist Stephen Saxon! 🎶 Stephen Saxon is a professional trumpet player, vocalist, cantor, composer, and alph

Jim Hopson

🎶 THIS WEEK ON THE ALPHORN PODCAST: JIM HOPSON! 🎶 Get ready for an incredible conversation with Jim Hopson—a professional alphorn, trombone, and tuba artist, world-renow

Ciera Alkhoury

🎶🇨🇭 From the University of the Pacific to the Swiss Alps… this is an alphorn journey you won’t want to miss! 🇨🇭🎶 On this episode of The Alphorn Podcast, we’re excited to

The 2026 Midwest Alphorn Retreat

🏔️🎶 The 2026 Midwest Alphorn Retreat! 🎶🏔️ Dr. Peggy DeMers and Bill Rose provide an overview of the 2026 Midwest Alphorn Retreat!  Peggy is a professional alphorn artis

Dr. Natalie Grana

🎶 Dr. Natalie Grana! 🎶 Dr. Natalie Grana is a professional alphorn and French Horn artist, author, and educator. Dr. Grana is on faculty at DePaul University, Loyola Uni

Ann Ellsworth

🎶 Meet Ann Ellsworth—an extraordinary musician whose passion for the French Horn, Alphorn, and Wagner Tuba has taken her to remarkable stages around the world! Ann is a

Kevin Rieke

Meet Kevin Rieke! 🏔️🎺 Kevin is an entrepreneur, a member of the Leavenworth Alphorns (AANA's 2025 Organization of the Year), and a student of Dr. Natalie Grana. A nativ

Bernhard Scully

Bernhard Scully is one of the world's most accomplished horn artists. He is an international soloist and pedagogue, Professor of Horn at the University of Illinois, a for

Cormont 2026- Week 2

With Sean out of the country, the Alphorn Project team at Cormont Horn Camp—Sadie Glass, Stasia Siena, and Natalie Grana—sat down to recap Week Two of camp. They were joi

Cormont 2026 Week 1

Alphorns at Cormont Horn Camp!  Sean sat down with Stasia Siena to recap the first week of alphorn activities at Cormont Horn Camp, currently underway at Cardigan Mounta

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 thi

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 Sc

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 o

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

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, compose

The Creative Process with Laura Nelson

We are thrilled to welcome back the incredible Laura Nelson! 🎙️✨ In this week’s episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on Laura’s CREATIVE PROCESS. As one of the most p

Michael Gelb

Michael Gelb is an award-winning author of 18 books. He is a practitioner of the Alexander Technique (AT), a subject matter expert on creativity, genius thinking,  and hu