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Oct 2, 2023 · An out-of-the-box contrarian, Leuba had little use for conventional wisdom when it came to horn pedagogy. Yet he relished the camaraderie of the professional horn world and was a frequent presence at the International Horn Society’s annual conferences.
Feb 17, 2020 · We have just learned news of the death of Christopher Leuba, who served the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as principal horn from 1960 until 1962. He passed away peacefully at his home in Seattle on December 31, 2019, at the age of ninety.
Mr. Leuba was at Full-Track Productions, a Seattle recording studio that specializes in interview and voice over recordings. I talked with him by telephone from my home on the opposite side of the country.
Apr 1, 2024 · Horn on Record is all about preserving the intersection of influencial hornists and long-lost repertoire. It’s thrilling then to present Christopher Leuba’s 1974 recording of Bernhard Heiden’s Quintet for Horn and String Quartet performed with the Philadelphia String Quartet.
Jul 19, 2012 · Leuba is an IHS Honorary Member (bio here) and among other career highlights was Principal Horn of the Chicago Symphony from 1960-62. The Rules of the Game reflects on a long career of teaching and playing the horn in an easy to digest format.
But what bearing should any of this have on Sonatas for Horn and Piano, a 1977 recording by the late Christopher Leuba? Biographically speaking, Leuba was first horn in Fritz Reiner’s Chicago Symphony and appeared with the Philharmonica Hungarica under Antal Doráti.
Feb 2, 2020 · Julian Christopher Leuba. Sept 28, 1929 ~ Dec 31, 2019. Chris Leuba, 90, former music faculty member of horn at University of Washington and Western Washington University, passed away...
