The Alphorn Society performed for Dr. Ruth’s 80 birthday in July 2008. Dr. Ruth Westheimer loves the Alphorn, and invited two Alphorn players to perform at her celebration. She loves Alphorn music, and she had a special wish for a song: ‘es Buurebuebli’. An arrangement was done for this song on Alphorn, all in high notes, and the Alphorn players really went to their limits to fullfill her wish. And she was happy! See the newspaper article.

Last Wednesday we started to play our holiday music arrangements for Alphorns so that we will be prepared for the holiday season when we go out to perform these Funny Christmas Songs. Our repertoire includes songs like Christmas Jingle Bells or Christmas Silent Night. Yes, we play it on Alphorns, the longest horns in the world! We have a lot of fun! Please  watch us rehearse the Christmas jingle bells song, it is not yet perfect, but we still have some time.

Four Alphorn players from the NJWA Alphorn Ensemble went on a tour to Switzerland three years ago. We visited Zurich, Oensingen, Bern, Gruyere, Montreux, Lausanne, Gstaad, Luzern, and Wohlhusen, and were invited to perform at three concerts in Oensingen, Gstaad and Wohlhusen.

Enclosed is a picture from the concert in Oensingen:

Welcome to the American Alphorn Society. This is a sub-society of the International Alphorn Society founded on Oct 1, 2003 in New Jersey, USA. We are a group 6 Alphorn players in New Jersey who fell in love with this instrument. Please visist www.alphorninternational.com and www.alphornusa.com for more information.

We would like to hear from all fellow Alphorn players in the US. Please send us your post.