Maynard - INSANE FRENCH HORN PIECE! 

Bravo! Felicitats!

There are no high notes or low notes for William... Notes are all equal, like on a piano. This is just stunning!

I have never heard horn playing as smooth and as colorful as I just heard in this video. The level of comfort with those impossibly high notes is simply astounding. As a high school horn player myself, this is an inspiration! And what a piece!! So dynamic and fluid!

French horns are one of the most difficult to play brass instruments out there but when you see someone who is great on one then they’re really great.

A true pro just impressed me. What a great sound with all the colors only a seasoned jazz player should be able to do. I also enjoyed watching the total absolute comfort level. Again all the shades of the colors is placing this performance way about normal or good .... very fine pianist and perfect ensemble.

I grew up listening to and playing all these tunes. It's a cool arrangement, and your playing is superb. Try a collab with Louis Dowdeswell one day!

Without a doubt, French Horn is my favorite of the brass instruments. Mr. VerMeulen, this is my first experience with your playing. WOW! The dynamics tickled all the right places, but you really had me when you punch me in the nerd bone. Star Trek. Well played sir. On every level.

I am frankly astonished. I’ve been playing and/or listening to the horn most of my life. This expansion of the instrument’s technical and expressive range is really exciting! This deserves way more views. As a subscriber I now feel I have joined a privileged club. Thanks for all you are doing.

Great Horn Playing. Great Horn Player. Wonderful.

This was absolutely insane.....respect Mr

As a former professional horn player I doubt I could have performed that piece as cleanly as he did even in my prime. The difficulty level of this piece is astounding.

Wow, amazing! Starting at around the 6 to 6:55 minute section, this reminded me a bit of New Orleans jazz. Sir, you could play the brass section of a Second Line all by your lonesome. Bravo!!!

Shades of studio orchestra with Dave Sporny!

Great piece and remarkable playing as usual!

Well done, great playing!

Bravo! 👏

Star Trek sample goes crazy

Excellent! Mr. VerMeulen is one fantastic horn player 📯 Great piece by Stephen Prutsman 🎼 I especially like Strat Trek theme 😀

Insanely good ❤

Wow!

Wow.

Was that a Star Trek reference at 3:30 ?

wow

We went to school with Maynard's kids at IAA :-)

What an amazing performance, I'd love to get my paws on the music and have a perusal at all the different references, can this sheet music be found online? Sounds so fun, even if incredibly herculean!

5:18 who added this tuba part to French horn solo???

That is wild. As are you.

When you play French horn so you watched this for inspiration but it made you feel sad because you’ll never be able to play that good 🥲

3:30 Was that a hint of...StarTrek? Also amazing playing!

Wunderschöner, warmer Hornton in allen Lagen! 👍👍📯📯📯👏🏻 Welche Hornmarke?

Is there anything different or special about either the mouthpiece or the horn itself? Can you make equally beautiful sounds on any other horn? Martin press

What's the 2nd piece that began at around the 3-4 minute mark?

hey i preform there saturday

😳 this was my facial expression when I heard that high note

He's still teaching at Rice?

what´s the piece at 5:35?

"Written" for William VerMuelen? Try "arranged". Not much original material here, although extremely well performed.

Some sections in the middle resembled actual music.