IU Professor of Music Richard Seraphinoff has for the past quarter-century produced handcrafted reproductions of 18th- and 19th-century horns and is the co-founder of the International Trumpet-making Workshop.
He's made nearly 500 horns, which are sent to universities, museums, and to historically-informed performers of 17th- and 18th-century music around the world.
He also performs and records regularly on natural horn with period instrument ensembles throughout the country, and presents numerous recitals and master classes.
WFIU’s Aaron Cain speaks with Seraphinoff in the WFIU studios to learn about how and why he started playing historical horns, and visits his home workshop outside of Bloomington where he and his wife Celeste create many different kinds of brass instruments to put the horns through their paces.
