Hot Horns

Hot Horns Hot Horns is an internationally acclaimed, award winning, professional touring ensemble. The ensemble was originally founded in 1995.

Hot Horns – “New Orleans” inspired Horn Band is a vibrant, award winning, internationally acclaimed, professional touring ensemble. Hot Horns regularly travels the United States presenting concerts, interactive educational concerts and master-classes in concert halls, theatres, and at primary and secondary schools, and universities. Led by trumpeter, Glen Johnson, Hot Horns is the premiere educati

onal ensemble of its kind. Unique to Hot Horns is its all-inclusive instrumentation and its burnin' arrangements. Hot Horns incorporates its trademark combinations of various brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments, all performed by six friendly, enthusiastic musicians with backgrounds in education. The group performs various genres of music from classical to jazz, rock to pop and more, thanks to the talents of various arrangers. Hot Horns is launching into a new and exciting musical journey, forging an innovative, entertaining way to perform all music. Hot Horns is raising the bar to a superior level by performing brass quintet music ranging from “Bach to Rock” with the addition of non-traditional brass quintet instruments. Hot Horns ambition is to change “Sound” through instrumentation so the audience will have a unique and different from the normal aural experience, while preserving the quality, complexity, and excitement of all music. Hot Horns is affiliated with many different Arts Councils from coast to coast. Hot Horns in keeping with the traditional brass quintet format, can now take the student / teacher educational interactive experience to a higher level. Hot Horns can now utilize and demonstrate to the student’s woodwind instruments and how they are used in conjunction with the brass instruments, and percussion. These new elements when joined together enable Hot Horns to extend their reach to additional students and expand their teaching capabilities through master classes and educational performances. Hot Horns mission, is to preserve and perform to the highest level, all varieties of music ranging from “Bach to Rock.” Hot Horns professionalism, musicianship, technical virtuosity, entertainment, integrity, and education are unmatched and unchallenged. Hot Horns performances will leave you astonished and amazed, keeping Hot Horns a formidable force in the music world. Since that time, Hot Horns has toured all lower 48 states and has toured Korea (1999), received first prize at the New York Brass Conference – International Brass Quintet Competition (2003).

Hot Horns concert promotional photo!
04/10/2026

Hot Horns concert promotional photo!

Hot Horns would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter! Hope your gigs were as musically fulfilling as ours.
04/06/2026

Hot Horns would like to wish everyone a Happy Easter! Hope your gigs were as musically fulfilling as ours.

Hot Horns stopped at the Wild Boar Tavern for dinner on our way back from South Carolina. The food was exceptionally de...
04/06/2026

Hot Horns stopped at the Wild Boar Tavern for dinner on our way back from South Carolina. The food was exceptionally delicious and we certainly had plenty of it. Thank you to our waitress Sherry for her hospitality and graciousness in allowing us to take a picture with her. This restaurant was a 12/10 and definitely one of our top restaurants on our list.

04/02/2026
04/02/2026
Hot Horns having lunch between school performances at our favorite restaurant in Lake City, South Carolina called Baker’...
04/02/2026

Hot Horns having lunch between school performances at our favorite restaurant in Lake City, South Carolina called Baker’s Sweets. The food is delicious and homemade.

Hot Horns member, musician, gentlemen, and scholar Bob Burns decided to be Captain of his own ship today. Well really j...
03/31/2026

Hot Horns member, musician, gentlemen, and scholar Bob Burns decided to be Captain of his own ship today. Well really just a Kayak. But we are very thankful he did not encounter a water moccasin.

Hot Horns tour is not just work, it is also for getting in some practice time. Working on parts and fundamentals. Wha...
03/31/2026

Hot Horns tour is not just work, it is also for getting in some practice time. Working on parts and fundamentals. What better area to practice, then amongst the greenery of the outdoors.

Hot Horns is on another tour to South Carolina for fun, good food, fellowship, and Southern hospitality. Bob loves to d...
03/31/2026

Hot Horns is on another tour to South Carolina for fun, good food, fellowship, and Southern hospitality. Bob loves to drive so he is in charge of the bus this tour.

Hot Horns annual get together meal with members of First Presbyterian Church of Florence, SC. Nothing beats a home coo...
03/31/2026

Hot Horns annual get together meal with members of First Presbyterian Church of Florence, SC. Nothing beats a home cooked meal on the road.

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