August 30, 2010 by Bruce Hembd
Archived under: General, Random, Technology & Digital Culture
Random Monday
Horn student injured in crosswalk
School is back in session and we should all be a little more careful when driving in school zones. Poor Trevor was hit by a van – it broke his jaw and his horn, but it sounds like he will recover.
- Too soon?
Is it too soon to be thinking about Christmas ornaments? This is just one of the many nice horn-related items on this site. This website – Etsy – by the way is like eBay, but for hand-crafted items.
- Researching embouchure?
Here is a nice PDF bibliography of embouchure resources.
- In utero advertising
Here is an interesting print ad from the Czech Philharmonic targeting pregnant mothers. Too bad they printed the horn backwards.
- Cognitive dissonance
Proper Discord takes aim at classical music doom-sayer Norman Lebrecht and his windbag partner-in-crime, Greg Sandow.
- Ouch … and help!
An interesting discussion at the Trumpet Herald on dealing with a cut on the inside of your lip.
- French horns in pop music
Another band (in addition to French Horn Rebellion) that has a horn player in the mix. This one is called Gramercy Riffs. They are based in Toronto and the horn player is Mara Pellerin.
Random videos
How to to open a shrink-wrapped CD case. I really, really dislike CD jewel cases.
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This one wowed a lot of people on the Horn Matters Facebook page. This is the Budapest Festival Horn Quartet playing an arrangement of a Hungarian Rhapsody.
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Here they are again in Kerry Turner’s Fanfare for Barcs.
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Ion Balu demonstrating his unique stopping mute. Some have pointed out that this looks like something right out of a Dr. Suess book. 
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Soren Hermansson demonstrating an excerpt from a new composition.
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