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Review: Houser Stainless Steel Horn Mouthpiece Rims from Houghton Horns

PUBLISHED: November 28, 2011, Bruce Hembd

After having played on the same mouthpiece rim for about 15 years I recently decided to try out something totally different – stainless-steel rims from Houser Mouthpieces (as provided through Houghton Horns). This is the main benefit of owning a screw-rimmed mouthpiece –  it allows the owner to use and try out different rims. The most important [...]

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Peter and the Wolf: Catching a Horn Section by its Tail

PUBLISHED: November 23, 2011, Bruce Hembd

A common factor among many working orchestral professionals is cyclical repertoire – music that comes up on a performance calendar more than once, sometimes on a yearly basis. This time of year especially, musicians are looking ahead at a December calendar full of Nutcracker or Messiah or other holiday-related gigs. Another regular staple that gets repeated [...]

Random Monday: Praise and Criticism, Houghton Gives a Who, and Going Intergalactic

PUBLISHED: November 21, 2011, Bruce Hembd

Charles Kavaloski interview In a 1997 interview, former Boston Symphony Orchestra principal horn Charles Kavalovski discusses the path that took him from nuclear physics to playing principal horn. More Óscar Sala? I found a picture gallery of Mr. Sala giving a lecture-performance. A tip from Seth Another excellent pearl of wisdom from Seth Godin: Plans are [...]

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‘Trusted Brands’ Report Update: New Results with Focus on Experience Levels

PUBLISHED: November 19, 2011, Bruce Hembd

UPDATE: 20 November, late PM. A revised version has been uploaded – it restates the margin-of-error, adds a bar chart to the composite results and fixes a few bugs and layout errors. * * * This is the second installation in the report “Name Recognition and Perception of Quality in Brand Names of (French) Horns,” [...]

A Look at Óscar Sala’s Warm Up and Ricardo Matosinhos’ Pocket Guide

PUBLISHED: November 18, 2011, Bruce Hembd

From our colleagues in Spain and Portugal we have two new horn-related items for consideration: one is a warm-up routine and the other, a pocket reference guide. I highly recommend both and as you will see, the proof is in the pudding. Warming Up for French Horn Óscar Sala is the principal horn of the Orchestra [...]

Trusted Brand Names of French Horns: Composite and Age Group Results

PUBLISHED: November 16, 2011, Bruce Hembd

This is the first of several documents that will be posted. In this chapter, composite and age group results are reported. Open publication The next report will include experience level data and a whole host of cross-comparison analysis.

Random Monday: Anton Horner, Siegfried, Peter Kurau and York Bowen

PUBLISHED: November 14, 2011, Bruce Hembd

Rare recording While looking through old audio files I found a recording of Anton Horner playing the horn call from Wagner’s opera Siegfried.  I cannot attest to the accuracy of this date but my records indicate that is from the year 1910. Meanwhile at the Met… A brand new production of Siegfried is having a run at [...]

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on the French horn, brass related topics, and the field of classical music.