Articles by Bruce Hembd Indexed in reverse chronological order.
Off Topic: Why Updating Internet Explorer 6 is Important
PUBLISHED: October 1, 2009, Bruce Hembd 
Whenever creating a new web site, a developer tries to be as inclusive as possible. We want our web sites to look good in as many browsers as possible. We aim to make the visitor’s experience as pleasant as possible. This includes designing for popular browsers such as FireFox, Safari, Opera, Chrome and Internet Explorer. [...]
Son of Clam; A Twist on René Magritte
PUBLISHED: September 30, 2009, Bruce Hembd 
Artist René Magritte has been quoted on his work Son of Man, saying: Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.
Lip Trills
PUBLISHED: September 29, 2009, Bruce Hembd 
The Mozart horn concertos absolutely require elegant, controlled trills. The most tasteful and elegant musicianship cannot make up for a clumsy or coarse sounding lip trill. A very funny example from the Hilarious Trumpet Bloopers page illustrates the point at the comical extreme: I have heard a few very fine performances — live and recorded [...]
Random Monday: Liberace’s Horn, Christie’s Rock Star Status, Atlanta’s Principals, and Moses’ Horn
PUBLISHED: September 28, 2009, Bruce Hembd 
Liberace’s horn player An old post unearthed at the Indiana Public Media site features John Gras, a West Coast horn player active in the 1940′s and 50′s. He made an album titled “Jazz Studio 3″ — a search online found nothing more about this. From hairy chest to sexy beast In a Random Monday two [...]
Seven Tips for Cadenzas
PUBLISHED: September 25, 2009, Bruce Hembd 
A long orchestral tutti builds and builds, leading towards an inevitable resolution and long fermata. The conductor signals a cut-off and after a few seconds, there is nothing but silence in the hall. All eyes are focused on you, the soloist. This is the moment — the cadenza. What are you going to do? Here [...]
On Phrasing in Mozart
PUBLISHED: September 24, 2009, Bruce Hembd 
Clues to look for in plotting an interpretation. In planning out a performance of a Mozart horn concerto, some theoretical knowledge of musical forms is very helpful. All of the first movements in fact, adhere to the Sonata-Allegro form and all the finale movements are in rondo form. Beyond this, analyzing some of the themes [...]
Recordings as a Guide in the Journey for Inspiration
PUBLISHED: September 23, 2009, Bruce Hembd 
I once knew a teacher who discouraged students from listening to recordings when preparing solo repertoire. This teacher felt that it was important for the student to seek out and find their own muse — presumably through blood, sweat and tears. Exactly how or where this quest for truth was to begin was never clearly [...]
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Dennis Brain, Mozart, Musicians & musicianship, Recordings
Off Topic: Why Updating Internet Explorer 6 is Important
Whenever creating a new web site, a developer tries to be as inclusive as possible. We want our web sites to look good in as many browsers as possible. We aim to make the visitor’s experience as pleasant as possible. This includes designing for popular browsers such as FireFox, Safari, Opera, Chrome and Internet Explorer. [...]
Son of Clam; A Twist on René Magritte
Artist René Magritte has been quoted on his work Son of Man, saying: Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see.
Lip Trills
The Mozart horn concertos absolutely require elegant, controlled trills. The most tasteful and elegant musicianship cannot make up for a clumsy or coarse sounding lip trill. A very funny example from the Hilarious Trumpet Bloopers page illustrates the point at the comical extreme: I have heard a few very fine performances — live and recorded [...]
Random Monday: Liberace’s Horn, Christie’s Rock Star Status, Atlanta’s Principals, and Moses’ Horn
Liberace’s horn player An old post unearthed at the Indiana Public Media site features John Gras, a West Coast horn player active in the 1940′s and 50′s. He made an album titled “Jazz Studio 3″ — a search online found nothing more about this. From hairy chest to sexy beast In a Random Monday two [...]
Seven Tips for Cadenzas
A long orchestral tutti builds and builds, leading towards an inevitable resolution and long fermata. The conductor signals a cut-off and after a few seconds, there is nothing but silence in the hall. All eyes are focused on you, the soloist. This is the moment — the cadenza. What are you going to do? Here [...]
On Phrasing in Mozart
Clues to look for in plotting an interpretation. In planning out a performance of a Mozart horn concerto, some theoretical knowledge of musical forms is very helpful. All of the first movements in fact, adhere to the Sonata-Allegro form and all the finale movements are in rondo form. Beyond this, analyzing some of the themes [...]
Recordings as a Guide in the Journey for Inspiration
I once knew a teacher who discouraged students from listening to recordings when preparing solo repertoire. This teacher felt that it was important for the student to seek out and find their own muse — presumably through blood, sweat and tears. Exactly how or where this quest for truth was to begin was never clearly [...]
Dennis Brain, Mozart, Musicians & musicianship, Recordings
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