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Random Monday: A Horngodess and Disney Lessons

PUBLISHED: June 22, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Reflections on the week that has passed. A horngoddess A blog site new to me is Catherine Roche-Wallace’s Horngodess blog. Ms. Roche-Wallace has been a contributor to the International Horn Society’s publication, The Horn Call and I did not make the connection between this and her blog until recently. Her latest posts include loads of [...]

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Learn the Horn — Subliminally!

PUBLISHED: June 18, 2009, Bruce Hembd

No work required! Seriously — I found this on Amazon.com, this is not a made-up Photoshop trick. “Silent ultrasonic subliminal programming using brainwave entrainment technology” — that’s quite a sales pitch. Subliminal French Horn There are only two tracks to this recording. One is an ocean soundscape and the other is a “Silent Ultrasonic Track.” [...]

Social Networking and Arts Support in Phoenix

PUBLISHED: June 17, 2009, Bruce Hembd

In search of a united arts fund in Phoenix. A 6/15/09 Columbus Dispatch article summarizes a recent trend in the Arts: The use of social media as a marketing tool is fast becoming a key means for cash-strapped organizations not only to spread the word about offerings but also to heighten their “cool” quotients and [...]

The Bass Horn in Action

PUBLISHED: June 16, 2009, Bruce Hembd

A true oddity. Last year, a picture and description of Roger Bobo playing the Bass Horn was posted here. It is a one-of-a-kind monstrosity that is a site to behold. At last a YouTube video has surfaced demonstrating this beastie. My best guess — judging by the mouthpiece and the fingerings used in the Ein [...]

Cuts at the Arizona Opera

PUBLISHED: June 15, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Another one bites the dust? From the 6/15/2009 Arizona Business Journal: Arizona Opera is slashing costs as it moves to keep its full slate of productions for the 2009-2010 season, officials said. To bring expenses in line with anticipated income, several senior positions have been consolidated, staff layoffs and furloughs were implemented, salaries have been [...]

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Random Monday: Sad Musicians, Blogging from IHS and AZ in crisis

PUBLISHED: June 15, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Back from a 2-week break. Sad musicians At Expressing the inexpressible blogger Max Levinson asks, “why are orchestra musicians so very, very, very unhappy?” As a solo pianist his perspective is an interesting read. It offers a different perspective for a ensemble musician who sits in a large group. Since I blog on that topic [...]

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Update to June 12, 2009, A Small Retraction

PUBLISHED: June 13, 2009, Bruce Hembd

A retraction to a post on the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. It has been brought to my attention through an outside source that the June 12, 2009 post “Phoenix Symphony Waterloo” contained imagery that could be misconstrued as meaning something else other than what was intended. An image of Phoenix Symphony Orchestra CEO Maryellen Gleason holding [...]

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John Ericson & Bruce Hembd
on the French horn, brass related topics, and the field of classical music.