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Phoenix Symphony Waterloo

PUBLISHED: June 12, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Another preemptive, hiatus post. UPDATE 6/13/09: a retraction. A manager involved with non-profit public relations always wants to put the best face on a company, even when the going gets tough. During times of crisis, they know that donors shy away from giving money to an organization that looks like a sinking ship. But there [...]

Random Update: Phx Symphony, A Rant and the 20-second Rule

PUBLISHED: June 8, 2009, Bruce Hembd

We interrupt this hiatus for an update. A one-shot post This is a one-shot post during my 2-week hiatus. I will return to full blogging in 7 days — next Monday. Confusion and misdirection in Phoenix Apparently I wasn’t the only person confused by the recent about-face from the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. Articles at Musical [...]

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Random Monday: Mason Jones and Secret Lives

PUBLISHED: May 29, 2009, Bruce Hembd

I am taking a planned blogging break for a short while. A few randoms bits before saying hasta la vista: A touching recollection of Mason Jones at Philadelphia Recollections. I don’t watch this show, but apparently the character Amy on The Secret Life of a Teenager plays the French horn. She gets knocked-up at band [...]

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Warhol-ed Brain

PUBLISHED: May 28, 2009, Bruce Hembd

A master of Pop Art meets a master of the French horn. What would have happened if pop artist Andy Warhol created a portrait of the legendary Dennis Brain? Perhaps this?

Retroactive Golden Clam Awards

PUBLISHED: May 27, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Angel Awards for four previously reviewed sites. At the time of this post, the Golden Clam Award is relatively new and some previously reviewed items on the Horndog Blog deserve this distinctive prize of recognition. The Academy unanimously rewards four retroactive Golden Clam Awards. These are listed in no particular order: The Horn Notes Blog [...]

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Nightmare Headline For Horn Players

PUBLISHED: May 26, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Horn players and critics. In awarding a Jaded Clam award to New York Times critic Allan Kozzin, I had in the back on my head an old review remembered from childhood. I recently found it in a crate of old memorabilia. The reviewer manages to skewer both the principal horn and Bruckner in one title. [...]

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Random Monday: File Sharing, Wagner’s Beard and Wages from 1870

PUBLISHED: May 25, 2009, Bruce Hembd

A roundup reflecting on things read over the week. Wizard of Oz Justin Locke provides a very interesting analysis of the Wizard of Oz Story. It is an excellent lesson in overcoming fear. [...] the process of growing up requires not just facing your fears, but also facing this great disappointment: that these distant powerful [...]

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