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Articles by Bruce Hembd

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Random Wednesday: Fair Use, Burnout and a Double-Dose of Stefan

PUBLISHED: October 12, 2011, Bruce Hembd

Kiss and make up Sometimes life just gets random and I was not able to post an article on Monday. This was due to a rather intense discussion at my workplace revolving around the academic claim to “fair use” when it comes to using the music from the popular Harry Potter movie series without permission. [...]

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Advertising Options on Horn Matters: Banners and now, AdWords

PUBLISHED: October 7, 2011, Bruce Hembd

Earlier this week we added a new item to the site, Google Adsense. These are tiny little advertisements that relate to the context of the page. These ads come from people who use Google AdWords for online advertising. For merchandisers interested in more targeted advertising this is great news; you now have several very easy [...]

Re-Writing Bach: The Trio from Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

PUBLISHED: October 5, 2011, Bruce Hembd

I have been working on the final Trio section from Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, not for a specific performance but rather as an exercise for technical improvement in tonguing, the high range and endurance. While working on this excerpt I remembered a neat performance trick – one that can be very helpful to a first [...]

Random Monday: Speaking up for Yourself, Good News from Buffalo and Sommertime on Video

PUBLISHED: October 3, 2011, Bruce Hembd

No evidence for learning styles? The concept of learning styles as applied towards teaching has been around for a while, but very little hard evidence has been researched to back it up.  An article at Mental Floss discusses this dichotomy. An unexplained photo From BuzzFeed, this is #47 in a collection of 50 unexplained photos. [...]

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A Glimpse into the Horn I Book of the Duo Operas ‘Cav and Pag’

PUBLISHED: September 28, 2011, Bruce Hembd
Enrico_Caruso_As_Canio

For the first production of the 2011-2012 Arizona Opera season, I am bumping up from third to principal horn on a pairing of two operas:  Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. This is a traditional pairing that gives a principal horn lots to do and today I will feature a few interesting passages and highlights. [...]

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Random Monday: Raspberries and other Cherry-Pickings

PUBLISHED: September 26, 2011, Bruce Hembd

The evils of brass instruments There are thousands of homes in this land made wretched because of the husband or the son is a slave to the baleful fascinations of brass. Many a wife has been driven to the terrible alternative of divorce or the stove lid, and many a fond mother has had her [...]

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Thoughts on Using a Mirror in Practice Sessions

PUBLISHED: September 23, 2011, Bruce Hembd
The evil queen in Snow White

Ever since my college days I have always used a mirror in my practice. When warming-up especially I like to stare into it and just observe what is going on. In the corner of my current practice area is a large, full-length mirror. It is not an expensive piece of furniture; it is a cheap [...]

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