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Practice Records: A Reflective Learning Method, II

PUBLISHED: February 27, 2009, Bruce Hembd

On practice records – continued from Part I. One common type of reflective learning method used in educational settings is journaling — the process of recording one’s personal experience from an outside objective perspective. Journaling has been noted by many educational scholars as having many benefits in educational and therapeutic settings. It is a personal [...]

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At the Opera, Guns and Pills Don’t Mix

PUBLISHED: February 26, 2009, Bruce Hembd

From backstage at a production of Don Giovanni. When I wandered backstage at the current Arizona Opera production of Don Giovanni and saw the props table, the caption “pills and guns don’t mix” immediately came to mind. This is Opera after all…somebody might get hurt.

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Practice Records: A Reflective Learning Method, I

PUBLISHED: February 24, 2009, Bruce Hembd

The benefits of a practice journal. One stand-out detail I remember from Nancy Fako’s book about Philip Farkas – Philip Farkas & His Horn: A Happy Worthwhile Life – was that he was a compulsive list maker. A large majority of his life in fact, was chronicled in one form or another – even on [...]

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Philip Farkas, Teachers, Tips

Humor: Oscar, Meet the Hubie

PUBLISHED: February 23, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Last night the 80th Annual Academy Awards was broadcast on live television. Millions of viewers worldwide watched to see who would walk away with the prized “Oscar.” The hoard of paparazzi and press were present en force on the ceremonial red carpet to get their prized pictures and interviews with the stars. In a less [...]

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Awards

Homemade Mouthpiece Buzzing Tool

PUBLISHED: February 20, 2009, Bruce Hembd

The French Horn Articulation Resistance Tool. Buzzing on the mouthpiece is something that I would call a “concentrated” method. Even a small amount done daily can yield tremendous benefits. I caution students that there is a danger of doing mouthpiece practice too much or too intensely. What sounds like mezzo-forte on a mouthpiece is actually [...]

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Off Topic: The Price of Facebook

PUBLISHED: February 18, 2009, Bruce Hembd

The hidden cost of social networking? While Facebook’s Mark Zuckerman has posted a blog claiming that I own and control my own information that I post in my Facebook account, the following paragraph from their Terms directly contradicts his assertion. You are solely responsible for the User Content that you Post on or through the [...]

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Trombone Suicide

PUBLISHED: February 17, 2009, Bruce Hembd

The wonders of YouTube never cease. I had never heard of this but apparently this has been around a while: Yikes! A cool effect but I can only image the repair bills and injuries that must occasionally occur.

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