Articles by John Ericson
Indexed in reverse chronological order.
A 1982 Horn Right Hand Position Survey: Part II, a few Things I Learned
PUBLISHED: June 15, 2013, John Ericson
As I write this I am still organizing the data from this survey for the IHS Symposium presentation (and future submission for consideration for publication in The Horn Call), but there are some preliminary things I can share that I learned. Following along further in the questions after the one highlighted in Part I, the very [...]
Clevenger on How Many Auditions, and How Many it Took Me
PUBLISHED: June 13, 2013, John Ericson
The horn world has been abuzz for the past few weeks with the retirement of Dale Clevenger from the Chicago Symphony, who served as Principal Horn from 1966-2013. Of the interesting links and articles I have seen among the more interesting to me was a by a retired psychologist in Chicago, Gerald Stein. He is [...]
A 1982 Horn Right Hand Position Survey: Part I, The Basics
PUBLISHED: June 11, 2013, John Ericson
I will be presenting three sessions at the upcoming IHS International Horn Symposium, and the next three weeks I plan to spend a week focusing on each to prepare them all. First up on my agenda is a survey on right hand position. Back in 1982 one of my predecessors at Arizona State University Ralph [...]
In Praise of the Olds F Alto
PUBLISHED: June 2, 2013, John Ericson
Annually our church has a retreat over Memorial Day weekend up at a camp in the mountains near Prescott. Most years I have brought along a mellophone for praise band duties. However, this year I decided to take along a slightly more compact Olds F alto. This instrument is similar to an Altonium (described here) [...]
Why go to the IHS Symposium? Check out the Sessions and Master Classes
PUBLISHED: May 23, 2013, John Ericson
As part of a cleaning project at home I stumbled across my folder from the 1983 International Horn Workshop in Charleston, IL. It occurred between the junior and senior years of my college study (I was then a student at a small college in Kansas) and it was one of those inspirational life events that [...]
Letters from my Teachers
PUBLISHED: May 21, 2013, John Ericson
Since the end of school I have been working on a major cleaning project at home, time to get rid of some things and get reorganized. Among the projects accomplished was reducing and repacking better some stored boxes of letters. I reduced the total volume by about a third (junk mail? cancelled checks?) but did [...]
Why You Might Need Dimes
PUBLISHED: May 19, 2013, John Ericson
A few months ago I helped a student with small hands put vintage dimes on their horn. What she said in a note a week later is really all that needs to be said on the topic: Just so you know, those dimes on my horn are amazing! It’s so weird to actually be able [...]
A 1982 Horn Right Hand Position Survey: Part II, a few Things I Learned
As I write this I am still organizing the data from this survey for the IHS Symposium presentation (and future submission for consideration for publication in The Horn Call), but there are some preliminary things I can share that I learned. Following along further in the questions after the one highlighted in Part I, the very [...]
Clevenger on How Many Auditions, and How Many it Took Me
The horn world has been abuzz for the past few weeks with the retirement of Dale Clevenger from the Chicago Symphony, who served as Principal Horn from 1966-2013. Of the interesting links and articles I have seen among the more interesting to me was a by a retired psychologist in Chicago, Gerald Stein. He is [...]
A 1982 Horn Right Hand Position Survey: Part I, The Basics
I will be presenting three sessions at the upcoming IHS International Horn Symposium, and the next three weeks I plan to spend a week focusing on each to prepare them all. First up on my agenda is a survey on right hand position. Back in 1982 one of my predecessors at Arizona State University Ralph [...]
In Praise of the Olds F Alto
Annually our church has a retreat over Memorial Day weekend up at a camp in the mountains near Prescott. Most years I have brought along a mellophone for praise band duties. However, this year I decided to take along a slightly more compact Olds F alto. This instrument is similar to an Altonium (described here) [...]
Why go to the IHS Symposium? Check out the Sessions and Master Classes
As part of a cleaning project at home I stumbled across my folder from the 1983 International Horn Workshop in Charleston, IL. It occurred between the junior and senior years of my college study (I was then a student at a small college in Kansas) and it was one of those inspirational life events that [...]
Letters from my Teachers
Since the end of school I have been working on a major cleaning project at home, time to get rid of some things and get reorganized. Among the projects accomplished was reducing and repacking better some stored boxes of letters. I reduced the total volume by about a third (junk mail? cancelled checks?) but did [...]
Why You Might Need Dimes
A few months ago I helped a student with small hands put vintage dimes on their horn. What she said in a note a week later is really all that needs to be said on the topic: Just so you know, those dimes on my horn are amazing! It’s so weird to actually be able [...]
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