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Quotes of the Week–Three Deep Thoughts

PUBLISHED: February 3, 2007, John Ericson

This afternoon I was on the Internet and found a link to the new University of Iowa Horn Studio website. It is a big website–check out the horn resources area, it would be easy to get lost in there for a while. In the site Jeffrey Agrell has included a section of “Quotations for Thoughtful [...]

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Quotations, Verne Reynolds

Still Optimistic About the Horn

PUBLISHED: February 1, 2007, John Ericson

Recently I have heard several comment that the Arts are in decline, that the audience for Classical music is shrinking, etc. I would counter by saying that there is plenty of reason to remain optimistic, that there is and will always be a market for great Classical music in particular. There is something special about [...]

The Audience at Your Audition, Round by Round

PUBLISHED: February 1, 2007, John Ericson

Several students are taking auditions now in the studio. Part of playing an audition well is knowing who you are playing for. For an entrance audition for a school the audience is the horn teacher. For an orchestral job, eventually you are playing for the conductor. One of the things I keep on my desk [...]

Quote of the Week–Kling on Condensation

PUBLISHED: January 26, 2007, John Ericson

Horns get water in them–condensation–that must be removed. Some students seem to have more trouble than they should getting it out of the horn. It helps to have good problem solving skills. I will always remember when I was a undergraduate and a trumpet player converted to horn, he asked me in all seriousness that [...]

Triple Horns are Taking Over

PUBLISHED: January 20, 2007, John Ericson
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Every month I am sure triple horn history is being made in the USA; at the professional level triples are being used more and more. This week in January of 2007 marked a new milestone in triple horn use in Phoenix; four of the seven horns playing The Planets with The Phoenix Symphony were using [...]

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Descants & Triples

Why You Keep a Mute in the Trunk of Your Car

PUBLISHED: January 18, 2007, John Ericson

Late this afternoon I received a call from the personnel manager of The Phoenix Symphony, that the second horn was ill and would I be available to sub on The Planets tonight? I enjoy playing these large works and due to a schedule change I would be available (I originally had a conflict, which is [...]

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Mutes & muting

Who is this Philip Farkas you Speak of?

PUBLISHED: January 17, 2007, John Ericson

The topic of Philip Farkas came up recently and I realized that among horn students today his name is not as well known as I would have thought. As a high school student I purchased my first horn, a Holton 177 (Farkas Model), I played on a Holton Farkas mouthpiece into college (I still have [...]

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on the French horn, brass related topics, and the field of classical music.