Auditions & Anxiety

What mindset gives us the best horn performance? This is something debated in various ways for a long time. I decided to do a...

Turning a bit of a corner, as time went on as a teacher I realized that there are essentially two types of confidence. What got...

Some things I have learned on a deeper level over the course of raising my son. When he was little it was more to...

Part II, interview by Komsun Dilokkunanant.  4. What is your philosophy on teaching?  A few years back, when Douglas Yeo (trombone) joined the ASU brass faculty,...

Performance anxiety is a big topic. A big part of the problem is just being focused on the here and now. This is where...

This article of tips on taking auditions was originally posted to the site in early 2009, but was later cut (along with a large group...

Perhaps cramping your creative enterprise as a horn player is the fact that some music is not actually in the public domain and likely...

Nerves, performance anxiety, and peak performance are topics of particular interest to hornists. I was just pointed to a new video presentation on this...

I recently noted a link to an article by hornist extraordinaire Jeff Nelsen, The Importance of Writing Notes in Your Music Feel free to read his...

The horn world has been abuzz for the past few weeks with the retirement of Dale Clevenger from the Chicago Symphony, who served as...