‘Listening’ with Your Whole Body
Hearing music is not necessarily limited to the ears. Take for example musician, composer and speaker Evelyn Glennie. Ms. Glennie has been profoundly - not completely -...
Educational disconnect
Discontent and disconnect
From the president of the New England Conservatory comes a very interesting article that starts in Detroit and ends in the conservatory...
More Lessons Learned from Cats
Kitteh needs a LOL cat caption.*
Other lessons?
con't from yesterday...
Metaphorically speaking:
Don't poop where you eat.
If it smells funny don't eat it - walk away.
Bury things...
The Words of the Great Horn Players are not Infallible Words
We have some very thoughtful commentators on Horn Matters. University of Iowa horn professor Jeffrey Agrell wrote a great comment in reply to my...
Musicians Make Better Listeners
A recent broadcast at National Public Radio features an interesting study presented at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
Operating on...
Verne Reynolds, man with a hobby
One way to know someone is by their hobbies. The name of Verne Reynolds should be familiar to Horn Matters readers, as Bruce and...
Ask Dave: What your Horn Says about You When You are...
Often, when working on a horn the wear and tear tell me a lot about how a horn is handled, used, cared for, and...
Getting bumped
A story about getting voted down a chair at the Interlochen Summer Music Camp brought back memories of my own experiences there. If only...
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
While practicing music, I mentally take note of areas that sound good, passages that sound OK, and passages that need more work.
I try my...
Named Your Horn Yet?
This past week I helped my niece purchase a new flute. At the store the manager asked her if she had named her old...