The Double Major, Music Education and Performance
One question that comes up pretty frequently is the topic of being a double major in college, especially the topic of being a double...
Are Highly-Rated Horn Professors Overrated?
A few days ago I saw a link to an interesting article with the title "Study: highly-rated professors are. . . overrated." The article...
What [Type of] School is Best for Horn Study?
This article was first posted on the original HTML Horn Notes Blog way back on 11/1/04. It is timely again--today was the last day...
Flexible Career Goals
Flexibility is key.
Jason Heath at Arts Addict does some belly-button gazing on the topic of "how did I get here?" in "The Puzzle of...
Dream Big, Think Small
In regard to a previous post - "Dreams and Goals; Music Performance and Music Education" - I have gotten some feedback though private emails,...
3 Main Aspects of Playing Improvement
I have heard it said that we are standing on the shoulders of those that have gone before us. In terms of horn playing,...
Cruel Teacher, or Demanding Teacher?
Following up on the recent posts from Bruce Hembd, the topic of the CT (Cruel Teacher) is one that has resonated with many horn...
Response to “Clevenger Enigma”
In response to posting on Reddit my most recent article on Dale Clevenger, an anonymous Reddit user gave this response. Food for thought.
People are...
From the Mailbag: Online Materials for High School hornists
One question that periodically comes (in various forms) asks about online materials that would be of use to high school hornists.
Certainly, the number one...
Practice and perform effectively with the “three session a day” plan
Every year in my teaching the topic of how to practice effectively and maintain good chops for performances comes up with students. The tactic...