On Learning the B-flat Horn Fingerings with Louis Stout
A topic that has come up in several lessons recently is that of learning B-flat horn alternate fingerings in the middle register where I...
Technical Materials IV: Materials I am Still Looking For
First a question, did you notice any general category of technical material missing from the materials in the previous posts in this series?
In the...
Technical Materials III: Uncommon Materials I Teach From
First, to add one big point in the previous post in this series, I don’t teach with a one-size-fits-all routine that is the same...
Horn is Tough for Band Directors to Teach
…especially if they did not have a decent methods class.
One of the projects I have had students do in the horn pedagogy class in...
The Provocative Teacher
I don't particularly like to do this, but occasionally I encounter a student that absolutely needs to be poked with a stick. Repeatedly. The...
Technical Materials I: What I Studied From
Horn teachers tend to teach out of materials that they used as students with their own students up to the point that they find...
Things Horn Teachers Say: PC on Farkas
I have begun a project that involves closely reading a number of horn method books this summer. While I don’t at this point want...
Using the Karpman Drama Triangle as a Teaching Tool
UPDATED: Dec. 9th in the PM. Fixed broken resource links.
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Sometimes in our musical lives with colleagues, teachers and students, a dance-of-power can...
A Shortage of Young Horn Players
Some things never change.
John Ericson has made it a mission to promote and encourage more young horn students in Arizona. As a private (and...
Tough Love and Hard Knocks
It's a cruel world - does that merit cruel teaching methods?
I have had my share of great coaches and teachers. They were mentors who...