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Before Farkas: Preparatory Instructor for French Horn (1937) on the Single...

I am not sure what the exact background was of authors E. C. Moore and A. O. Sieg but they certainly were practical band...

The Single F Horn Dare, a challenge to horn teachers

We need more horn players in the schools. I would offer readers a challenge in two parts. The first part is a general challenge to...

On Switching Students from Trumpet to Horn

In 1973 I started sixth grade. That year I also started playing trumpet and this very book was the very first book I used:...

Technical Materials II: Standard Materials I Teach From

As mentioned in my previous post, in terms of materials I started out as I was taught but over the years began to experiment...

Alternative Hand Positions for Beginners

Compromised right hand positions In my experience as a substitute band and orchestra teacher in the Phoenix area, I see a huge shortage of student...

A Matter of Scale

Very recently I saw a quote posted that relates very much to a topic on my mind. It read, When you play your instrument you...

The Ego-Driven Music Teacher: Good or Bad? (I)

Teaching -- more art than science? I occasionally lurk -- read, but do not participate in -- the various horn discussion groups. Interesting topics come...

On Mentorship and Recovery from Abuse

This photo and the memories associated with it are among my most prized possessions. This is Milan Yancich, the man who saved my creative soul....

Ericson Interview, part I: From orchestral player to professor

Periodically questions come in related to school projects. In this case, the questions were in an interview format for an advanced brass pedagogy and...

A Systems View of Music Performance Education (I)

Could a technology model work for a music performance education? Last summer I worked in a temporary position developing a web site "in-house" for an...