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Vacation Beards and 2010 New Year Resolutions

Irritation and humor. During a week of vacation like this one I can boycott shaving. I let it all go for one whole week and...

Two Typical Leadership Styles of Conductors to Watch For

With regard to leadership there are basically two types of music conductors: Those that lead from the side Those that lead from the front Conductors...

4 Tips on Orchestration and Horns

In "Composers who Can't Write for the Horn" John Ericson made some very good points for composers to pay attention to. At a number of...

A Few Things Not French Horn

It is amazing how many things take on the name French horn that are not actually musical instruments. For example: The French Horn Cocktail *...

The Four B’s of Music

Last night we were treated to a great orchestral concert at Arizona State that featured the four B’s of music. Wait, aren’t there three...

The Top Ten Orchestral Works for Horn (the last one might...

I recently had a question come in on what were the most important horn excerpts. Back when I was first at Arizona State I...

Seven Tips for Cadenzas

A long orchestral tutti builds and builds, leading towards an inevitable resolution and long fermata. The conductor signals a cut-off and after a few...

Bruce and John FAQ

So, you have started a huge new horn website! How did you meet? We met in real life in 1984. That year Bruce was a...

Top 10 Ways to Provoke a Horn-Geek

How to get a horn geek riled up. Horn aficionados and geeks as a general rule, are a pretty easy-going breed. But if we get...

Top Eight TV Themes with Featured Horns

Favorite horn music from boob tube themes.* A few weeks ago I featured a series of "Horn-tastic" television series themes - American TV show themes...