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Mailbag: The Topic of Contradictory Information on Playing the Horn

Recently a great, extended question came in related to playing mechanics and all the contradictory information out there. The reader wrote, … I’m finding myself...

On Bill Broughton’s “Orchestra of the Americas” and Learning from Adversity

Recently, I became aware that recordings I participated in over 25 years ago with the Mexico City Philharmonic are available on YouTube. Below is the...

Mental Health and Horn Playing: The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique

I think that it is rather common for people to turn inwards when having anxious thoughts. For horn players, this might translate to internal...

Rethinking the “Inner Game”

For many years many have recommended The Inner Game of Tennis as a resource for improving your performance. I found it helpful -- an...

Navigating Performance Anxiety

For our second Brass Area of the semester the ASU brass faculty had a panel discussion, part of our Career Forward series, on the...