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Tenure and the Hornist

Julia Rose posted to her site recently a very interesting article on "Audition Fads." In it she touched on several topics but I would...

The Musician’s Highway to Hell: The Hidden Costs of Freelancing

As a young professional I eagerly accepted playing jobs anywhere they could be found - no matter how far they were or how little...

Are All Professionals Kind of … Jaded?

The pleasures in performing music are relatively well known - they seem practically innate from birth. Over time these joys can mature into a...

Those That Can't Do, Teach

Debunking a misguided popular phrase. Those that can't do, teach. Occasionally this saying (or a close variation) pops up in casual conversation. It is a saying...

The Kozinn Effect: A New York Times Music Critic and His...

"The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces." --Anatole France As the word spreads on the New York Times...

Wild Card Critic Allan Kozinn Rails on the NY Phil Horns

Reaction around the Internet. I have been tracking the response to Allan Kozinn's New York Times article "The French Horn - That Wild Card of...

Yet Another “Deadly Sin” of Horn Playing

Another post from the archive, originally posted to the Horn Notes Blog on 1/9/06. A year ago I wrote of how I had enjoyed a...

“Seven Deadly Sins” of Horn Playing

Originally posted to the old HTML Horn Notes Blog on 1/10/05, this is one of my favorite posts ever. An event known as "A.I.R. Horns"...

Horn Players Guide to the Seven Deadly Sins

Horn soloist and composer Lawrence Lowe was in Tempe yesterday, where he performed two solos (the "traditional version" of the Mozart Concert Rondo ...