Tips on Surviving Very Long Concerts
Odds are that if you were to play one opera in your life, it would most likely be Carmen.
When recently playing principal in...
Ask Dave: Long-term Storage for a Brass Instrument
It's the summer and you might be putting your horn away for a few months. Or, perhaps you have more than one horn and...
Tips from another Bruce
Martial artist Bruce Lee was a childhood hero of mine. While the quality of his movies has not held up well over time, his...
Tips on Auditioning Horns, Part I: Carl Geyer, Paxman 25, Patterson...
My main agenda for the Southwest Horn Conference (SWHC) - besides hearing concerts and talking shop - was to play on as many horns...
PSA: What is up with Baritone Treble Clef Parts?
We get questions that are not always horn related and in the fall I had a question about baritone treble clef parts. I believe...
Tips for Educators, and an Evolving Pedagogy
Recently, as part of a session with brass colleagues at our AMEA all-state, I presented a session for music educators, "Tips to Improve your...
Arranging chorales, like painting by numbers
For myself as a conservatory undergraduate, four-part chorale writing was slow and sometimes laborious. It was a learning curve fraught with rules and clams.
Later...
A Few Audition Tips
Audition observations from a committee member.
Recently I had the pleasure of being on an audition committee for the Arizona Opera. It has been a...
An Interview on Orchestral Horn Auditions. Part IV, the Future and...
This article concludes an interview conducted 2/13/13 with Ashley Cumming, a Doctoral student at Indiana University. Part I starts here.
With increased numbers of people...
Tip: Keep a Mute in Your Car
Since the time I played in The Nashville Symphony I have kept a mute in the back of the car.
The idea is that if...