John Ericson, 01/24/2010
The Words of the Great Horn Players are not Infallible Words
We have some very thoughtful commentators on Horn Matters. University of Iowa horn professor Jeffrey Agrell wrote a great comment in reply to my post “PC on Farkas” in the series Things Horn Teachers Say, a comment well worth featuring in full as he addresses a rather difficult topic, that of as he words it [...]
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John Ericson, 01/23/2010
Tips on Auditioning for a Summer Festival (or anything else)
Yet more very timely insider information on taking auditions, in a post from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog dated 3/25/05.
Another little project for me now is listening to and ranking all the horn auditions for summer study at the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. We have some good, strong applicants; I look forward [...]
Bruce Hembd, 01/22/2010
The Usability of Data and Feedback
Usability is a big buzzword in web and computer design.
With empirical data, countless reports and studies can guide developers towards making better, more user-friendly designs.
In preparing for an audition or other employment, a portion of this process too is dedicated towards usability.
Have I played this audition for my private teacher?
Have I performed this audition for [...]
John Ericson, 01/21/2010
How to Make All-State
Lurking in the archive are two posts from my original HTML blog that remain very timely. Written in a period when I heard a lot of auditions, these are the insider thoughts of a judge. This post is dated 3/18/05 and there will be a follow-up post on Saturday.
I have had an extremely busy spring [...]
Bruce Hembd, 01/20/2010
You Know More Than You Think
I am not a huge proponent of Freudian psychology but I do appreciate some aspects of Jungian theory.
For the unitiated, Carl Jung pioneered the application of spirituality and the unconscious mind in the field of Analytical Psychotherapy.
A few Jungian concepts that I find fascinating are the collective unconscious and archetypes. A few commonalities are for [...]
John Ericson, 01/19/2010
Bad Page Turns: A Thing of the Past
Or at least they should be. Over the long weekend I spent quite a bit of time working on Finale files for a new publication project. An element of this editing is layout and making sure the music has no bad page turns and reads easily.
First, please do not comment that I should use Sibelius [...]
Bruce Hembd, 01/19/2010
Fine Tuning the Site
While I have not been writing much lately at HornMatters, I have been putting loads of time into fixing bugs and improving usability and functionality.
This is a big word in the web development field – usability.
Studies show that the typical designer loses their objectivity with a design after a few days of looking at [...]
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