Commentary and Yet More Parody: Pimpin’ with the Louisville Orchestra

A new product I was sent recently for review is the GigBag horn mute bag. As the website states, “The GigBag is a carrying case for multiple horn mutes and music accessories, designed specifically for horn players’ needs.” In short the product is very nicely made and comfortably has room for two horn mutes and [...]

Eric J asks: I recently bought a new horn about two months ago. Everything is in working order, great sound, projection, ergonomic, light, just a great instrument overall. There is only one problem: The Bb side of the horn is consistently about 15 cents flat. All the slides are pushed in, the F is still [...]

As if things could not get any stranger, the management of the troubled Louisville Orchestra has been soliciting replacement musicians through the popular classified ads web site, Craigslist.  While I do have some colleagues who have successfully used Craigslist to buy, sell and trade items, I would rather put my hand into a box of [...]

Interested in owning a custom horn but hesitant about the cost? There is a resource out there worth checking into. I have mentioned a couple times in this site that I made a natural horn as a Doctoral student with the help of Richard Seraphinoff, and that also I cut my first bell with his [...]

Buying and flipping horns Bruce Tubbs takes us through the process of buying a horn online and fixing it, then providing it for sale. Heightened emotions In speaking about “emerging adulthood” Angela Bilger observes For anyone, no matter the professional aspirations, this time of life is usually full of exploration, excitement, and constant change – [...]

In updating the Events page recently I noted in the website for the 2012 International Women’s Brass Conference an article by co-host Lin Foulk titled “Why IWBC 2012?” This particular section was one that caught my attention, on her experience with sexism in the brass world and a story from a public master class. I [...]