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Professor Corno on High School Players

PUBLISHED: December 13, 2011, Professor Ichabod Corno

There are always some great high school horn players out there. They can play crazy music that goes all over the horn and play it like a machine. Secretly I envy them. But also I really don’t envy them. Why? Because I know what happens to a lot of those hot shot players. Sure, a [...]

On Horn Professors, or the 100% Accurate Biography

PUBLISHED: May 19, 2011, John Ericson

In all sorts of job situations we have official ranks. I held the titled position of Third Horn in the Nashville Symphony for six seasons for example. Later I was hired at Arizona State University at the Assistant Professor rank and currently I am an Associate Professor that just finished my tenth year on the [...]

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On Winning a College Horn Teaching Position

PUBLISHED: May 19, 2011, John Ericson

Besides performing, a lot of advanced horn students have dreams of teaching the horn full time at the college level. In The Musician’s Way Blog last weekend Gerald Klickstein had a great post on “Applying for faculty positions” that is a must read for those who aspire to teach full time, as there are several [...]

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The Best Music Schools

PUBLISHED: April 30, 2011, John Ericson

I was recently pointed to a website that has rankings of the top 30 music schools for 2010. I was very pleased to see Eastman and Indiana in the number one and number two slots (look at my bio if you are wondering why) and on the whole it is an interesting and entertaining list. [...]

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From The Mailbag: What Horn can I use in College? And Artist Endorsements

PUBLISHED: March 29, 2011, John Ericson

Another topic that we get questions about from time to time is that of brands of horns for college study. You do need a good one, but what is good enough? Usually an element of the original question had to do not only with getting a good horn but also with the topic of getting [...]

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What [Type of] School is Best for Horn Study?

PUBLISHED: February 26, 2011, John Ericson

This article was first posted on the original HTML Horn Notes Blog way back on 11/1/04. It is timely again–today was the last day of auditions where I am at Arizona State–and there are certainly many students out there thinking about colleges and their options for further horn study. Again and again I find myself [...]

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A Dissertation Should Look Like This

PUBLISHED: November 30, 2010, John Ericson

In the photo are seen two dissertations. Mine, completed it while performing Third Horn full time in the Nashville Symphony, and another recent one for a DMA at a school I am not going to name. See a difference? The bound one was a serious academic project. This Indiana University Doctor of Music dissertation is 250 pages [...]

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