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The Potsdam Brass Quintet Celebrates 40 Years

PUBLISHED: April 21, 2008, John Ericson

How many currently active brass quintets have reached 40 years? Not many, the only three that I know of are the American Brass Quintet (1960), the St. Louis Brass Quintet (1964) and the Potsdam Brass Quintet (1968), the faculty brass quintet of the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York College [...]

Mellophone Mouthpiece FAQ

PUBLISHED: June 22, 2007, John Ericson

Ummm…mellophone mouthpieces? Funny how jet lag can just hit you. I thought I was doing well from the travel back from Taiwan, then, wham! Last night, instead of sleeping, I spent quite a while thinking about mellophone mouthpieces. Besides also doing an update on my list of suggested horns and mouthpieces in my studio site [...]

Telemann Wrote a Lot of Music for the Horn

PUBLISHED: November 13, 2006, John Ericson

A few weeks ago a question came up on “the hornlist” about Telemann and his works for horn. Someone asked what else there was out there besides the Concerto in D. A couple things came up in the replies but I did not have time at that point to add some more detail on the [...]

Two Baroque Horn Concertos that Should be Performed More Often

PUBLISHED: October 18, 2006, John Ericson

If a Baroque concerto is heard, it is most often the Telemann or maybe the Forster. These are fine works but there are alternates that really should be played more often, they are better works than a lot of the music trumpet players perform from the same era. One would be the Graun Concerto in [...]

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