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Random Monday, Early Edition: Barbarians at the Gates

PUBLISHED: May 16, 2010, Bruce Hembd

Surviving an attack A number of WordPress web sites at the same host as Horn Matters were slammed with malicious code last Friday. Sites that did not have the latest updates were hit hard, says our tech support. Horn Matters was fairly unstable and irregular over the weekend as it was slowly rebuilt and tested; [...]

You Know More Than You Think

PUBLISHED: January 20, 2010, Bruce Hembd

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 [...]

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Musicians as Actors

PUBLISHED: January 6, 2010, Bruce Hembd

A former teacher long ago used to regularly remind me that musicians are like actors. Music is full of character and a good musician worth merit can change styles at the drop of a hat. In order to be understood from the audience perspective, French horn players are very much like stage actors. They need to speak with clear [...]

Intuitive Musicianship: The Mary Had a Little Lamb Challenge

PUBLISHED: November 13, 2009, John Ericson

Today we had an interesting guest presentation at ASU by Don Wilkinson on the topics of playing naturally and intuitive musicianship. Dr. Wilkinson is on the woodwind faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso, and his session was a preview of a session to be presented at TMEA. Many topics were addressed related [...]

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Dream Big, Think Small

PUBLISHED: November 13, 2009, Bruce Hembd
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In regard to a previous post – “Dreams and Goals; Music Performance and Music Education” – I have gotten some feedback though private emails, private conversation and online. Specifically, the subtitle “Dream Big, Think Small” has gotten some mixed reaction. This is a very abstract concept that I see as existing on a continuum, and [...]

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Dreams and Goals; Music Performance and Music Education

PUBLISHED: November 11, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Note: this article is a follow-up to “The Community College Alternative” which stimulated quite a few comments. My own follow-up comment became a bit long, so here it is as an informal post. A degree in music education isn’t always about teaching children – just as a performance degree may not always be ultimately about [...]

Halloween Frightmares: Dreams and Fantasies

PUBLISHED: October 29, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Throughout my life I have had several reoccurring horn-related dreams. It seems like every month or so they come back to haunt me. Late for gig There is a gig and I am late. Where is my horn? I’m late! Good grief where is my horn? Wrong music On my stand is Don Juan – [...]

John Ericson & Bruce Hembd
on the French horn, brass related topics, and the field of classical music.