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What a Record Producer Does

PUBLISHED: May 27, 2010, John Ericson

This past semester I had the chance to produce a recording with Derek Wright, who graduated this semester with his DMA in horn from Arizona State. His project was one which involved in part a recording of Friedrich Gumpert’s transcriptions of Mendelssohn and Schubert Lieder. This photo was taken at the session and it shows [...]

The Gumpert Project

PUBLISHED: January 16, 2010, John Ericson

While this is a post from my original HTML blog from 9/16/05, it is very timely now as one of my DMA students, Derek Wright, is working on a recording project related to these transcriptions; video shot this past week is embedded at the end of this post. All fine teachers strive to teach effectively. [...]

Things Horn Teachers Say: Ineffective Teaching

PUBLISHED: June 26, 2009, John Ericson

Derek Wright posted recently on something a teacher (not me!) said to him in a first lesson. The teacher asked him “do you have a backup plan?” Like Derek I have taken lessons with quite a number of teachers and can remember things certain teachers said pretty specifically. Some communicate pretty differently than others for [...]

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Bruce Hembd, Derek Wright

IHS Denver in Review

PUBLISHED: July 28, 2008, John Ericson

With IHS Denver over for only 24 hours as I write this post much is still fresh in my mind from the event. WOW! Congratulations and many thanks must be given to host Susan McCullough. There were nearly 800 hornists in attendance and it was an extremely busy week. For me personally not only did [...]

Me and the Dentist

PUBLISHED: June 16, 2008, John Ericson

I have been seeing more of my dentist lately than I would like to be! I like my dentist but had been saving some major dental work for the summer including a crown and work on several other teeth. Due to complications I have been in the office four times so far and will be [...]

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Derek Wright, Teeth
John Ericson & Bruce Hembd
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