SubCategory Archive (tags): ‘Etudes & methods’
See the complete archive.One Reason Why We Work on Maxime-Alphonse
PUBLISHED: March 4, 2007, John Ericson
Tonight I had a rehearsal with the ASU Faculty Woodwind Quintet, the first rehearsal of a piece we are performing in a few weeks, the Quintet by Jean Francaix. Especially tonight I thought to myself this is why we work on Maxime-Alphonse book V, to play pieces like this well. It is mostly written in [...]
Don’t Put off Learning to Double Tongue
PUBLISHED: October 15, 2006, John Ericson
This weekend I got busy working on the five newly composed etudes by Douglas Akey that comprise the AMEA Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors Association regional and all-state festival audition materials. The ASU CMENC chapter (Collegiate Music Educators National Conference) wishes to record these to put online as models for horn players and teachers to [...]
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