SubCategory Archive (tags): ‘Horn stuff on the web’

How did you Write Four Books in One Year??

PUBLISHED: November 21, 2007, John Ericson

As my Dad used to say, Rome wasn’t built in a day. As indicated in the prior posts on the new books, I have been working on all four of the initial publications by Horn Notes Edition for several years. All of them were taking shape in some form by the time I was first [...]

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Background on A Mello Catechism

PUBLISHED: November 21, 2007, John Ericson

During the summer of 2007 I found myself in a very unique position; newly tenured, launching a new publishing venture, teaching at a school that was making big changes in the marching band, with a controversial topic that certainly needed written about. My background as a horn teacher and student of horn history came in [...]

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Background on Introducing the Horn

PUBLISHED: November 16, 2007, John Ericson

To continue my series on my initial publications, the third project I started on was Introducing the Horn: Essentials for New Hornists and Their Teachers. In this book I attempt to cover in one volume the range of performance-related topics that are the most essential in giving a new hornist a good start. The ideal [...]

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Background on Playing the Wagner Tuba

PUBLISHED: November 15, 2007, John Ericson

When I started thinking out of the box after turning in my tenure file and considered launching a publishing venture I really got going with ideas for projects. In all I do I try to think about questions such as what am I uniquely positioned to do? What unique experiences do I have? What unique [...]

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Background on Playing High Horn

PUBLISHED: November 12, 2007, John Ericson

Over the summer of 2007 I worked very hard toward the completion of four book projects and launching a new publishing venture, Horn Notes Edition. The project that started this process for me, Playing High Horn: A Handbook for High Register Playing, Descant Horns, and Triple Horns, started as a book on descant horn and [...]

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