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Longevity and the Horn Player

PUBLISHED: May 13, 2010, John Ericson

Arizona has a regional IHS newsletter, Horn on the Range. The area representative recently asked area horn professors for their thoughts on the topic of longevity, as in playing the horn for many years. A version of my answer to this question is now posted as the “Tip of the Month” in The IHS Online, [...]

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The Midlife Horn Player

PUBLISHED: December 11, 2009, John Ericson

Over on Facebook I noticed one of my friends had joined a new group, The Midlife Horn Player. Seeing that, my thoughts then turned to a conversation or two that I had recently. On the positive side the digital culture part of this group interests me, but on the negative side I think of myself [...]

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Lips, the Mouthpiece, and Aging

PUBLISHED: June 4, 2008, John Ericson

In the most recent issue of The Horn Call (May, 2008) there is an interesting article by Frøydis Ree Wekre on horn playing and aging. I recommend the article, but one topic not addressed was that of the mouthpiece and aging. It was a topic I was thinking about a lot back when I made [...]

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