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The Orchestral Resume

PUBLISHED: October 18, 2009, John Ericson

One topic I regularly talk to students about is their resume. There is a wonderful resource on this topic that has been online for years but I suspect many horn players don’t know about because it is “hidden” in a trombone website. I agree heartily with Doug Yeo that when it comes to applying for [...]

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Why “Old Notation” Bass Clef?

PUBLISHED: October 10, 2009, John Ericson
Beethoven 7, movement 1

One of the reasons I love working on the Neuling low horn etudes with advanced horn students is they will not only work your low range like nothing else but also after about half a dozen you will never have trouble reading old notation bass clef ever again. In horn writing there are two systems [...]

Seasonal Intonation Issues

PUBLISHED: October 7, 2009, John Ericson

The seasons are changing. One thing I have seen little remarked upon but something to keep in the back of your mind is that when playing a brass instrument in a cold location your instrument will play flatter than in a warm location with the slides set the same. With the change of seasons your [...]

The Omaha and Florida Auditions

PUBLISHED: October 6, 2009, John Ericson

People are always interested in how recent auditions went, and usually the information after the fact is pretty sketchy. However, from the recent Omaha audition we can read a full report at Omaha.com – The Omaha World-Herald: Music – Playing was never such hard work as at an audition. The article begins, Libby Barnette’s lucky [...]

The Top Ten Orchestral Works for Horn

PUBLISHED: September 27, 2009, John Ericson

I recently had a question come in on what were the most important horn excerpts. Back when I was first at Arizona State I decided to sort this out once and for all, the results of which were published as “A New ICSOM Audition List Survey” in the October, 2002 issue of The Horn Call. [...]

Horn Section Placement on the Stage

PUBLISHED: September 24, 2009, John Ericson

I believe that am the type of person who can generally get along with most anyone. The most heated argument I have got into in music was in an orchestra with a principal player of another brass section and it had to do with seating or placement on the stage of their section and of [...]

Professional Orchestral Players Compared to Students

PUBLISHED: September 12, 2009, John Ericson

I was recently asked about how ready professionals have the music before a first orchestral rehearsal for a concert. The short answer is very ready! You will almost never play any orchestral concert as a pro with more than four rehearsals and many only have one or two. Part of why they are paying you [...]

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