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The Art of Mellophone Playing

PUBLISHED: February 27, 2011, John Ericson

This coming weekend I will perform and present at the Southeast Horn Workshop, where I will address a topic seldom discussed at such venues but addressed from time to time in Horn Matters, that of the mellophone. Of all the topics out there related to the horn the topic of the mellophone is certainly one of [...]

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On Playing Tubas Large and Small

PUBLISHED: April 22, 2010, John Ericson

This weekend I will be at the Northwest Horn Symposium and one of my topics is the Wagner tuba, on which I will present and perform. These few weeks I have played tubas large and small. On the large end, one day a week I have been joining the tuba portion of the low brass [...]

Beyond Farkas: A Workshop Presentation, 2010

PUBLISHED: March 17, 2010, John Ericson

While I started out as a teacher following a teaching method closely related to Farkas, time has modified my approach in many ways. This presentation, “Beyond Farkas: Tonguing, the Embouchure, and More,” is an overview of materials that helped me move toward a horn pedagogy that has a broader view of the big picture than that [...]

A Cycle of Improvement

PUBLISHED: February 3, 2010, Bruce Hembd

Many times, less is more. If you are looking to fix a problem, a plan of action is required. Aggressively attacking a problem without a plan can waste a great deal of time and energy. It can also be disastrous. Sometimes even in the most thoughtfully planned circumstances we might catch ourselves drifting – a [...]

Intuitive Musicianship: The Mary Had a Little Lamb Challenge

PUBLISHED: November 13, 2009, John Ericson

Today we had an interesting guest presentation at ASU by Don Wilkinson on the topics of playing naturally and intuitive musicianship. Dr. Wilkinson is on the woodwind faculty at the University of Texas at El Paso, and his session was a preview of a session to be presented at TMEA. Many topics were addressed related [...]

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My Last Week in Nashville, a New Site, and The Mellocast on IHS Macomb

PUBLISHED: July 17, 2009, John Ericson

Or, to borrow a term from Bruce Hembd, this could be called “Random Friday.” As to my last week in Nashville, this past week I have been converting VHS tapes to DVDs and I got to a tape made in June of 1998. It was of a presentation I gave at the Governor’s School for [...]

A Wrap-up of the 1989 SWRHW

PUBLISHED: July 16, 2009, John Ericson

The last session that I have a video of in the archive of the 1989 Southwest Regional Horn Workshop is the master class with William Lane, Principal Horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. His class focused on orchestral excerpts. Lane over the course of the class told a number of stories, offered advice on orchestral [...]

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