Home > Professionalism & Etiquette

SubCategory Archive (tags): ‘Professionalism & Etiquette’

See the complete archive.

Your Digital Footprint and its Future Impact

PUBLISHED: March 15, 2011, Bruce Hembd

A subject that keeps coming up in trending web sites that monitor business and social networking, is social media and its impact on a user’s employment potential. I think this is especially relevant for anyone under 30 years old.  Digital footprints – things written by you or that are written about you that can be [...]

Pencil Clips

PUBLISHED: June 10, 2010, John Ericson

One of my younger students was fascinated by my pencil clip. This is really a must have item for the horn player. It is a plastic clip that attaches to the horn and will hold a pencil. My understanding is these were initially actually clips made for connecting together audio cables. They work great for [...]

Orchestra 101: How to Get Fired

PUBLISHED: December 15, 2009, John Ericson

There are many more topics that I could cover in this series, but to conclude the articles already planned I must end on a somber note, on the question of how to get fired from an orchestra. As I often tell students, there are two ways to lose a job if you are tenured into [...]

But I Was Following the Conductor!

PUBLISHED: November 4, 2009, Bruce Hembd

If I were to add one more point to “Who’s the New Guy?” – an article with advice for young music professionals – it would be one related to following the conductor. All the usual complaints about conductors aside, there is one phenomena that deserves some discussion. Whenever ensemble playing is concerned, a good rule [...]

Criticizing the Competition

PUBLISHED: September 16, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Here is an embedded video with superb advice on etiquette in the music profession. While it does not address this topic directly, it translates spot on as a good lesson for students. In music school especially, it can be all too tempting to bad mouth other students that are at different stages of their development [...]

Categories: Sub-categories:
Professionalism & Etiquette

That “N” Word Again – Narcissism

PUBLISHED: April 2, 2009, Bruce Hembd

Another follow-up to a popular series. In writing Negativity, Narcissism, and More Thoughts on Narcissism, I did some investigating and postulating to figure out events in my own life. A comprehensive article found recently at Slate.com has more-or-less confirmed some of the points made. 1.) The arts attracts narcissists. In But Enough About You …What [...]

Five Notes from an Orchestra Rehearsal

PUBLISHED: November 13, 2008, John Ericson

I played two rehearsals recently as a sub with the ASU Sinfonietta, our second orchestra; they are working on a concert that includes a movement of Holst The Planets and more. I enjoyed especially getting out on the Gammage stage yesterday and playing in the hall, what a great venue. A few random notes: 1. [...]

John Ericson & Bruce Hembd
on the French horn, brass related topics, and the field of classical music.