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Behave Yourself in Rehearsal

PUBLISHED: August 18, 2008, Bruce Hembd

Reminders for the new school year. Not enough can be said about keeping your cool while working with others; no matter how badly you want to scream at the top of your lungs with bitter angst and pained anguish it is always a better strategy to suck it up and play nice. Professional behavior and [...]

“Seven Deadly Sins” of Horn Playing

PUBLISHED: May 12, 2008, John Ericson

Originally posted to the old HTML Horn Notes Blog on 1/10/05, this is one of my favorite posts ever. An event known as “A.I.R. Horns” (Arizona Intra-State Retreat for Horns) is upon us this weekend here in Arizona. The event was started by my predecessor at ASU Thomas Bacon and has been hosted for the [...]

Going with the Ensemble Flow

PUBLISHED: January 2, 2008, Bruce Hembd

Don’t fight the group karma: the job demands alertness, flexibility and a little bit of political savvy. On the job, the main responsibilities of the musician are to follow the leader, to blend into the ensemble and to “go with the flow.” In a music ensemble, the “flow” is a musical force like a large [...]

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Top Ten List: Who’s the New Guy?!

PUBLISHED: December 30, 2007, Bruce Hembd

- too many faux pas can ruin you. My Top-Ten List of “Rookie” Mistakes: Loud practicing. Audition excerpts and concertos. Practicing a colleague’s solo. Showing up late. Participating in gossip. Superfluous noise. Reading a magazine or book. Crossing your legs. Being unprepared. Fighting the group karma. In all of Philip Farkas’ writings my favorite chapters [...]

Something to not do Warming Up for a Concert

PUBLISHED: April 17, 2007, John Ericson

Tonight I enjoyed hearing the ASU Sinfonietta perform, among the best concerts I have heard them perform. Bravo! However, before the concert I was reminded that this is a group of younger students. In that a player of another instrument (not horn) was noodling around and played a major horn solo that was on the [...]

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