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A Horn at Home, a Horn at School

PUBLISHED: August 24, 2008, John Ericson

For beginners and old pros alike, dragging around your horn may be a bit of a bother. I am very aware of the low numbers of horns in Arizona and this year I have a number of projects underway to try to impact this including directly teaching lessons to three sixth graders. I love these [...]

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Ouch! Parachutist Crashes Into Band

PUBLISHED: July 17, 2008, Bruce Hembd

Who says that playing in a band isn’t hazardous to your health? A civilian parachutist collided with members of a military band in Fort Riley, Kansas. The band was waiting for a ceremony to begin when the skydiver hit. Three band member were injured – non live-threatening – and two tubas and a trumpet were [...]

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An Observation on Musicians

PUBLISHED: July 16, 2008, Bruce Hembd

I stumbled on this short blog a while back and was intrigued by the author’s comments. His precursory comments captured a view that many people have of symphony musicians. I vaguely knew of one of the horn players in the Pittsburgh Symphony, who lived in the town that I did. My memory of him is [...]

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The Most Insane and Crazy Carmen Story Ever Told – Part II

PUBLISHED: May 21, 2008, Bruce Hembd

A bullfight during the opera “Carmen” – the saga continues. In Part I, I gave background to my ultimate Crazy Gig Story. In short, a production of Bizet’s Carmen staged in stadiums in Mexico put on an actual bullfight during the opera. After the gruesome “bloody shoes” incident, I thought the worst was over. It [...]

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The Most Insane and Crazy Carmen Story Ever Told – Part I

PUBLISHED: May 15, 2008, Bruce Hembd

When enough is not enough. A bullfight during the opera “Carmen.” Inspired by Jason Heath’s “Crazy Gig Stories,” (and his recent cartooning) this is a surreal gig story of my own – an oldie, but a goodie. Back in ’93 I was working in Mexico City with the Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, [...]

Silver and Gold: A Full Circle to HornPlanet.com

PUBLISHED: May 9, 2008, Bruce Hembd

Planets and horns. When I was a graduate music student at Arizona State University back around 1995, I became fascinated with this new thing called the “World Wide Web.” The concept of any Joe Schmoe like me publishing information online for the whole world to see blew my frickin’ mind. It still does. Back then, [...]

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