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Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow – The Importance of Hearing Protection (I)

PUBLISHED: December 2, 2008, Bruce Hembd

Sound-induced hearing loss is painless and permanent. Years ago I bought “Noise & Your Health,” a small booklet, out of curiosity. At the time I was performing pit jobs almost exclusively and was interested to find out more information on the topic of hearing loss. After reading it, my eyes were opened and I started [...]

Two Recent Resources for Performance Enhancement

PUBLISHED: November 24, 2008, John Ericson

One thing I have observed especially in juries (performance exams) is that players who are perhaps not technically as strong as others in the studio can impress the other faculty more. On a week by week basis I have a pretty good idea of how students play. There are a few that can really walk [...]

More Thoughts on Narcissism

PUBLISHED: October 17, 2008, Bruce Hembd
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Brilliant performers, lousy colleagues. A number of visitors have been diverted to this blog looking for help on narcissism disorders. I am not a doctor, but I have been narcissist fodder. From that awful experience I learned valuable lessons worth repeating and sharing. Sometimes the best way to learn what is good is through analyzing [...]

Horn Playing Could be Fun

PUBLISHED: October 10, 2008, John Ericson

In the October, 2008 issue of Teaching Music (a MENC publication) an article on nerves caught my attention. The article addresses the topic of nerves and performance anxiety not only from the angle of performance but also from the angle of teaching music. On page 46 a passage quotes Robert Woody, an associate professor of [...]

Those That Can’t Do, Teach

PUBLISHED: September 29, 2008, Bruce Hembd

Debunking a misguided popular phrase. Those that can’t do, teach. Occasionally this saying (or a close variation) pops up in casual conversation. It is a saying of unknown origin which more-or-less suggests that teachers are failures. The implications of this phrase are many: if one fails to get a job in their studied skill of [...]

Nerves and Bananas?

PUBLISHED: September 9, 2008, John Ericson

Following up on my last post, nerves can be a big problem! Sometimes it is something you can’t work yourself past no matter what you try with a good mindset and careful preparation for the performance situation you face, which can be a serious problem especially for players looking to take auditions. When is it time to try [...]

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Nerves and Accuracy

PUBLISHED: September 7, 2008, John Ericson

One thing I have become convinced of lately is that certainly there are non horn players who think that horn players miss notes mostly because of nerves, as in that is the main reason horn players would ever miss notes in something we have worked out as well as we can. Their idea is that [...]

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on the French horn, brass related topics, and the field of classical music.