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The 'real world' may not be so bad

A typical story for post-graduate musicians these days: Trevino is a percussionist who just graduated with his master's degree from the prestigious Eastman School...

Quotes from Milan Yancich

You're like a wild stallion - all talent and no discipline! The most influential teacher in my career was without a doubt Milan Yancich. With...

Auditioning for the Berlin Philharmonic

The Noble Viola has recanted an interesting dialogue at Polyphonic.org where Berlin Philharmonic hornist Fergus McWilliam gave insight into the BP audition process. The dialogue...

Review: Hands on with the Berlin Digital Concert Hall, II

Continued from Part I. The concert opened with the folksy Hungarian Sketches by Béla Bartók. Expert wind playing - both solo and paired - was...

Review: Hands on with the Berlin Digital Concert Hall, I

The opportunity to watch horn soloist Radek Baborak perform the Gliere Concerto from Berlin was too good to resist. This concerto is epic. It is...

Hindemith and the CSO

This video on YouTube is composer Paul Hindemith conducting his own Concert Music for Strings and Brass, Op. 50 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra....

Quote from Benjamin Franklin

It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. This is one good reason for visiting web sites like Horn Matters, reading horn-related texts...

11 Horn-tastic TV Themes

Today's post is a restoration of some files that were previously lost. Xena Warrior Princess  Odd meters, battle cries and strains of the Bulgarian women...

Valsalva Stuttering and Embouchure Lockdown

The big entrance is coming up. You have prepared for weeks and weeks and this is your shining moment. You take a large breath...

On Incentive and Reward

This video raises a number of questions in terms of incentive and personal drive in music education and in the music business in general. While...