John Ericson

Bad Conventional Wisdom, part 1: Background, and a breathing story

As I shared in a workshop presentation back in 2010, I became a better teacher in 2008. I generated an article for Horn Matters...

Mailbag: How to hold a Concert Mellophone

Getting back to the mailbag, a question came in a while ago on how to hold a traditional, concert mellophone. The short answer is I...

New: 30 Modern Preparatory Etudes and Solos

Stuck in Kopprasch? Tired of the same-old-same-old? Looking for a group of short, contemporary etudes and solo horn works? Just in time to brighten up...

On the topic of “Flow Studies”

I recall a point in my Doctoral studies, I was taking a pedagogy class led by a trumpet player, and he used the term...

Podcast: The Low Horn Session

As part of my ongoing series of podcast “workshop presentations,” we come to the topic of the low horn, always a good one. The...

Looking for positive horn content in a difficult time?

A big tip of the hat to David Cooper, principal horn of the Chicago Symphony. A student of mine at ASU (thanks Jeremy!) pointed...

Workshop presentation: Playing the Wagner Tuba

Continuing the series of short podcasts on topics in the form of workshop presentations, filling a need with all the cancelled workshops this year...

4 charming works of B. Ed. Müller for horn and piano — a closer...

In thinking about horn repertoire, and teaching it completely online for the end of this semester, my mind turned to the question of what...

Workshop presentation: the Natural Horn session

Continuing a new podcast series aimed at filling the void created by all the recent workshop cancellations due to the coronavirus situation (surely there...

A few words on the warmup, your condensation, and sensitivity to others

In this time of separation during the coronavirus, it is a good time to rethink your warmup, to experiment, to work to improve technique,...