John Ericson

First, to add one big point in the previous post in this series, I don’t teach with a one-size-fits-all routine that is the same...

As mentioned in my previous post, in terms of materials I started out as I was taught but over the years began to experiment...

Horn teachers tend to teach out of materials that they used as students with their own students up to the point that they find...

Depending on your age and background the Altonium could be seen as odd, rare, cool, cute, or as an old friend from back in...

Chapter four of The Art of French Horn Playing is on the topic of fingerings and tuning as Farkas felt that “these two subjects...

Recently I have had the opportunity to try this great example of an althorn. This particular one is in F and was made by...

Miles Davis Birth of the Cool-- this 1957 album is considered one of the most influential jazz albums ever. It is a compilation of singles...

The Public Service Announcement of the weekend is on the topic of tonguing. There is a lot of dogma on tonguing out there to...

A few days ago I saw a link to an interesting article with the title "Study: highly-rated professors are. . . overrated." The article...

Our last post in this portion of the Hornmasters series on right hand position features quotes from two very different, classic horn texts that...