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Farkas and the Art of Marketing I

I have recently been re-reading Philip Farkas & His Horn: A Happy and Worthwhile Life by Nancy Jordan Fako. One thing in this book...

Review: The Reynolds Pottag Model Horn

It took me several years on the faculty at ASU to even notice this horn, a Reynolds Pottag Model horn. When I noticed it...

Before Farkas: Anton Horner on Tonguing

Kendall Betts in a recent post to the “Ask the Pros” section of the IHS website pointed out a great quotation on tonguing from...

Horns Seen at the International Horn Competition of America

While family commitments have made it so that I have not been able to attend recent editions of the International Horn Competition of America, I was...

The Single F Horn Dare, a challenge to horn teachers

We need more horn players in the schools. I would offer readers a challenge in two parts. The first part is a general challenge to...

Frøydis on Breaking the Rules of Horn Playing

I recently noted an interesting online article from Frøydis Ree Wekre on the rules of horn playing. Basically she says in “Never Say Never...

Review: The Buzzing Book, and What Does a Warm-up Look Like?

For a lot of horn players it looks something like the Farkas warm-up. But it is interesting; you can see that some writers of...

Before Farkas: Birchard Coar

I recently updated my list of horn pedagogy resources in my studio site. It is not a comprehensive list but reflects what I think...

A Wrap-up of the 1989 SWRHW

The last session that I have a video of in the archive of the 1989 Southwest Regional Horn Workshop is the master class with...

Natural Horn at the 1989 SWRHW

The fourth of five archive videos I just converted to DVD from the 1989 Southwest Regional Horn Workshop is of the session by Kristin...