John Ericson

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Earlier this year I had a couple interactions with conductors (not in Arizona) that gave me pause. One conductor, on a work that was...

As noted in part II of this series, most horn and brass teachers that disagree with elements of the Farkas approach to the embouchure...

I have begun a project that involves closely reading a number of horn method books this summer. While I don’t at this point want...

Derek Wright posted recently on something a teacher (not me!) said to him in a first lesson. The teacher asked him “do you have...

One thing that was interesting after my surprise performance of Misty on the Mellophonium at the banquet at the IHS symposium (also described in...

As noted in prior posts, I have been reading A Devil to Play by Jasper Rees. I went back to it last night and...

My first IHS event was the symposium in 1983 in Charleston, Illinois. That was a while ago, but really in many ways it does...

Several works call for muted Wagner tuba, particularly by Strauss and Schoenberg. A horn mute will not work and really mutes for any other...

On the hornlist recently a most interesting video has been noted, the recording session for the Beatles song “For No One” as depicted in...

For some years I have used a version of a strap or flipper or duck’s foot on my horn. While the other straps I...

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