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Photos of Lots and Lots of Antique Horns

The Horn-U-Copia site was recently redesigned, and as a part of their updates they now have databases of photos of all sorts of antique...

Dvorak on the Natural Horn? No.

Julia Rose in a very recent post on a classical concert she performed with the Columbus Symphony brought up the topic of Dvorak and...

High Speed Video of How the Embouchure Works

A major project for me over roughly the past six months has been a rethinking of how the embouchure works. Thus, I would offer...

Playing the Wagner Tuba Reviewed

UPDATE: Playing the Wagner Tuba is now available in a second edition in print and Kindle formats -- more information may be found at...

The Great Bell Test

In studio class this week, at the end, I took some time to test three bells on my descant horn, one the original that...

The Words to Mozart 4:3/Flanders and Swann, Ill Wind

Working on the third movement of Mozart 4 with students I often bring up the topic of “the words” to the movement. Many musical works...

Barrows Plays Wilder

This weekend I got back to my old copy of John Barrows and his French Horn: Music of Alec Wilder. It was a Golden...

Humor: The Farkas Photo

After joining the ASU faculty as horn professor in the fall of 2001 I was honored to get to know and work with one...

What is Your Body Really Doing when Playing Horn?

I have been thinking quite a bit about tonguing and how the body works lately, and had two most interesting experiences yesterday, seeing the...

What Horn would a Horn Soloist Choose?

One thing I have been thinking about lately is the topic of equipment and fingering choices in relation to orchestral and solo horn playing. Most...