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Articles with a positive focus on building a career

Multi-tasking with Marc Papeghin, I

Marc Papeghin is a 25-year-old horn player and internet session musician living in Northern France, about 20km from the Belgium border, in a town...

The 'real world' may not be so bad

A typical story for post-graduate musicians these days: Trevino is a percussionist who just graduated with his master's degree from the prestigious Eastman School...

Follow the Leader

In pop psychology an interesting term comes up - "enabling," as in do not enable an addict by supporting their habit in any way,...

The Lorenzo Sansone Fan Page

A hornist who was much better known 50 years ago than today is Lorenzo Sansone. I saw on the IHS Facebook page that a...

The Buzzword

Greg Sandow makes a really good argument for music programs at institutions of higher learning to start teaching more classes on entrepreneurship in his...

Smokin’ Graas

With thanks to Valerie Wells - here is more information about hornist John Graas. A very active musician in the 1940-1950's, Graas carved his own path...

Farkas and the Art of Marketing II

In the comments to my recent post on the Reynolds Pottag Model horn (seen below) I quoted what Farkas said was his goal in...

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...

Woodwind and Brass Quintets; All Things Not Equal

A ramble on the woodwind quintet genre. In the realm of chamber music, French horn players are in a very unique position. They are an...