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Deeper insights 1: Teaching

One topic I have only rarely touched on here in Horn Matters is something that has impacted my life and teaching in rather deep...

Tips for Educators, and an Evolving Pedagogy

Recently, as part of a session with brass colleagues at our AMEA all-state, I presented a session for music educators, "Tips to Improve your...

Ericson Interview, part I: From orchestral player to professor

Periodically questions come in related to school projects. In this case, the questions were in an interview format for an advanced brass pedagogy and...

From the Mailbag: Right Brain, Left Brain, and Connecting with Students

Several years ago a question came in. It was one that I found interesting to ponder at the time and still find interesting to...

A Matter of Scale

Very recently I saw a quote posted that relates very much to a topic on my mind. It read, When you play your instrument you...

On Teaching (and Studying) Effectively

With the first semester of the University of Horn Matters horn pedagogy course nearly complete it seems like a good time to re-post the...

Foulk on Sexism and Things to Not Say in a Master...

In updating the Events page recently I noted in the website for the 2012 International Women's Brass Conference an article by co-host Lin Foulk...

On Applying for a College Horn Teaching Position

Besides performing, a lot of advanced horn students have dreams of teaching the horn full time at the college level. In The Musician’s Way...

Using the Karpman Drama Triangle as a Teaching Tool

UPDATED: Dec. 9th in the PM. Fixed broken resource links. * * * Sometimes in our musical lives with colleagues, teachers and students, a dance-of-power can...

From the Mailbag: A Horn Curriculum

A question came in from a reader who is enrolled in a horn pedagogy class, and I asked if I could answer it...