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10 Things I Learned From Verne Reynolds
Those that follow Horn Matters on Facebook already know that Verne Reynolds, Professor Emeritus at the Eastman School of Music, passed away last week....
From the Mailbag: Kruspe or Geyer–Which is Better?
For many years there have been two dominant “flavors” of double horn, Kruspe and Geyer style, in use in the United States. The question...
Hornmasters: What Etudes to Practice
Etude practice has long been a standard way to train and cross-train horn technique. The thing to think about though is the topic of...
Hornmasters: More Recent Thoughts on the Warm-Up
While to this point this series has focused on older published sources on the horn, at this time we turn a corner toward three...
Details from the ‘Embouchure Dystonia: Mind Over Grey Matter’ Video
A few days ago I posted an hour-long lecture video by Dr. Peter Iltis that spells out some of his research and personal experience...
Mouthpiece Pressure and other Tall Tales
I have argued that when mixing vague religiosity, sports metaphors and loose technical knowledge into a brass teaching method, there can be hidden dangers....
Random thoughts on ‘natural’ technique, embouchure study and sports analogies
Over the weekend I wrote a fairly lengthy response to comments posted on "‘Radical’ Embouchure Experiments, IV – Using a Visualizer" and thought that...
Hornmasters: The Exhale and Points of Resistance, Part I
In this series of Hornmasters articles a topic I have honestly not looked forward to addressing is that of the points of resistance. It...
Why I Support Unions
As a music student evolves into a professional, union membership will come into the picture. Unfortunately for myself, my initial steps on the union...
Hornmasters: Brophy on Buzzing
William R. Brophy wrote Technical Studies for Solving Special Problems on the Horn (1977) during his tenure as Professor of Horn at Ohio University....