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Deeper insights 4: Being positive

Working with my son these few years the thing that has recently worked the best has been a technique called “Positive Behavior Support.” Without...

Deeper insights 3: Fearless optimism

Turning a bit of a corner, as time went on as a teacher I realized that there are essentially two types of confidence. What got...

Deeper insights 2: Anxiety

Some things I have learned on a deeper level over the course of raising my son. When he was little it was more to...

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...

A new video podcast, and a look at MRI Horn resources as of summer,...

Regular readers will know already that I am very interested in the recent (and still ongoing) MRI horn studies led by Dr. Peter Iltis...

Rethinking the Warm-up, part 2

Recently I was pointed toward some relatively recent research that indicates that a less strenuous warm-up gets better results. For example, this article from...

Intonation and Vowel Shapes

Since doing the interviews with Peter Iltis (MRI horn) last summer (more here) I have been pondering a related topic, horn intonation and vowel...

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...

The Future of French Horn Playing

One thought I have heard (and have repeated myself) is that this is a “golden age” for the French horn. Or is it? Before getting...

20th century horn favorites 3: Madsen

Last up in this brief series looking at some of my favorite works for the horn from the 20th century (all included in my...