John Ericson

Brandenburg 2 sounds better on French Horn

A recent thrift store find was a Phillips recording of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 performed with a horn instead of a trumpet. The...

On the topic of a Horn Guru

Unless you don’t follow much social media, you have already heard that a certain hornist recently has seen major “negative change” in their career....

Accuracy Encyclopedia: F is for Fundamentals

As we continue with the letter F, a third elephant in the room is the whole topic of fundamentals, or the study of fundamentals...

Accuracy Encyclopedia: F is for First Note Accuracy

Continuing with this series on the letter F and accuracy on the horn, the second elephant in the room is first note accuracy. I don’t...

Accuracy Encyclopedia: F is for F Horn

There are so many topics that fall under the letter F that this is the first of four articles relating to “F” topics, with...

Mailbag: The Top 3 Horn Concertos

A question came in earlier this year asking generally what are the top 3 horn concertos. With the end of the semester for my...

Ultrasonic Cleaning and your Horn [UPDATED]

You know that you need to keep your horn clean. If you are proactive about maintenance you will hardly ever need to have your...

Geyer Update: Engravings, Serial Numbers, and More

I could also have titled this article “Things I got wrong” in the Geyer Dreaming series (which starts here), or the related article published...

Revisiting the Art of French Horn on LP Records

The past year the vast majority of my actual classical music listening has been to LP records. With the recent passing of Hermann Baumann...

Brief Review: The Horn. The Book You Need

To open this brief review, I’ll start with a money quote: The Horn by Renato Meucci and Gabriele Rocchetti is the most significant book on...