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Mean Horn Teachers who wrote Etudes

There are some really great etudes out there that have a few things in common, besides being hard. The main thing is they have...

Joseph Eger, Around the Horn

An excerpt from Joseph Eger's Around the Horn.  * * * The November 24, 1957 issue of the New York Times called Joseph Eger “one of the...

From the Who’s Who Survey: 14 New Comparison Charts in a...

Crunching the numbers from the report Name Recognition, Influence and Age Groups in the Online (French) Horn Community, another layer of the onion is...

On Mentorship and Recovery from Abuse

This photo and the memories associated with it are among my most prized possessions. This is Milan Yancich, the man who saved my creative soul....

Geyer Dreaming II: The Development of his Horn

Continuing our look at Carl Geyer and his horns, as noted in part I he had his own shop running by 1918. At that...

Music-Making and Personal Identity

In a previous article, I told the story of how I came to study with my mentor, Milan Yancich. At the time I felt broken,...

Geyer Dreaming, III: Let’s Visit the Geyer Shop

Ever visit a horn makers shop? I have been fortunate to visit several, but never the shop of Carl Geyer. Fortunately, Milan Yancich and...

Geyer Dreaming VI – Some Final Stories

This series has covered a lot of ground! So much so that it has been a challenge to write the conclusion – but it...