Flexible Career Goals
Flexibility is key.
Jason Heath at Arts Addict does some belly-button gazing on the topic of "how did I get here?" in "The Puzzle of...
Bad Conventional Wisdom, part 1: Background, and a breathing story
As I shared in a workshop presentation back in 2010, I became a better teacher in 2008. I generated an article for Horn Matters...
3 Main Aspects of Playing Improvement
I have heard it said that we are standing on the shoulders of those that have gone before us. In terms of horn playing,...
Choosing the Right School
It is that time of year again; people are looking for schools for horn study. Last spring I had a specific question come in...
Considering the “Backup” Career while Studying Music
A second career.
For over a dozen years now, I have been a freelance web developer. It has had its up and downs, but in...
Will I get a job before I graduate?
This is the time of year that music professors get a lot of questions from prospective students.
...The question is, "Do you think I can get...
Where can you Study Music Education and Not Take Marching Band?
Many horn players are not fans of marching. Often for instrumental music education majors marching band is a required course. At some schools, however,...
Commentary: The missing articulations
A topic I think about every year when I hear college auditions is that of the “missing articulations.” Often it is a function of...
Interview: Rose French on Rangesongs
In 2012 Mountain Peak Music released a new book for horn players. While outwardly an etude book, I am hesitant to put Rangsongs in...
Bad Conventional Wisdom, part 2: Tonguing misconceptions
Returning to the story of 2008 and my teaching and playing, I faced a reality that I did not do what I thought I...