From the Mailbag: Right Brain, Left Brain, and Connecting with Students
Several years ago a question came in. It was one that I found interesting to ponder at the time and still find interesting to...
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....
Tough Love and Hard Knocks
It's a cruel world - does that merit cruel teaching methods?
I have had my share of great coaches and teachers. They were mentors who...
From the Mailbag: A Horn Curriculum
A question came in from a reader who is enrolled in a horn pedagogy class, and I asked if I could answer it...
Horn is Tough for Band Directors to Teach
…especially if they did not have a decent methods class.
One of the projects I have had students do in the horn pedagogy class in...
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 Systems View of Music Performance Education (I)
Could a technology model work for a music performance education?
Last summer I worked in a temporary position developing a web site "in-house" for an...
Nudge Theory
A method for guiding students on their learning path.
In When Humans Need a Nudge Toward Rationality author Jeff Sommer reports on an interesting principal...
A Systems View of Music Performance Education (II)
Continuing from Part I.
While working as a temp at a technology education center this summer, I worked with their goals and rationale of their...
On Switching Students from Trumpet to Horn
In 1973 I started sixth grade. That year I also started playing trumpet and this very book was the very first book I used:...