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...
The Single F Horn Dare, a challenge to horn teachers
We need more horn players in the schools. I would offer readers a challenge in two parts.
The first part is a general challenge to...
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...
Using the Karpman Drama Triangle as a Teaching Tool
UPDATED: Dec. 9th in the PM. Fixed broken resource links.
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Sometimes in our musical lives with colleagues, teachers and students, a dance-of-power can...
The Space Between the Notes
Improvement -- a process of subtraction.
Music is the space between the notes.
This well-known quotation attributed to the Impressionist composer Claude Debussy can have many...
More Debunking the F Horn for Beginners
Occasionally I like to peruse Google Patent Search, looking for cool and far-out concepts in horn design. A complete article last year uncovered some interesting...
The Ego-Driven Music Teacher: Good or Bad? (I)
Teaching -- more art than science?
I occasionally lurk -- read, but do not participate in -- the various horn discussion groups. Interesting topics come...
Before Farkas: Preparatory Instructor for French Horn (1937) on the Single...
I am not sure what the exact background was of authors E. C. Moore and A. O. Sieg but they certainly were practical band...
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....
Technical Materials III: Uncommon Materials I Teach From
First, to add one big point in the previous post in this series, I don’t teach with a one-size-fits-all routine that is the same...