The Top Ten Orchestral Works for Horn (the last one might...
I recently had a question come in on what were the most important horn excerpts. Back when I was first at Arizona State I...
Four Tips for Getting Back in Shape after Taking a Break
Recently I picked up my horn again after a 4-week break. I like to take summer breaks for several reasons many of which I...
Bruce and John FAQ
So, you have started a huge new horn website! How did you meet?
We met in real life in 1984. That year Bruce was a...
5 Quotations on Work and Success
A few years ago when Horn Matters first launched, we had a random quotation feature that appeared at the top of the site. After...
3 Key Ideas from a Master Class with Gail Williams
I was recently reminded of another classic post from my original HTML blog not yet reposted to Horn Matters. Dated 3/6/05 and originally titled...
3 Aspects of Achieving Fame and a Look at the Park...
So, you want to be famous?
Our recent report - Name Recognition, Influence and Age Groups (NRIAG) - takes a glimpse into that and other interesting trends. That being...
9 Ways We can Tell that a Composer or Arranger Does...
Periodically we at Horn Matters have touched on the topic of bad horn writing. Horn players reading this already have a good idea, intuitively,...
Five Tips for Staying Focused When Freaking Out in College
I have fairly fond memories of my experiences in both graduate and undergraduate school. That being said I did have the occasional odd and...
Top 10 Ways to Provoke a Horn-Geek
How to get a horn geek riled up.
Horn aficionados and geeks as a general rule, are a pretty easy-going breed. But if we get...
10 Things I Learned From Verne Reynolds
Those that follow Horn Matters on Facebook already know that Verne Reynolds, Professor Emeritus at the Eastman School of Music, passed away last week....