Tip: Keep a Mute in Your Car
Since the time I played in The Nashville Symphony I have kept a mute in the back of the car.
The idea is that if...
Is it a Reality Show? Tips on Auditions
This article of tips on taking auditions was originally posted to the site in early 2009, but was later cut (along with a large group...
Tips from another Bruce
Martial artist Bruce Lee was a childhood hero of mine. While the quality of his movies has not held up well over time, his...
An Interview on Orchestral Horn Auditions. Part IV, the Future and...
This article concludes an interview conducted 2/13/13 with Ashley Cumming, a Doctoral student at Indiana University. Part I starts here.
With increased numbers of people...
An Important Tip from Quantz on Cadenzas
Students often struggle a bit with their cadenzas. With juries (performance exams) coming for many horn students the next two weeks, the following quote...
PSA: Another Big Reason You Should Clean Your Horn
In the first paragraph of an NPR article we learn "One musician in Connecticut learned the hard way about the dangers of not cleaning...
Tip: Making a Bad Piece Sound Like Something
This is an important skill to develop for any musician because, honestly, you will play a lot of bad music over the course of...
Tips on Auditioning for a Summer Festival (or anything else)
Yet more very timely insider information on taking auditions, in a post from the original HTML Horn Notes Blog dated 3/25/05.
Another little project for...
Arranging chorales, like painting by numbers
For myself as a conservatory undergraduate, four-part chorale writing was slow and sometimes laborious. It was a learning curve fraught with rules and clams.
Later...
Tip of the Week: Think About the Ends of Notes
I had a teacher long ago tell me that when it came to producing quality notes on a musical instrument, there were four parts...