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Background on the new publication, Playing the Wagner Tuba

When I started thinking out of the box after turning in my tenure file and considered launching a publishing venture I really got going...

Thoughts on Playing a Double Wagner Tuba

I am playing extra horn this week with The Phoenix Symphony, seventh horn and Wagner tuba on The Rite of Spring. It has made...

14 books published on the horn, 2013-18

A question I recently needed to research was that of what books on the horn (and middle brass) have been published in the past...

Introducing the Horn Notes Video Podcast — low horn episode

Back in 2013 I produced a series of three videos that were to launch an idea I had, HornMattersTV. Of those videos, the one...

Let’s talk about … rotor bumpers

Back in the day we called them “corks” because they were always natural cork (and fell apart pretty regularly), but today “bumpers” seems to...

Hornist Motivations: Bucket Lists, etc.

A post yesterday on the Hornisten der Berliner Philharmoniker Facebook page brought to mind a point worth making about motivations for horn players. The specific post...

Introducing the University of Horn Matters Horn Repertoire Course

This horn repertoire class is a companion to the University of Horn Matters Horn Pedagogy Course, launched initially for the fall semester of 2012,...

The University of Horn Matters

Advanced, Online Courses on Horn Repertoire & Pedagogy The University of Horn Matters horn pedagogy and repertoire courses are presented free as an Open Educational Resource...

On Holding the Horn and Tendinitis

Bruce Richards posted an article very recently to Living the Dream on the topic of horn player tendinitis. Richards and I go way back...

Just Say “No” to Transposed Parts

Transposed parts; younger students love them, but on the whole they are a crutch. One of the reasons they are used so often is...