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Brief Review: The Horn. The Book You Need
To open this brief review, I’ll start with a money quote:
The Horn by Renato Meucci and Gabriele Rocchetti is the most significant book on...
Vienna Horns, part I: What is (and isn’t) a Vienna Horn
Astute readers of Horn Matters might have noticed that I have rarely written about Vienna horns. Not that there is no content, but relative...
“Each instrument has a different personality,” or, different horns are in fact better on...
There is a big amorphous topic that is rarely discussed related to horns and repertoire. Over the years it has become more and more...
Mental Health and Horn Playing: The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique
I think that it is rather common for people to turn inwards when having anxious thoughts. For horn players, this might translate to internal...
Two Works by Underrepresented Composers to Consider for a Recital
Last weekend I shared a recital with Dr. Deanna Swoboda, our tuba/Euphonium professor at ASU. Besides two trios (with piano) we both played two...
Reflecting on embouchure changes, injuries, and other playing issues (and an important summer)
With many years to reflect back on, there are certainly periods of time when important things happened. For me, one of those important periods...
Rethinking how we teach horn – without Kopprasch
If you do a simple search of the topic “rethinking how we teach”, you will find a number of people reconsidering various aspects of...
A Meme Flood for April Fools’ Day
April Fools' Day is an annual tradition celebrated in many cultures worldwide. It is a time for humor and jokes, and in recognition of...
Grad auditions, part IV. You do need to transpose, and other helpful asides
For the final component of my auditions for some years now I have settled into a fairly simple and short sight-reading passage. For grad...
A Curious Anomaly from Verdi’s “Don Carlo”
Recently on our Horn Matters' social media accounts, we uploaded a meme related to the perils of horn transposition. It features characters from an...