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5 Keys to Horn Success

It is human nature to be curious, what are the keys for success for famous people? The following are five keys to success I...

The Future of French Horn Playing

One thought I have heard (and have repeated myself) is that this is a “golden age” for the French horn. Or is it? Before getting...

Horn playing is fun

Horn playing is fun! For some readers, they certainly agree, yes, it is fun! But for others, maybe not so much. It is an...

Copyright week, part III: The inconvenient truth

Want to kill creative enterprise? One great way to do this is to illegally reproduce copyrighted music and recordings. One of the ways people will...

PDF: 11 Gallay Etudes, edited by Josef Schantl

Jacques-François Gallay (1795-1864) wrote many great horn etudes that are certainly worthy of use by modern horn players. Standard, published versions are available, but...

More Random Hornist Hamster Memes

Below are yet more, somewhat random Hornist Hamster memes. Can you find the Robert Schumann quote? Enjoy!   Mistakes are made by fools like me, but...

Giving Thanks for Things that Matter

It it that time of year here in America, when families typically get together during a holiday from work to share food and stories...

University of Horn Matters Extra: Four types of students, two types of teachers

Recently I was pointed toward some resources on teaching that shed light on a topic I intuitively comprehended but had not seen laid out...

Horn Repertoire Week 15: Final!

Congratulations! You have made it to the end of an epic year. As I wrote when this was first posted in 2013, it was a...

Horn Repertoire Week 14: A Course of Study

One of the goals of this course is to prepare graduate students for comprehensive exams. A comprehensive overview An ideal outcome of this course is that...