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Hornmasters: The Exhale and Points of Resistance, Part I
In this series of Hornmasters articles a topic I have honestly not looked forward to addressing is that of the points of resistance. It...
Why I Support Unions
As a music student evolves into a professional, union membership will come into the picture. Unfortunately for myself, my initial steps on the union...
Hornmasters on Mouthpiece Placement
I changed my embouchure twice in college, the first time right after my sophomore year and the second during my Doctoral studies. It is...
6 Survival Tips on Dealing with Criticism
College is starting up again and for students new to college, this means a brand new environment and an unfamiliar horn teacher.
As with anything...
What Motivates Horn Players?
The question of motivations has long been of interest to me and closely relates to topics on which Bruce has written as well. Bruce...
Technical Materials II: Standard Materials I Teach From
As mentioned in my previous post, in terms of materials I started out as I was taught but over the years began to experiment...
Tonguing is a big key to everything, especially accuracy
The Public Service Announcement of the weekend is on the topic of tonguing. There is a lot of dogma on tonguing out there to...
Are Highly-Rated Horn Professors Overrated?
A few days ago I saw a link to an interesting article with the title "Study: highly-rated professors are. . . overrated." The article...
Hornmasters: Farkas on Right Hand Position
Most active horn teachers have read the Farkas book at some point but mostly not recently. One thing that you may have missed was...
European [Alexander] Shank Mouthpieces and the French Horn [updated]
Several mouthpiece makers catering to the North American market produce mouthpieces with a European shank. It is a topic a lot of horn players...