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Re-Writing Bach: The Trio from Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
I have been working on the final Trio section from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, not for a specific performance but rather as an exercise...
Five Tips for Staying Focused When Freaking Out in College
I have fairly fond memories of my experiences in both graduate and undergraduate school. That being said I did have the occasional odd and...
A Golden Clam for James Boldin’s Kopprasch Project
It has been a long while since a Golden Clam has been awarded and our honoree today most certainly deserves one in recognition of...
A Study on Hand Position: A More Stable High Range and Hand Stopping
I found the link in Random Monday this week to a recent (2009) study very interesting, on the topic of hand position.
The title of...
Anatomy of a Music Stand
In the same vein as previous articles where I posted pictures of my workstation and mouthpiece pouch contents, today's article highlights some of the...
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...
Introducing Ultimate Horn Technique and Ultimate Low Horn
To make it official, I have had a push on for some time toward the completion of two new publications, Ultimate Horn Technique and...
The ‘Bonus Notes’ of Dvořák’s 7th Symphony
Of all the symphonies of Antonin Dvořák my favorite is the 7th. While his 9th symphony is epic and immensely more popular, and the...
Horn in A in Italian ‘Bel Canto’ Opera: Rossini’s Semiramide
In "Sometimes Up is Down" I spelled out some pitfalls in performing Italian operatic repertoire. For Horn in A:
The basic “A-horn” rule-of-thumb for the...
Tips on Surviving Very Long Concerts
Odds are that if you were to play one opera in your life, it would most likely be Carmen.
When recently playing principal in...