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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:14:03 -0800

So You Want to be a Professional Hornist?
{Disclaimer: The below is very basic information and not intended to be the right thing for any individual person. We are all different and need different thoughts and techniques to reach the goals we seek. I believe that every music school should...
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:46:50 -0800

Backstage: Angels Seen on High
During Arizona Opera productions I like to regress to the green room of symphony hall to relax. During an intermission break at...
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Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:50:39 -0800

Review/NHR: Chegg.com
For a student in college, one of the most costly, incidental expenses can be textbooks. If enrolled in a music history and...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:41:58 -0800

The Changing Selectivity of American Colleges

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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:26:28 -0800

Again With The Airline Restrictions
If there were ever an issue that musicians’ unions, service organizations, and artist managers see eye to eye, it is the need for reasonable measures that allow musicians to bring their instruments on board the aircraft when traveling for business...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:23:56 -0800

Making art in the now world -- latimes.com
"What it means to be an artist today -- where do we start on that one?" muses Ed Ruscha , almost nonplused. Finally, the soft-spoken art veteran decides : "It means facing a lot of information that's going to be very difficult to take in and swallow...
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Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:57:45 -0800

Random Monday: The Last of 2009
And so, after a period of hiatus I have returned. Over the past few weeks, I have been making major adjustments to my life and...
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Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:47:12 -0800

Tweets Dec 16-21, 2009
If you think you are a great musician, or think you suck, both ways mess up your ability to progress. Some of your best practicing is when you are not trying to accomplish anything. Getting your head on right before playing is the hardest part. I kid...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:06:01 -0800

Kenton: A Merry Christmas
One of the all-time great Christmas albums is A Merry Christmas by Stan Kenton. Recorded in 1961 at the peak of a classic...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:49:32 -0800

Can't get you out of my head
Sometimes songs get 'stuck in our head'. In German, this experience is known as having an 'earworm' and a new study shortly to be published in the British Journal of Psychology surveyed the typical features of this common phenomenon. What...
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Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:13:44 -0800

New Book: Improv Games for One Player by Jeffrey Agrell
Back at the 2009 Southeast Horn Workshop I purchased a copy of the recent book by hornist Jeffrey Agrell, Improvisation Games...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:11:14 -0800

A Bright Note Before Christmas
Following a series of setbacks that might have been the beginning of the end for other groups, the Charlotte Symphony is less than $100,000 away from its goal of raising $1.77 million by the end of 2009. The fundraising success follows the appointment of...
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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:34:13 -0800

New Book: The Efficient Approach by Richard Deane
Richard Deane is Third Horn in the Atlanta Symphony and also teaches at the Brevard Music Center over the summers. He has just...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:06:33 -0800

Character Study
Typically I take classes as a way to maintain and improve my skills, and I look to the professor or instructor as the primary guiding influence. However, recently, a studio acting class I'm in regularly took an interesting turn. This time around I was...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:03:16 -0800

John Williams and Star Wars
Been busy with the day job and haven't had much time to play anything lately. I've decided that while I'm slaving over a hot keyboard, I'm going to listen my way though the whole of my music collection. It'll take quite some while!The most recent...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:57:27 -0800

Andrew joins one of great orchestras
French horn player Andrew Maher, 28, has secured a permanent post with the Hallé. Andrew's remarkable talent prompted Plymouth Music Accord (PMA) to get him ... See all stories on this topic
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:22:44 -0800

How We Learn. New Insights
"For much of the last century, educators and many scientists believed that children could not learn math at all before the age of five, that their brains simply were not ready. But recent research has turned that assumption on its head -- that, and a...
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:38:16 -0800

Alphorn Video: Mnozil Brass
A reader (thank you!) sent a link to the video below, which features Gerhard Füssl on alphorn with Mnozil Brass. He is a...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:18:27 -0800

Mirafone presents Deskants and Tubens
A regular reader (thank you!) sent a tip on a link to a recent episode of the Wilderworld podcast. This one features a...
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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:30:02 -0800

The Arts | The baritone who forgot his pants, and other crazy classical music stories of 2009 | Seattle Times Newspaper

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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:09:30 -0800

What is a Brand and is Yours a Good One?
What is the first thing you think of when the company Coca-Cola is mentioned—how about Apple or Mercedes? These are all strong brands that have distinct images associated with them. As a musician you also have a brand. You, Inc. means something to...
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:11:22 -0800

Twas the Three Service Day Before Christmas and More Notes on The Nutcracker
Toward the end of December one tradition for many orchestral players is at least one three service day before Christmas. I just...
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Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:16:21 -0800

NHR: What is up with Baritone Treble Clef Parts?
We get questions that are not always horn related and in the fall I had a question about baritone treble clef parts. I believe...
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:09:19 -0800

Lawson on Lacquer and on Freezing
I was recently pointed to the Lawson Horns website looking for some information in their print publications on trying...
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Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:46:07 -0800

Choosing an Artist French Horn
A small publication that has been on a shelf in my office for years and years is Choosing an Artist French Horn by Louis Stout....
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