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Wiseman horn case empty — So, it finally happened. I have long lusted after a fancy and very cleverly-designed Wiseman horn case. Although there has been a tiny renaissance of horn cases over the past 15 years or so, with lots of different case designs from companies like Marcus Bonna, Protec, Cardocase, and quite a […]

Wiseman Horn Case Review

17 Oct, 2018 in Horn tagged horn case / horn equipment / horn playing / triple horn by Colin Dorman (updated 11 days ago)

classical musician performance anxiety — An interesting blog post over on BulletProofMusician.com takes a look at the difference in levels of performance anxiety between traditionally-trained classical musicians and musicians in other genres. The blog article looks at two different studies. One study by British researchers used 244 musicians, of which about half were classical musicians […]

Performance Anxiety: Classical vs. Pop Musicians

3 Oct, 2018 in Horn tagged horn playing / horn practice / horn problems / horn teaching / orchestra / orchestra music / practice by Colin Dorman (updated 32 days ago)

Every year the University of Louisville puts on a clinic to help high school players around the state with the All-State etudes. Each instrument has its own instructor (usually the University professor for that instrument), but this week the UofL brass faculty are doing a tour of Japan, so I […]

2018 KY All-State Horn Clinic Notes

26 Sep, 2018 in Horn tagged all state / horn playing / horn practice / horn teaching / horn technique / kentucky all state / practice by Colin Dorman

Although it seems like the school year just started a few weeks ago, this a pretty crucial time for the rest of your semester (and year). To me, it seems, that these next few weeks determine how the rest of your school year will go. For students here in Kentucky […]

A Single Habit Now Can Save You Lots of Stress ...

26 Sep, 2018 in Horn tagged horn playing / horn practice / kentucky all state / practice / productivity by Colin Dorman (updated 35 days ago)

This time of year, most students (or at least most of my students) are beginning to work more diligently on their All-State music. While July and August are taken up with marching band camps and some intense after-school rehearsals, by the end of September most schools are doing at least […]

Practice Roadblocks? 2 Quick Fixes to Try First!

19 Sep, 2018 in Horn tagged all state / horn playing / horn practice / horn teaching / horn technique / practice by Colin Dorman (updated 47 days ago)

A doctoral dissertation by tubist Golden Lund from the University of Nebraska takes a look at one of the biggest challenges facing any perspective orchestral player – audition preparation. In his document, he examines how different (successful) teachers prepare their students for auditions – looking for similarities and differences that […]

3 Famous Tuba Players Talk Audition Preparation

12 Sep, 2018 in Horn tagged all state / horn playing / horn practice / horn teaching / orchestra / practice by Colin Dorman (updated 65 days ago)

be your own motor — It’s been about a month since my last blog post mentioning Seth Godin, so it’s about time to bring him up again. This blog post from August 1 of this year sums up one of the biggest casualties from our increasingly reactive environment: self-motivation. Many things we do now put […]

Be Your Own Motor

5 Sep, 2018 in Horn tagged horn playing / horn practice / horn teaching / practice / smartphone by Colin Dorman (updated 69 days ago)

It looks like Julie Landsman is making the rounds to all sorts of different musical blogs, and her insights continue to be both interesting and energizing! A few weeks ago I posted about several different interviews that Julie Landsman has done – two different Horn Hangouts with Sarah Willis, an […]

Another [Great] Julie Landsman Interview!

29 Aug, 2018 in Horn tagged horn playing / horn practice / horn teaching / horn technique / podcast / practice by Colin Dorman (updated 82 days ago)