2017-2018 All-State Etudes (+Recordings and Tips) 2
It’s almost August, which means that it’s time to start preparing for All-State (once band camp is finished, that is)! To make things a bit easier, hopefully, I’ve made recordings […]
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Electronic Music Readers – iPads, Android, and More
As both a classical musician and a fan of technology, I’m always looking for ways to combine these two to improve both my playing and my teaching. Since I destroyed […]
New French Horn Boot Camp Page: Fingering Charts
It’s been a bit long in coming, but I’ve finally added a new post to my French Horn Boot Camp series – this time I’ve covered fingering charts. Things I’ve […]
The Theory Behind Stopping The Horn
In honor of releasing his newest CD, “No Limits”, Frank Lloyd has put together three different videos describing his playing and I thought his video about hand-stopping was quite interesting. […]
MuseScore + IMSLP = OpenScore
A new project and Kickstarter recently announced by Edward Guo, founder of IMSLP and Thomas Bonte, CEO and co-founder of MuseScore, aims to take music into the digital age with […]
Why You Should Make Purposeful Mistakes In Practice
One of my biggest breakthroughs in my horn playing came around a decade ago when I was studying with a great horn player and teacher that I’ll simply call Mr. P. […]
Moosewood Mouthpieces: Closed
Some sad news for all sorts of French horn players – Moosewood Mouthpieces seems to be out of business for good. Moosewood Mouthpieces has been in business since 1990 and […]
