Tag: horn playing
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Pandemic Practice: Push Your Limits
With gigs and rehearsals being cancelled left and right, make sure you’re getting enough playing at your thresholds. Here are some ideas.
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Julie Landsman: Conn, Caruso, and Confidence
Julie Landsman is one of the most influential horn players and teachers today.
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Music, College, and COVID
If you’re a college music student (or will be soon), I hope you’ve read this article: An Impossible Choice: Music Majors, COVID-19, and an Uncertain Future. I’m a bit late to it (it was originally published on August 17), but the authors do a great job of distilling the mental and monetary calculations that have likely…
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All State: Plan Your Practice
Getting your Kentucky 2020 All-State music ready is a simple process. But like all processes, it starts off with a good plan!
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Julius Watkins and the French Horn in Jazz
A look at one of the first and most influential jazz horn players – Julius Watkins.
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Practice Hacks From Canadian Brass Trumpeter
Break out of your practice rut with this video of 8 great practice tips in 3 minutes!
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Quarantine Recital
A quarantine recital was a welcome (and rare) chance to perform for a “live” audience!
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Can Too Much Analysis Lead To Paralysis?
The idea that knowing “too much” can actually make you worse is not new for musicians. But is it true?
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Farkas Mouthpieces: Troubles and Alternates
The Holton-Farkas line of mouthpieces and the idea of “horn lips”.
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Finding the Hours
Being good is simple, but it’s not easy. Here’s the best way to make the time to be good.