horn teaching

“I didn’t have time to practice this week, I had too much to do.” It’s an excuse that everyone who has been teaching for more than 15 minutes has heard. It’s also an excuse that almost everyone who has played an instrument for more than a week has made. But […]

No Time To Practice

17 Apr, 2019 in Horn tagged first world problems / horn playing / horn practice / horn problems / horn teaching / horn technique / practice / productivity by Colin Dorman (updated 20 days ago)

Deciding on a college is stressful, no matter what your major is going to be. Especially if you have multiple schools offering competing scholarships. John Ericson over at HornMatters.com has written a great article about two things to consider when you’re finalizing your college choice: Being pushed to respond to […]

Deciding On A College? 2 Things To Consider

3 Apr, 2019 in Horn tagged college / first world problems / horn problems / horn teaching by Colin Dorman (updated 20 days ago)

As I write this, it’s just after the yearly Solo and Ensemble festival for my students, and so, of course, I just stumbled across an excellent resource for next year! The Kumamoto Horn Ensemble (KHE) The Kumamoto Horn Ensemble has been an active horn ensemble for almost 20 years, and […]

Top-Notch Resource for Any Horn Ensemble

27 Mar, 2019 in Horn tagged horn ensemble / horn playing / horn practice / horn teaching / music by Colin Dorman (updated 24 days ago)

My Top Podcasts for 2016 — It’s no secret that I may have a podcast problem. One new podcast that may be of interesting to music teachers and music educators that I’ve recently come across is the Music On Purpose podcast, with host Bryan Crisp. Bryan is a trumpet player in northern Kentucky and has an […]

New Podcast for Music Education

13 Mar, 2019 in Horn tagged horn teaching / podcast / practice by Colin Dorman (updated 41 days ago)

In years of working with students on the horn, one of the most difficult concepts to teach (at least for me), has been the idea of musical phrasing. I imagine that this is (at least in part) because getting a strong set of fundamentals took me so long. I don’t […]

Teaching Musical Interpretation: Learn, Listen, Count

27 Feb, 2019 in Horn tagged horn playing / horn practice / horn problems / horn teaching / horn technique / music / practice / recording by Colin Dorman (updated 60 days ago)

Intonation. Almost everyone who has played any instrument with flexible intonation has been told that they are out-of-tune. In some of the middle and high school bands I work with, the director will go up and down the rows with a tuner, telling students that they are flat or sharp, […]

How Important Is Intonation? It Depends.

30 Jan, 2019 in Horn tagged horn playing / horn practice / horn teaching / music / orchestra / orchestra music / practice / rehearsal by Colin Dorman (updated 105 days ago)

Seth Godin’s blogs and podcasts have been a relatively frequent topic on this blog (and they’ll probably continue to be in the future), but his Akimbo podcast episode from October 10, 2018 really stuck with me. Entitled “You’re It”, this episode has the overarching theme of how the internet has […]