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  • Classical Music: Why It Matters

    Classical Music: Why It Matters

    The importance of classical music, from Benjamin Zander’s TED Talk.

  • Lots of music, little time: Organizing Practice

    Lots of music, little time: Organizing Practice

    Learning lots of repertoire is par for the course for most working musicians, whether they are freelancers or members of a full-time ensemble. For lots of students entering the professional music world, though, this a new experience. It’s often a shock from school performances, where you’ll often work for a couple of months (or more)…

  • Stefan’s Big Secret

    Stefan’s Big Secret

    Stefan Dohr, principal horn of the Berlin Phil, had an interesting tidbit during his recent Horn Hangout.

  • Horn Shops and “Custom” Horns

    Horn Shops and “Custom” Horns

    John Ericson, of HornMatters.com recently visited the shop of Patterson Hornworks in Las Crusces, New Mexico, and posted a short blog article about his visit. If you’ve never been inside the shop of an active brass instrument maker (or good repair shop), this article is worth checking out for the pictures alone. It’s incredible to me what these craftspeople…

  • Learning: The Inner Game Method

    Learning: The Inner Game Method

    The Inner Game of Tennis is a great guide to learning as well as performance.

  • The Two Types of Technique

    For most brass players (and musicians) there are two different types of playing techniques.

  • RIP Barry Tuckwell

    The music (and horn) world lost a giant last week.

  • ScanScore Review: Scan and Edit Your Digital Music

    ScanScore Review: Scan and Edit Your Digital Music

    SmartScore is WIndows software designed to convert and edit sheet music to digital PDFs.

  • You Are What (and Who) You Listen To

    You Are What (and Who) You Listen To

    This year, pay more attention to what you listen to.

  • Make 2020 the Year of Mental Models

    Make 2020 the Year of Mental Models

    Mental models are one of the most efficient and effective ways to practice. Do more this year!