Thoughts on Teaching and Playing the Horn
Back in 2014 I posted about this excellent resource by Eli Epstein. Here s a brief quote to summarize that article and the recording: Eli recently contacted me to announce that this fantastic recording is now available in a remastered version on Spotify, Apple Music, Medianet/Audible, Pandora, Qobuz, Tidal and YouTube Music (see below). These recordings [ ]
This past summer I had the opportunity to record an album of works by Gina Gillie, a composer and horn player who is becoming increasingly familiar in the horn world! The recording is titled Cantabile: Music for Horn with Clarinet and Piano by Gina Gillie, and it is available through MSR Classics at their website, [ ]
Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with the students at Berry College in Rome, Georgia about performing music for brass and electronics. The presentation was part of a recital tour to Georgia, including visits to Dalton State College and Berry College. Unfortunately, the tour had to be cut short because of the arrival of [ ]
The horn community is full of creative and productive individuals, and it can be difficult to keep track of all the wonderful books, articles, recordings, compositions, and other contributions out there. Recently, Dr. Ricardo Matosinhos sent me an advance copy of his new recording, Hornscapes, for review. The album was recorded in Mindezell, Germany as [ ]
You may have noticed in these recent Middle and High School All-State videos that I m no longer playing my trusty Yamaha 671 or a Yamaha 668II. Last spring I had the opportunity to order a Yamaha 871 directly from their factory. This is their custom Geyer model, and while it does share a lot of [ ]
Now that the busyness of the semester has started to settle down, I ve had a chance to work on a few other projects. One of them is new recordings of the upcoming 2024-2025 All-State etudes for both middle and high school horn players in Louisiana. While there have long been high school All-State bands (and [ ]
This fall I was fortunate to be able to go on a brief recital tour, performing the same program three times in one week at the University of Louisiana Monroe, Arkansas State University, and the University of Central Arkansas. Videos from the final performance at UCA can be found at the end of this post. [ ]
It’s been a while since I posted anything here, but I recently received three excellent publications for review from Legacy Horn Experience, https://www.legacyhornexperience.com/. LHE was created by Steve Lewis, who, as he mentions on the About page, is not “the” Steve Lewis of S.W. Lewis Horns. Rather, this company sells a variety of horn-related items [ ]
Here are some videos from a recital a few months ago, Lyrical Works for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano on October 13 on the ULM campus. Presented as part of our local orchestra s chamber music series, this was a fun concert to program and put together with my colleagues Scot Humes on clarinet and Richard Seiler [ ]
This blog isn t dead, just taking an extended hiatus! Since taking over as Publications Editor for the International Horn Society in the summer of 2020, my contributions on this site have been reduced considerably. However, the following material, given as a joint presentation with Marilyn Bone Kloss at the 54th International Horn Symposium, seemed like [ ]