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Professor of horn at Arizona State University

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Deep thoughts

On starting year 30 as a professional hornist

The fall semester of 2021 marks the beginning of my 21st year at Arizona State, my 25th year of full-time teaching, and my 30th year … Read More ›

Posted on August 10, 2021
Horn performance

The time to work on your breathing is now

One consequence of the pandemic has been practice has not been great, for a while. A consequence of that is our breathing has certainly become … Read More ›

Posted on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021
News

Updating Websites and More

This summer (2021) I had a long mental list of website updates and upgrades to do, and as of now have completed most of them. … Read More ›

Posted on July 12, 2021
News

Bringing things up to date, with a brand new website

Back in 1998 when I launched Horn Articles Online, I was on the cutting edge of another trend, the personal website. Back then it served … Read More ›

Posted on June 1, 2021June 26, 2021
News

The BIPOC composer quintet project

In ASU brass one of our goals in the time of COVID is to think in terms of possibilities, that there are ways to enhance … Read More ›

Posted on November 1, 2020August 5, 2021
Publications

The print books are back! And a brief production history of Horn Notes Edition publications

The headline is correct, seven books of mine that since 2018 have only been available in Kindle format are available again as print publications. On … Read More ›

Posted on July 12, 2019June 27, 2021
News

A Punto award, and 20 years of Horn Articles Online, a site that changed the horn world

To many readers it probably seems as if Horn Matters has always been there. A university horn student of today has not known a world … Read More ›

Posted on August 4, 2018June 27, 2021
Publications

Looking back at a year of publication sales, and looking ahead

Periodically it is a good idea to look back, take stock. Especially of your more enterprising things, is there a return on the investment? How … Read More ›

Posted on December 6, 2017June 27, 2021
Recordings

A few answers to questions on my Rescued! CD

A group of questions recently came in related to my Rescued! CD, released last year. The first answer has to do with the horn I … Read More ›

Posted on June 11, 2017June 26, 2021
Recitals

An epic 19th century horn and low brass recital

This coming week/weekend I will be performing an epic recital on 19th century instruments with Douglas Yeo, my wonderful trombone colleague these few past years … Read More ›

Posted on February 21, 2016June 26, 2021

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