A Fortuitous Meeting

A couple of weeks ago, I had the great fortune to meet with Runar Tajford of the Brazz Brothers, in NYC. We had a great time! I was able to comp Runar to a concert with Quinsin Nachoff’s group, (which actually is very close to the Brazz Brothers in orchestration...

Further thoughts regarding Volume Two

As I progress with formatting this new volume, some decisions will need to be made. Should there even be a hard copy version, or should it only be available as a .pdf? Since there will be several audio and video examples, should there be an accompanying DVD, or only...

Exercises for Jazz French Horn, Volume II

For a few years now, I’ve been putting together some new exercises, new ideas, and new approaches to practicing the exercises.  I’d also like to have a chance to explain in more detail how to practice them.   The book isn’t formatted...

The value of circular breathing

Here’s a video of the exercise number 4.1 from “Exercises for Jazz French Horn” I have a plan to make some more and better quality videos showing other exercises and playing actual musical phrases.  I won’t go into teaching how to do it,...

Some great blogs!

Here are 4 blogs I highly recommend.  Do you know of some others I’ve missed?  I’d love to know about them!  Enjoy! Abe Mamet’s blog documenting his research into Julius Watkins and more; this includes links to some fantastic videos...