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Midwest Clinic Roundup
As promised, here are some summary thoughts on last week’s Midwest Clinic. Prior to leaving for Chicago, I listed some basic goals I wanted to meet while at the conference. Check out some other clinics Attend the CSO Brass concert Exhibits, Exhibits, Exhibits Attend Concerts Reconnect with friends and colleagues Update my blog I’m happy… Read More ›
Midwest Clinic Update, Part 4
Here is the final part in my series on this year’s Midwest Clinic (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3). I plan to post some summary comments next week once I’ve had time to process everything a bit more, but this will be the last update while I’m actually at the conference. My wife and… Read More ›
Midwest Clinic Update, Part 3
Here’s part 3 of my Midwest Clinic update (read Part 1 and Part 2). As with the previous two days, day three was packed with lots of activities, including my own presentation on Stopped and Muted horn. The first event I attended was a standing-room-only performance by the Boston Brass. This group always sounds fantastic,… Read More ›
Midwest Clinic Update, Part 2
Here’s a brief update from Day 2 of the Midwest Clinic. My Day 1 update can be found here. I started the day by attending a morning concert by the Chicago Brass Band, a British-style group who have won several national awards (image above linked from their website). The more I listen to brass bands… Read More ›
Midwest Clinic Update, Part 1
Greetings from The Midwest Clinic! If you’ve been following my blog, you know that I’m in Chicago this week attending the conference, and I hope to provide some daily updates to my readers on the various happenings here. I arrived in Chicago yesterday, and was greeted by the sign to the left in the baggage… Read More ›
Headed to the Midwest Clinic
This week I’m headed to Chicago for the 65th Annual Midwest Clinic, one of the largest music education conferences in the world (image at left linked from the Midwest Clinic website). This being my first Midwest Clinic, I’m very excited about taking in all the sights and sounds, as well as presenting a clinic titled… Read More ›
Monday Video: Stopped Horn
As a supplement to an upcoming presentation on stopped horn at the 65th annual Midwest Clinic, I put together this brief video summarizing some of the main points about stopped horn technique. The video is meant to accompany a handout and exercises, which you can download from the Midwest Clinic’s clinician page. One note about… Read More ›
Stopped Horn Excerpts, Part 2
In part 2 of this series on stopped horn excerpts, we’ll look at a few more orchestral works which feature prominent stopped horn parts, as well as an excerpt from the band literature. In part 1 we focused on solo excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol and Rachmaninov’s The Rock , but in this post we’ll… Read More ›
Stopped Horn Excerpts, Part 1
Lately I’ve been looking quite a bit at excerpts from the orchestral repertoire which feature stopped horn, either in solos or tutti passages. Over the next two posts I’ll be discussing a few of them in some detail, and sharing a list of several other works which call for either stopped or muted horn. The… Read More ›
