Horn Thoughts

One of my passions is music, I play the french horn in a number of amateur ensembles. I've been contributing to a couple of horn mailing lists for several years. In that time, I've written reams of advice and comment, and I think it is about time I tried to put it all together. So starting from today I'm going to put together some of my better pieces on this blog so that I can more easily refer to them and so you can comment on them.

Thursday, 17 December 2009

John Williams and Star Wars

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Been busy with the day job and haven't had much time to play anything lately. I've decided that while I'm slaving over a hot key...
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Wednesday, 9 December 2009

Accompanying in concertos

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Hounslow Symphony Orchestra had their autumn concert last weekend. One of the pieces we played was the Hummel Trumpet Concerto, with Hilmar ...
Monday, 7 December 2009

Christopher Irvin on composing his horn concerto

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Christopher Irvin has just finished the first draft of the concerto, the third movement is in the post to me. Now all I have to do is get is...
Sunday, 1 November 2009

A new horn concerto!

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I'm all excited! Following the success of Sea Breeze, Christopher Irvin has agreed to write a horn concerto. For me! Hopefully I can get...
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Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Sea Breeze - getting a new work to its first performance

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Be nice to composers! Composing music is hard work, and I have the greatest of respect for those who do it. It is a kind of creativity I jus...
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Monday, 26 October 2009

Music teaching in the UK

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Over on Horn Matters, Bruce Hembd has put up an article about transposition . In the course of the comments, I've discovered something I...
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Saturday, 24 October 2009

Why I decided not to be a professional musician

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I've loved music almost as long as I can remember. I started having piano lessons when I was 5, with a delightfully kind and gentle teac...
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