Jermey said the comment about Felix horns being lightweight was off, way off?
Hmm
Well, I will still say they are lightweight and they blow that
way(quick response at ppp, lots of feel in the hands) . The gauge of metal in
the slides, bell (Meinl?) is a bit thinner than a Rauch, Conn. It
I screwed up his spelling so much i will post the complete details here as I
have recieved SO many inquries, man I wish I made commision on this!
Cantesanu Horns
phone, 202 640 0719
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
have not checked if he has a website, but his buinsess card did not indicate
one.
all the best,
Happy to provide some feedback.thats what the internet is for!!
1. Concerts (one day) that I saw were great. Best had to be the chamber music
work by Doug Hill, it was jazzy, modern, killer (good) horn part and fun. I
will perform this soon!!
2. Hi like the Cantesteu horns for the their
I am not much of a groupie, but I thought I would post this...
he was up at Univ. of Wis.
nice mix and great tune.
He scored a gig at University of Michigan and left the Philly orchestra...
he can't be more than 35 years old.
you tube
http://youtube.com/watch?v=h-4ZGfj23zs
Matthew
While very basic, the assessments of skills is the knowledge that the student
can get around on the instrument sufficiently. 3 octave F Major concert scale
slurred, 3 octave F Major arpeggio slurred, even tone, good tone, smooth
slurs, good rhythm and no missed notes. Ability to sing notes
I spent a few hours at Mr. Hatch's house trying a couple of his horns. They are
well made and
play great. He was kind enough to just let me play on them for a hour or two. I
remember the horns having very even scale and intonation, great high range and
a concentrated focused low range. The horn
Jill,
The reason you don't hear much about this concerto on
this list is these guys are not premiering it. Any
disdain for Carter's music is just poor taste, while
that Carter taste truly is acquired!!
Carter's music is hard to digest, even for my ears.
Xenakis is another composer with tough
Use the Double Horn as one instrument regardless of
which side you use more.
There are some determining factors that may influence
your choice at any given moment or any given note or
series of notes together.
1. Sound
2. Register
3 Projection requirements
4. Blending
5. Intonation
6.
A Cultural Superiority complex can be a common theme
among some Europeans and Musicians. The few that
practice this form of bigotry do believe old days were
better, the world will end when they die and the world
is going to shit in a handbag.
Some Americans do not take much offense to it,
Great playing by many Russian orchestras and horn
sections throughout the years. They have the ability
to play with so much expression and flare, then bury
everything in their path. I think that says more than
the boring, safe playing I hear from so many
professional horn sections and players
Right on Jeremy, I agree.
Shit, these days if you are excited about anything,
people will beat you down. Just be boring, clinical,
stand offish ( that means an Asshole), take NO
chances, and do not say anything that may offend the
ultra sensitive; hey you might get into that club of
the Ultra
Kick ass opening night by the NY Philharmonic. Myers
was great and the section sounded amazing.
I sure would NOT want to be the assistant horn,
sitting there not playing ANYTHING throughout the most
amazing Dvorak symphony ever. Yes folks, this is the
best Dvorak symphony ever. Poor usage of
Any interesting stories?
I just heard myself playing with orchestra on the
radio the other day. Driving along, a beautiful sunny
pre-fall day, I had not been listening to music much
lately because too much nightly performing. Just
turned on the stereo, and ... bam ,hole in one... I
wonder what
In Broadway music, the horn writing requires stopped
horn very often, more often than any orchestral music
or opera. Also, much modern music uses stopped horn.
The show I am playing right now has at least 15
different places for stopped horn. There is NO way to
use a stop mute for this writing
Answered my own questionremembered it wrongit
is a dotted quarter rest!!so the triplet 16th is
right. I had learned it back when I very first started
playing horn (in high school), and I learned it wrong.
My apologizes to Dennisand anyone else.
Matthew
, but I was
wondering if this was either an oversight on Dennis's
part, or a misprint. It sounds great with the triplet,
I even might do it no matter what, but I was curious
to hear anyone with some facts.
Matthew Scheffelman
be
done on the F horn. Kids are much smarter than many
give credit for.
John Cerminaro played on Bb in youth, he did not have
too many worries in his career.
Matthew Scheffelman
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the
writing on the wall.
Start working your way through the Schantl etudes.
They start off VERY moderate (eight measures at a
time, much less than 5 minutes), but in the horn
style, which is your goal.
Best of luck,
Matthew Scheffelman
Not much anywhere.Someone needs to go to Russia
and do some indepth work
Victor Ewald was born in St. Petersburg in 1860 and
died there in 1935. He studied engineering and from
1895 to 1915 was a professor at the Institute of Civil
Engineering.
Ewald played cello and horn and took part
Summer time, ah summer time .
What big name stars?MCs are doing big gigs in the
summer? Most people are on some sort of vacation,
which more of the world needs to do..give a break to
resources.
I am sorry you did like the concerts...The 4th of July
shows are tough on the performers and the
Valerie,
You listed all the different things you practice. You
put repertoire last.
Most other instruments use a series of musical pieces
to help build ones level, not just etudes and
excercies . Learning trills is not such a big deal on
most instruments. Now that I think about it, it is not
Hans...that will be a great feat indeedI look
forward to the video...!!!
Pikes Peakis my personal highest,.drove up in
the winter (little snow). Windy as all heck
Matthew
TV dinner still
Dear Loren,
Your debate is typical in many venues. Which god is
the right one, or even valid? Is a cockroach, worms,
insects food? The list goes on and on, but it comes
down to so-called culture rather than Innate
human-earth truth.
Matthew
[Loren] If this is true, and we would like to think it
tune perfect intervals on the horn (what horn
player would not?), but with some vibrations to make
up for the imperfection of the piano. I find Steinway
are the easiest to make sympathetic vibrations with.
Matthew Scheffelman
original message:
I once had a discussion like this with my brother who
Most common intonational woes are NOT caused by the
poor musicianship of horn players performing atonal
music. To suggest such is absurd. Nice excuse. HA
I would say horrible listening skills ( see below!!!),
lack of attention to pitch, and the lack of quality in
many wind ensembles playing
to Red
RocksI have a Brandenburg that night
JeezI hope Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms goes
Platinum!!! It deserves a couple.
Matthew Scheffelman
Howard Sanner wrote,
How do they define a serious student? Around here it
seems that
music lessons are rarely more than a stop
Kendall,
Actually, Bjork to my ears is great. Her band was
unrefined, yes i agree, but I liked that, kind of like
a atonal wind up music box. Her movie Dancer in the
Dark was a beautiful piece. She starred and sang all
the music.
Yes, that comment was a bit misunderstood, I am
looking forward
Competition should not be used as a factor in deciding
which music school to attend. Only how far a you want
to take your playing should be your concern. What you
have to offer as a horn player means more than winning
or losing.
As for choosing a school,
Teacher then... location, location,
In response to the guy talking horn trash.
I know your extreme jealous rant about conductors was
tongue in cheek (or something special in your mouth
...HA LOL), but i doubt that helped anyone with their
decision on buying their next 9,000 USD WonderHorn. Or
did it?
Try these two subjects.
right in orchestras, we can continue to move forward
with good musicianship.
Matthew Scheffelman
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the Interstellar Call. I think it
is a great competition piece.
Buy the score, it is worth every penny. 50USD for one
part is worth it. I have yet to be able to afford it,
but at some point I want to own it. I have looked
through the score and it is great.
Matthew Scheffelman
First off, if you can get movedtry to do it. If
it is that bad you may need to politely demand it. If
the percussion is so loud behind you, you may not be
able to hear yourselves at all anyways.
Earplugs would be solution if the above does not
work. There is no real trick to playing with
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjSBQl38
very informative. I found this link on the Trumpet
forum.
Matthew
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this is the correct link
very informative. I found this link on the Trumpet
forum.
Matthew
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Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news
Right now I do not see one simple answer to that
question. You have to have a balance of both to be a
soloist and a good chamber musician.
Here are a few brainstorms... i hope others will
participate
Musically, it would depend on the particular voice at
any given moment in a piece.
I was curious that I might had been right when I said
to myself there is something seriously wrong with
this whole argument. I was right. I went back over
Farkas's book today, the Art of French Horn Playing
and found not one reference to a demand for a flat
chin or anything of the nature.
To Phil.whoa there big guy... we are talking horn
here ,not trumpet. To defend his methods, err.. system
would be baseless on this list. We are only pointing
out the comparables and lack of, towards horn. This
whole discussion arises out of a young (older person)
player who found a great tool
Wendell,
Any debate can get heatedI am not P.C. in my
remarks because I do not have too. The big confusion
seems to be the fact this is a trumpet teacher, who
includes horn teachers and players in their critic of
methodology.
It is fine Wendell if you don't like my style of
disagreement (
I will try to answer a few
He uses 3rd valve for fourth line D, better intonation
on his Alex Bb than 12. I am sure some more familer
with a single Bb will comment. That is a horn I want
to own in the future maybe when I have money to
have a collection.
His embouchure is quite
Methodology is not saying a little here, maybe not
there maybe this, not that. Methodology is also not
repeating what most great teachers explain, but with
the caveat that this may not work for you, or it may,
maybe.
The point many seem to miss is that with horn players,
all get to the desired
and chalk it up to the greed of our time.
Matthew Scheffelman
Horn Professor, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins
Principal Horn, Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Rocky Ridge Music Festival
horn
Cheap talk
think he was moved by other emotions
of sound.
Curiously, he had the gift of Synesthesia. I think
that fact alone may explain much of his sound palate.
Matthew Scheffelman
Horn
Don't pick lemons.
See all the new
printed a bunch in Both concert pitch
( c alto sucks in chromatic) and horn in F. I played
it a few times in the Dominican Republic, they had a
set of the horn in F parts
Our orchestra has a set in concert pitch.
Let me know,
Matthew Scheffelman
Principal Horn, Colorado Springs Philharmonic
I understand the rental parts for this is Boosy-
Hawks, Lucks would be renting out a old handwritten
Kalmus versiondoes not sound legal to me.
Yes, get to writing, more like get to erasing...the
last person to use this set wrote in every note above,
below, in the staff, around the staff.. I
I am up late after a Brahms rehearsal, playing on the
Internet, not really paying attention to the TV
Tony Soprano says to one of his guys...You lie like I
play the French Horn
Funny!! I thought I would share.
Matthew
..no more. You should
never need to practice more than that, straight...no
need and then in performance you will need to warm up
more than needed.
Matthew Scheffelman
Principal Horn, Colorado Springs Philharmonic
csphilharmonic.org
Horn Professor, CSU, Fort Collins
they did not choose the Horn!! HA
Matthew Scheffelman
Principal Horn, Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Horn Professor, CSU, Fort Collins Colorado
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I like to use headphones when I am layering,
doubling/3x/4x myself , tutti horn never sounded
better. I have done a few commercials which required
this.
Where are all the studio horn players in LA? I would
like to hear their input on larger ensemble work.
Great playing Marc.you are becoming quite the horn
player
Matthew Scheffelman
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computer. The trumpet may set the intonation of a
orchestra, but the horns are the soul
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I have a question. Would one of the variables of the
spectrum have to do with the Microphone one uses? I
would asume the quality of microphone would affect the
spectrum,especially for a horn note, wildly.
Matthew
Here in the foothills outside Denver Colorado, we have
had a snow storm almost every week from the week
before Christmas until this past week. I have had up
to 3 feet out side my house, then another foot almost
every week after that. I played golf the first and
second weeks in December...then we
Thanks for the heads up on this centennial. I was
looking for something to perform this spring...this
will be great as I like Wilder.
Does anyone here have experience with the three
sonatas and suite??
If so, what are they like? Which are the strongest?
Any descriptions would be great as I
I happen to have this piano score out today.
Son Bouche from Big Rehearsal #17 for 5 measures.
Next measure is ouvert.
I noticed nothing out of the norm with the bass clef.
There is a misprint in my piano score with treble clef
to bass clef though.
all the best,
Matthew Scheffelman
and a couple of horn quartets for students to perform
with.
I will even offer a couple of mountain bike tours if
you would like ( I am a expert ranked mountain biker
NORBA). I will be learning to fly fish this year as
well!! It will be a fun summer!!
all the best,
Matthew Scheffelman
Principal Horn
myself with the new
ones I come up with everyday.
Be careful with tricks, magic, smokesceens and snake
oil
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this is a
trait I can pass on to my students and my colleagues.
Peace, Love and Joy,
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A link to a great article by Jon Boen, Solo horn with
the Lyric Opera Chicago. Thought you all might enjoy.
http://polyphonic.org/article.php?id=97
Great job Jon Boen, and nice article
Matthew Scheffelman
Principal Horn, Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Horn Professor, CSU, Fort Collins
US Customs is also being run by Homeland Security, at
least ports and borders are being run under the
homeland security umbrella.
So Hans, maybe it was a import/export issue?
Apparently, all personal shipments that have a value
over a certain amount must have validation, inlcuding
social
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I have seen a couple Conn horns with the rose coloring
peeling. I have also heard this is true from
repairmen.
Now, maybe Conn changed their process in the last few
years? I know that people had these problems in the
early 2000, or late 90s.
Matthew
experience
with them, other than Schmid's analysis, which is
always seems spot on, but I was curious as to other
opinions from our breathen and sisters.
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I am not sponsored by them sure looks like it
though
Their website has some pretty sick looking graphs that
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Matthew Scheffelman
Principal Horn, Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Horn Professor, Colorado State University, Fort
Bear,
I would not limit yourself to one note, or a
sustained one note passage.
Push the limit of the horn and the player there is
no reason why a horn player should not be able to play
anything possible in the mind for the instrument.
unless you are writing for a community player, or
older
piece
Matthew Scheffelman
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,but they do not believe all illness is mental
because they do believe in virus, bacteria cancer etc.
Wrap your head around that.
By the way, the invention of the distillery is
directly responsible for the increase in lifespans in
humans.
Matthew Scheffelman
horn
Leclerc,
Par monts et par vaux
Eric Ewazen
Frost Fire
J.S.Bach
From the Art of the Fugue, Contrapunctus IX
among others,
if you are in the area, come out and listen...
Matthew Scheffelman, horn
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perform it? If the student fails to gather the proper
forces( strings), it is my duty to help them make the
best possible performance with piano...
Matthew Scheffelman
Horn Professor, CSU, Fort Collins
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is not the best location
to talk about subtle ways of phrasing different pieces
of music, it seems an easy enough place to discuss the
vague and sometimes quite relevant worlds of equipment
and sound.
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have personal meaning for the
collective orchestra. Contrasting this with a old
school conductor who chooses programs within his/her
comfort zone, and missing what the collective
orchestra might connect with more readily.
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Farkas played an 8D too.
Matthew
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different size bells or leadpipes etc..,
Anyways, enjoy,
Matthew Scheffelman
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Hans,
I believe the problems you mention have more to do
with the nature of profiling potential terror threats
and just profiling generally in our modern
politically correct culture than anything else.
While I do not agree with Israel, they profile
effectively and swiftly to avert potential
you
pass through security is good on-board, because
nothing larger than 4 oz is allowed through
security... got it? Ya I know wording is
everything.
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Are they the James Chambers orchestral excerpt books?
I do not know how many volumes it is, but teachers
were known to give out the complete set as a gift to
students.
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think of an
Assistant Horn position as another Principal without
knowing the difference( or unless they are told). Most
modern Assistants are not low level students, or
lessor players, they can and do, fill any position in
the section, besides the role of supporting the
principal.
Matthew Scheffelman
tweak the links to make
sure they are in perfect alignment.
With any mass produced horn, you will need to make
some adjustments to fit your playing, taste and feel.
Don't feel bad about having to do work to a new horn,
even custom hand made horns need to be tweaked to suit
a player.
Matthew
to string. That
means, drilling into the lower plate, ect..not for me.
If anyone has their old part, let me know. I would
like to acquire the lever too, but the links and
whatever else would be most important and great. We
can work out a prce.
thanks in advance,
Matthew Scheffelman
it and deal with sending it back and forth. I really
hate sending horns around.
Matthew Scheffelman
Principal Horn, Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Horn Professor, CSU, Fort Collins CO
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what a beautiful day here...practicing
outside with my new horn is a joy in this weather. I
hope everyone is enjoying this finish of summer
days!!!
Matthew Scheffelman
Horn
!!! in the positive) harpsichordist added
kettle drums, and amazing horn calls. We had so much
fun..You have not heard harpsichord until you hear
Kenneth CooperI looked forward to those two
rehearsals and two concerts of #1 and # 3 than most
other things throughout the year.
have fun,
Matthew Scheffelman
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Beta Blockers are Illegal in the Olympics as well as
other World Class sporting events. I think I had read
that Beta-Blockers had been used to steady the nerves
of sharp-shooters.
This thread has beed played out. Lets pass it in.
Stewart wrote,
BTW many professional athletes use Beta Blockers
have to. I practice outside
in public places... it helps and it may sound better
than a small dry room.
I know it is not enough to hear someone say, prepare
better, do yoga and meditation, but all these things
can and well help you at the moment when you need it
most.
Good Luck!!!
Matthew
, rather than a mechanical perspective. Using
singing and vocal concepts tend to keep too many
mechanical ideas from clogging the mind, even for the
most challenged of students!!
Matthew Scheffelman
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seemed like overkill and a waste
of resources( it was all made of petrol/synthetic
products and had a toxic smell).
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easily and well, but now the
extreme works are mostly easy and the standard are
easier than ever. Extreme works like, JS Bach Cantata
105 ( herr, gehe nicht ins gericht) Domenica 9 post
Trinitas;
enjoy music,
Matthew Scheffelman
Assistant Professor of Horn
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
John sent this link to me, it is great!!!
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hope all is well,
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in one episode while they play in the 4th of July band
for the lighting of the worlds largest black snake
which needs to be blown up with the worlds largest
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or great teachers. It is logical that more
and more great women horn players will rise in the
ranks to the top orchestras and then, to the top
positions.
I am happy to hear about great players getting the
great jobs.
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I thought everyone might like this article. Great
programing by the BSO!!
James Levine, Heard but Not Seen
Boston Symphony Resonates With Injured Maestro's Ideas
By Philip Kennicott
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 11, 2006; Page C01
The bad news is that James Levine, in the second
I have seen these in players. It could be an infection
other than the acne type. I have been using witch
hazel to clean after i play. It cleans well. I use
alcohol free hazel,after 8 shows a week as alcohol can
be too drying. You really should see a specialist if
problems persist. Matthew
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?), rather than the inspiration of performance
and LISTENING with a characteristic horn sound?
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