by John Clark | Apr 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Recently I heard from Mike Kates in Florida, with a question about the book (Exercises for Jazz French Horn). Rather than paraphrase the whole thing, which would of course be easier for YOU, I decided to just copy & paste Mike’s question, along with my...
by John Clark | Mar 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Well, the pandemic has certainly turned everything upside down and inside out. One effect it had on me, was that I stopped composing anything new, which is kind of the opposite of what I should have been doing…. Just recently, I decided to do a home recording of...
by John Clark | Dec 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
OK, it’s a little different from my normal world of Jazz Horn….but certainly Rap / Hip Hop is related to jazz. And I always love to see the Horn involved in anything non-classical. You’ll only see me for a few seconds, and you’ll need to listen...
by John Clark | Jun 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hey Everyone, just wanted to let you know about something I’m doing in a few days: https://shop.outreachmusic.org/free-masterclass-waldhorn-more
by John Clark | Apr 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hey everyone, hope you are all ‘sheltering in place’ successfully and staying healthy! Now, to continue with my thoughts regarding Jazz Horn Excerpts: Here’s just one example: from Alexi David’s (http://www.alexidavid.com/html/) brilliant transcription of “Peggy’s...
by John Clark | Jun 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
There are so many sources for orchestral excerpts for Horn. To prepare for an audtion, there’s virtually no piece of music that might appear in your audition, that you couldn’t prepare for by accessing the written music and several recordings. But what if...
by John Clark | May 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by John Clark | Apr 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by John Clark | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
