Pedagogy - Eric Terwilliger
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Perhaps the greatest challenge a teacher faces is finding a way to motivate their students. Sometimes even the most talented young players are not able to find a way to develop their talent to the level of mastering our wonderful instrument, while a student with average talent does.
The flame of motivation that students may have during a lesson when they strive to play their very best for their teacher, or during a concert while under the spell of an audience, may fizzle out during the long hours of practice time that are necessary to first develop their talent and then maintain the performance edge during a lifetime of happy horn playing.
I have always used mental images to motivate me. I was very fortunate to have access to an extensive collection of recordings of symphonic music when I was a child. The heroic sound of Roland Berger soaring above the Vienna Philharmonic in a Strauss tone poem became a part of my horn concept as well as the noble phrasing and velvet sound of Philip Farkas playing the first phrase of the the Brahms second piano concerto. Indeed when I was sixteen I would listen to a phrase and then run down to the basement and attempt to duplicate it.
To this day I never play a single note without filling my mind and soul with the sound of the note vibrating in the acoustic of one of my favorite halls. Before I was fortunate enough to play in these halls, I thrilled myself by imagining that I was. The mental images help me to focus my mind, eliminate distractions and keep me in the flow of the moment.
Horns for Rhinos - Outreach for Conservation
By Amy Sanchez, UCLA Lecturer- Horn
As I often tell my horn students, you never know where one gig will lead. This one started with jazz in Africa, so you can trust that it’s not a common tale…
In March of 2018, I had the incredible opportunity to travel to South Africa to perform at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival with Miguel Atwood Ferguson’s Suite for Ma Dukes (the music of legendary hip-hop producer J Dilla). I had always wanted to go on a safari “someday”, so being an opportunist in travel, my jazz gig suddenly landed me at a beautiful yet rustic safari lodge in the Greater Kruger National Park area of South Africa. I booked myself on a 3-night safari, not knowing what I was getting myself into. My guide for the safari, Willem Pietersen, was curious about my varied career in music, but was himself a wealth of knowledge about every plant, tree, insect, bird, and animal we encountered. He was so invested, I would’ve assumed guiding was his main career goal, but we discussed the necessity of diversification in building a life around your passion. In music, this often means gigging, teaching, and auditioning while working other jobs as well. For Willem, constructing a career in conservation meant juggling several other major projects while working as a full-time guide. Willem and his brother, Joe Pietersen, had a few other irons in the fire - namely, they owned Nkombe Rhino, a non-profit protecting rhinos from poaching. They were also producing and hosting a 13-episode television documentary about conservation efforts throughout the country. The series, released this past spring, is called Veldhelde (“Field Heroes” in Afrikaans). Not your average side-jobs! Needless to say, after having an incredible time on safari and making such interesting new connections in Africa, I stayed in touch after returning home and had no idea where that first “gig” would lead.
IHS-50, An Unexpected Journey
My name is Michelle Garasi. I am a Horn Instructor in Albuquerque, NM. I am also a non-traditional student at the University of New Mexico, and much like my degree path, the journey to my first IHS Symposium was an unconventional one.
My love affair with the Horn came late in high school, but two years into my music studies at Florida International University, my journey was prematurely and abruptly ended with a near fatal car accident. At the time, I chose to walk away from music-making. But many years, and many children later, I am teaching horn, and studying Horn Performance at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. My dear friend Nancy Joy encouraged me to apply to be a Guest Lecturer at the Symposium. At the time, I wasn’t an IHS member – this honor, I thought, was only reserved for a select few. Sure, I have experienced success understanding the language of teens and tweens, and auto-translating horn pedagogy into a language they could understand – but could I possibly have anything of value to offer this community? I decided to move forward, despite my doubts, and submitted an abstract representing what I had to offer.
I went about my normal purpose, to save the world, one horn at a time. The first half of 2018 represented many miles of “horn-travel”. I was a featured lecturer at the NMMEA Allstate Music Conference - the title of my lecture was “Whistling, Kissing and Pooping: Demystifying the Art of Horn Playing”. I started attending the University of New Mexico to resume my Horn studies, and began performing with the Duke City Horns. My Horn Professor, Dr. Michael Walker discussed the possibility of having Duke City Horns submit an entry for the Collegiate Quartet Competition. My first thought was “You, too!?” We began taking our rehearsals and preparations seriously and started to “interview” performance literature – we immediately loved Kerry Turner’s Sooners. Then I listened to the AHQ perform Gershwin’s Summertime, and Bernstein’s West Side Story and I was blown away. I thought “YES!” - the Duke City Horns felt the same way. As I searched the Internet, I could not find the music for purchase. I was devastated. Then I reached out to Phoenix Publications, thinking “Well, they published all of the other AHQ music – maybe they can help?” In less than 24 hours I received an email from Kristina Mascher-Turner, offering her assistance. Then I looked at the footer, and a bit of research later, I realized this was THE KM-T, and she was willing to help us! We had WSS, and Summertime was on its way after an email to Geoffrey Winter. Could this really be, that the people who were so highly accomplished, were so generous, and kind? This had to be an exception… right?
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Introducing Julia Burtscher
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大家好，
我是茱莉亚‧布特彻(Julia Burtscher)，我将于2019年1月1日接任国际圆号协会执行长一职。海蒂‧沃格尔(Heidi Vogel)在担任执行长的这些年来为协会奠定了强壮且健全的基础，我承诺将接下这一棒，带领国际圆号协会继续成长。恭喜海蒂退休且获得协会服务荣誉奖章！
1995年，我毕业于辛辛那提音乐院，主修圆号。2017年，透过学校的网路课程系统，再次于辛辛那提大学完成企业管理硕士学位。本科毕业后到完成硕士学位的这22年里，大部分的时间我都在铁路及运输物流公司服务，过程中，我天天都在学习，也很感谢自己能获得这样的经验。我住在俄亥俄州(Ohio)的托莱多市(Toledo)。从13岁接触圆号开始到现在，没有停止演奏过。圆号是我的挚爱，它带给我许多快乐！这也是为什么我对于能有机会担任国际圆号协会执行长一职感到非常兴奋。
成为协会的会员至今几时个年头，我知道这不只是一个正向、多产且热于助人的组织，更是由一群来自不同背景、充满天赋及创造力的人所组成的大家庭。国际圆号协会拥有丰富的资源能分享给大家，希望所有不分层级的圆号演奏者都能从中获益。我也很骄傲能获得协会的信任来担任执行长这样的角色。
我期待能有机会认识你们，也等不及要展开我在国际圆号协会中的新任务！
Julia
翻译：Vivian Chang
大家好，
我是茱莉亞‧布特徹(Julia Burtscher)，我將於2019年1月1日接任國際法國號協會執行長一職。海蒂‧沃格爾(Heidi Vogel)在擔任執行長的這些年來為協會奠定了強壯且健全的基礎，我承諾將接下這一棒，帶領國際法國號協會繼續成長。恭喜海蒂退休且獲得協會服務榮譽獎章！
1995年，我畢業於辛辛那提音樂院，主修法國號。2017年，透過學校的網路課程系統，再次於辛辛那提大學完成企業管理碩士學位。大學畢業後到完成碩士學位的這22年裡，大部分的時間我都在鐵路及運輸物流公司服務，過程中，我天天都在學習，也很感謝自己能獲得這樣的經驗。我住在俄亥俄州(Ohio)的托萊多市(Toledo)。從13歲接觸法國號開始到現在，沒有停止演奏過。法國號是我的摯愛，它帶給我許多快樂！這也是為什麼我對於能有機會擔任國際法國號協會執行長一職感到非常興奮。
成為協會的會員至今幾時個年頭，我知道這不只是一個正向、多產且熱於助人的組織，更是由一群來自不同背景、充滿天賦及創造力的人所組成的大家庭。國際法國號協會擁有豐富的資源能分享給大家，希望所有不分層級的法國號演奏者都能從中獲益。我也很驕傲能獲得協會的信任來擔任執行長這樣的角色。
我期待能有機會認識你們，也等不及要展開我在國際法國號協會中的新任務！
Julia
翻譯：Vivian Chang
Chers amis et collègues cornistes!
Mon nom est Julia Burtscher et à partir du 1er janvier 2018, je serai la directrice générale de l’Association internationale du cor (AIC). Je m’engage à poursuivre l’excellent travail de Heidi Vogel qui a construit des bases solides pour une AIC en santé. Félicitations, Heidi, pour ta retraite et ta médaille d’honneur de service à l’Association!
J’ai obtenu mon Baccalauréat ès arts en musique avec une spécialisation en cor du Collège-Conservatoire de musique de l’Université de Cincinnati en 1995. Par la suite, j’ai obtenu ma maîtrise en administration des affaires (MBA) de la même institution en 2017, grâce à leur programme en ligne. Dans l’intervalle de 22 ans entre ces deux diplômes, ma carrière dans le milieu des affaires s’est concentrée dans l’industrie des logiciels de logistique de transport et de chemin de fer. J’ai la chance d’apprendre à tous les jours et d’avoir vécu des expériences dont je suis très reconnaissante. Je vis à Toledo, dans l’Ohio, et depuis mes 13 ans, je n’ai jamais cessé de jouer du cor; c’est mon premier amour et en jouer me rend heureuse. C’est pourquoi je suis si enthousiaste à l’idée de devenir votre prochaine directrice générale. Je suis membre de l’AIC depuis plusieurs années et je sais que c’est une famille solidaire, positive et productive remplie de gens diversifiés, talentueux et créatifs. Cette famille a un monde de ressources à partager afin d’enrichir les cornistes et musiciens de tous les niveaux et je suis très fière de me voir confier ce rôle.
Je suis impatiente d’apprendre à vous connaître et j’ai hâte d’entamer le travail avec l’AIC!
Musicalement vôtre,
Julia
traduction par Marie-Michèle Bertrand
Hallo, hoornisten vrienden.
Mijn naam is Julia Burtscher en vanaf 1 januari 2019 zal ik de uitvoerend directeur van de IHS zijn. Ik ben aangesteld om het werk van Heidi Vogel voort te zetten die een hele sterke en gezonde basis voor de IHS heeft opgebouwd. Gefeliciteerd Heidi met je pensioen en met de eremedaille van de IHS.
Ik behaalde mijn Bachelor diploma voor kunst met hoofdvak hoorn aan de universiteit van Cincinnati - College muziek conservatorium in 1995. Mijn “ Master of Business Administration” behaalde ik aan hetzelfde instituut in 2017, door middel van hun online programma.
Tijdens de 22 jarige pauze tussen deze twee examens, besteedde ik de meeste tijd van mijn loopbaan aan de logistieke software industrie, voor de samenwerking tussen spoorwegen en transport.
Iedere dag leer ik er weer bij en ben dankbaar voor de ervaringen die ik heb opgedaan. Ik woon in Toledo, Ohio, en speel sinds mijn 13. levensjaar onafgebroken hoorn. Het is mijn grote liefde en ik heb er erg veel plezier in om te spelen. Daarom ben ik zo gelukkig om jullie nieuwe uitvoerend directeur te mogen zijn. Al vele jaren ben ik lid van de IHS en ken het als een ondersteunende, positieve, productieve familie die bestaat uit verschillende getalenteerde en creatieve mensen. Deze familie heeft een rijke dosis ervaring te delen, die hoornisten en musici op ieder niveau kunnen verrijken en ik ben nu heel trots dat deze rol mij nu wordt toevertrouwd.
Ik kijk er naar uit u te leren kennen en kan niet wachten om met mijn nieuwe taak bij de IHS te beginnen.
vertaling door Ab Koster
Meet Professor Seok-Jun Lee, Korean National University of Arts
My name is Seok-Jun Lee, and I was born in 1971 in Seoul, South Korea. I graduated from Yewon Middle School of the Arts, Seoul Arts High School, the College of Music at Seoul National University (where I studied with Dr. Young-Yul Kim); and I earned the Diplom and Konzert Examen certificates from the Folkwang Musikhochshule in Essen, Germany (as a student of Frank Lloyd). I have served as principal horn of the Korean Broadcasting Systems Symphony Orchestra (Seoul) and as guest principal horn of the Düsseldorf Kammerorchester while I studied in Germany. I have been invited to perform with JHS in Japan and the Tokyo Ensemble (directed by Chang-Kook Kim), and I was also invited to give a recital and masterclass at Illinois State University. I have been a soloist at the Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival (Korea), and I held a recital and masterclass at the Shenzhen International Horn Festival (China). I have played in collaborative performances at the Seoul Arts Center Classic Music Festival in 2005, 2015, 2017; and I have given recitals annually since 2001 in the Seoul Arts Center Recital Hall. I have also given solo recitals at the Berliner Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal since 2009 and played in collaboration with the Berlin Kammerorchester. I have been invited to play as a soloist and to give masterclasses at the Asian Horn Festival in Japan in November this year, and I have my upcoming annual solo recital planned for December, 2018.
I am currently professor of horn at the Korean National University of Arts (Seoul) and a member of TIMF Ensemble and the Solus of Seoul Brass quintet. Additionally, I am one of the judges for the Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival.
In my teaching, I emphasize basic skills. I have the students breathe naturally and exhale so as not to be rigid. They are also required to practice numerous scale and arpeggio patterns. I teach them to play so as to let the musical lines flow naturally for each etude or solo; but I also teach that it is important to play with precise pitch and rhythm. (translated by Namjoo Park Harcrow)
