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This episode is sponsored by @HighRangeMagic an innovative online program for horn players. Find out more at https://www.highrangemagic.com/---☯️ Holistic Horn Ep. 6 - Scott Leger: Horn Meets FameThis episode dives into how social media has transformed @ScottLegerHorn life and career. Scott, a social media sensation with over 70,000 Instagram followers and 2 million TikTok likes, shares his journey of balancing life as a musician, father, and educator, while maintaining an online presence that has captivated horn players worldwide.We explore Scott’s practice approach, accuracy tips, and how fatherhood has reshaped his musical process. Plus, he tries out the “Fabulous Four” pillars of High Range Magic! Stay tuned to hear Scott’s top gear choices and his thoughts on the future of horn playing in the digital age.In this episode of the Holistic Horn:- How social media changed Scott’s life- Balancing parenthood with musician life- Scott demonstrates artistic practice- How to work on accuracy- Teaching and its effect on our playing- Scott tries the “Fabulous 4” of High Range- Rocket round Q & A- Scott’s favorite gear & techRESOURCES:https://scottlegerhorn.com/https://www.instagram.com/scottlegerhorn/https://www.tiktok.com/@scottlegerhornhttps://www.highrangemagic.com/**About the podcast**Hosted by hornist, educator, and entrepreneur Mars Gelfo, The Holistic Horn podcast features incredible personalities from the horn & music world, providing actionable insights, inspiration, and thought-provoking ideas to help you live your best life as a musician and whole human.If you like this episode, show some love by hitting the like & subscribe buttons! #frenchhorn #podcast #brassinstrument #brasspedagogy #highrange @ScottLegerHorn @HighRangeMagic
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This episode is sponsored by High Range Magic, an innovative online program for horn players. Find out more at https://www.highrangemagic.com---In this episode of the Holistic Horn with trombonist Paul Tarussov, we discuss:* Brass pedagogy, thoughtful brass playing* Why “Song and Wind” may not be enough* “We do ourselves a disservice by assuming we all play the same way”* Audition mindset* Modacity, Virtual Reality, Chakra Long Tones* “No one’s free until everyone’s free”* Empowering musicians to add value to the world in their unique way* Difference between “making a product and having a business”* How idea for “High Range Magic” came to be* "What are the greats doing?" Joe Alessi, Tom Hooten* Why is it rare to find great players who are also great educators* "Practice doesn’t always make progress"* Somatics and Martial Arts, body-based intelligence* Mind force/conceptual forces - stop forcing on the instrument* Just imagining movement still gave pain, relates to energy body/energy horn* Equivalent of breaking boards in brass playing - you need to believe it first, same with high horn playing* Process cues* How much air support is needed for high range?* Jaw position, compression, clamp, tongue position#frenchhorn #trombone #musicpodcast #practice #martialarts #auditions #mindfulness #pedagogy
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This episode is sponsored by High Range Magic, an innovative online program for horn players. Find out more at https://www.highrangemagic.com
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☯️ Holistic Horn Ep. 4 - Jen Montone of Philadelphia Orchestra, on Musical Resilience
This episode goes deep into Jen’s path with the horn, including mindfulness & trauma release work, and recovering from injuries.
She leads us on a powerful guided meditation to build resilience for high pressure performances, and talks about the role of self-love in musical risk-taking.
We unpack a jaw-dropping moment from when I played Firebird with her in Philly, dive into Jen’s equipment choices over the years, and you’ll hear why her latest recording project is so special.
Listen to the end to discover Jen’s solution to hesitant attacks, and find out how many hand positions she uses!
In this episode of the Holistic Horn
Jen’s history with the horn Guided meditation: Preparing for a performance Dealing with injuries and negative mental chatter Warming up mindfully Foundations practice routine later in day Jen’s equipment choices, and the two horns she started in Phillly with Jen’s cure for hesitant attacks Therapists, trauma release, healing Some of Jen’s most meaningful collaborations Bridging visual art & musical inspiration Jen’s newest project for musicianship, instinct, AND planning. Risk taking as a professional. Protective visualizations and musicianship as a self-loving art. Jen’s vision for the future of horn playing. How many hand positions Jen uses. How to know when you’re ready to take an auditionRESOURCES:
https://www.youtube.com/@montonej
https://jenmontone.com
https://www.rubenfeldsynergy.com/
https://windsongpress.com/product-category/breathing-devices/
https://patricksheridan.com/products/the-breathing-gym-daily-workouts-dvd
https://www.highrangemagic.com/
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About the podcast
Hosted by hornist, educator, and entrepreneur Mars Gelfo, The Holistic Horn podcast features incredible personalities from the horn & music world, to provide actionable insights, inspiration, and thought-provoking ideas to help you live your best life as a musician & whole human.
If you like this episode, show some love by hitting the like & subscribe buttons!
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☯️ Holistic Horn Ep. 3 - Shanyse Strickland, multi-genre hornist, thinking & playing outside the box
Shanyse Strickland is a multi-instrumentalist, arranger & composer, educator, and overall musical innovator. Listen to the end of the podcast to hear us trade improvised licks and discover the one improvisation trick Shanyse feels can add color to any line.
Points we cover (among many others!):
- High vs. low playing - being okay with where you excel
- How Shanyse got started
- Mars' journey w/ 4 embouchures
- Shanyse’s on spirituality and the horn
- Anxiety may related to not operating in your zone of genius
- Meditating with the horn - how, why, and effects
- finding your purpose
- what it was like being the only black horn player in high school
- shining light on hidden norms in the horn world
- finding your own primary path as a musician
- experiences as a black, queer, woman horn player
- be a great musician first, horn player second
- hesitant attacks (valsalva) & trauma resolution
- listen to shanyse improvise a little
- mars serenades shanyse!
LINKS:
Shanyse’s website:
https://www.shanysestrickland.com/
Releasing anger with a french horn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FKA3nGh-bM
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This episode is sponsored by High Range Magic, a 3 month bootcamp for horn players. Find out more at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOG58cB9AU8
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Holistic Horn, Episode 2- Jeff Lang on Success, Accuracy, Chops, Sound & Virtuosity
Jeffrey Lang (https://www.jeffrey-lang.com/) is Associate Principal Horn in Philadelphia Orchestra, and French horn faculty at Temple, Curtis Institute, and Bard.
Check out his beautiful Brahms Trio Recording here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE-RwOHxk0k
You can listen to his album on Spotify here
https://open.spotify.com/album/2SXQdpFoerw104WtM8MCaX
On this podcast we cover SO MANY TOPICS, here is a short list:
- Post-pandemic insights, the function of music in society
- How to avoid being a jaded professional
- What makes a student successful
- It’s never good to be down on your playing
- “Choke”, the book: why athletes and musicians screw up and how to fix your place of focus to avoid choking
- When jeff DOESN’T feel bad about missing notes, and when he does (great wisdom!)
- You can probably forgive yourself a little more if you’re a horn player
- Two simple secrets to building accuracy on the horn
- How to get around the the paradox that attachment to accuracy leads to less accuracy
- How jeff approaches endurance, high range, recovery
- The difference between working out & warming up
- The number one way you can screw up your chops
- Can ibuprofen be helpful as a prophylactic?
- The player who wins auditions
- Making a good sound
- If Jeff could wave a magic wand in the horn world…
- Postage stamps to murals
- Fixing scarcity mentality in the horn world
- The 3 players that most inspired Jeff, and how he attempted to merge their qualities into his own sound.
- What Jeff would put on a billboard for all horn players
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Other links from the conversation:
ChopSaver - great recovery lip balm! https://www.chopsaver.com/
"Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To": https://a.co/d/8lvTcGn
James Chambers Plays the French Horn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEsvZ3KCsLQ
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Holistic Horn Ep. 1 - Victoria Knudtson of St. Louis Symphony - Motivation, Phrasing, and Magic
This first episode of the Holistic Horn podcast, with Victoria Knudson (@victoria_laray on Instagram) covers:
- Victoria’s story, and the potent fertilizer her teacher nourished her growth with.
- First notes of the day, performed on the show - Victoria’s, and mine!
- Thoughts on phrasing as storytelling, and an example from Mozart 4
- The difference between piano playing & vocal training and how they impact hornists
- An incredible story about magic in Japan
- How we can get more in touch with the ineffable, both in ensembles, and by ourselves.
CORRECTION: Victoria mentioned a meaningful recording as Mahler 1 with National Symphony, she later confirmed she meant Shostakovich 5 with Rostropovich: https://www.allmusic.com/album/shostakovich-symphony-no-5-mw0001845464
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Want to reach a new paradigm in your high playing? A few slots remain for the coming High Range Magic bootcamp, book a call before I run out of times
https://calendly.com/mgsynergy/high-range-magic
Watch the free 75 minute high range masterclass covering 3 secrets to build & maintain your high register… plus hard data from the last bootcamp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE1zMkqVQOo
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About the podcast
Hosted by hornist, educator, and entrepreneur Mars Gelfo, The Holistic Horn podcast is meant to feature incredible personalities from the horn & music world, to provide actionable insights, inspiration, and thought-provoking ideas to help you live your best life as a musician & whole human.
