Episode 63: Randy Gardner

Join us in Episode 63 for a conversation with the great Randy Gardner! A member of the IHS Advisory Council, Gardner is currently Artist-In-Residence at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance.  Following a distinguished tenure as Professor of Horn and Chair of the Winds, Brass, and Percussion Department at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), he was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus. 

Episode Highlights

• Early career and inspirations, musical and otherwise
• Studying with Philip Farkas, Chris Leuba, Bill Adam
• Leuba, A Study of Musical Intonation
• 50 years of service with Philadelphia Orchestra
• Sitting next to Mason Jones in Philadelphia Orchestra *Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjfE0iWguwE&list=OLAK5uy_kiTaEimus2uI3DFtx5Sj69usbM8eEos5k&index=2
• Importance of visualization
• Teaching philosophy, advice for new professors/teachers
  • Natalie Douglass Grana, A Singing Approach to Horn Playing
  • Bruce Adolphe, The Mind’s Ear
  • “Would you study with you?”
  • “Blow a long tone through the horn.”
  • “Be a virtuoso person.”
• Books, other publications, etc.
• Legacy Horn Experience https://www.legacyhornexperience.com/
• Legacy Horn Experience mouthpiece
• Paul Basler, Four Hymn Tune Settings
• Kendall Betts Horn Camp
• Serving on the Advisory Council, importance of the HIS
• Modular Music Masterclasses: https://randygardnerhorn.com/
• https://randygardnerhorn.com/modular_music_masterclasses.htm