45 min listen
Episode 17: Daren Robbins
ratings:
Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
My guest for the final episode of 2021 is Dr. Daren Robbins, Instructor of Horn at Mahidol University in Thailand, and the creator of hornexcerpts.org
Daren Robbins has been on the faculty of the College of Music at Mahidol University (Bangkok, Thailand) since 2008, where he teaches horn, brass literature and pedagogy, coaches chamber music, and performs with BrassArts Bangkok, the Mahidol Faculty Woodwind quintet, and the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also an active member of the International Horn Society where he serves as Regional Coordinator for Thailand. For ten years, he served as Editor of the IHS Online Music Sales program. Daren maintains an active and multi-faceted performance career, and has conducted solo recitals and masterclasses at universities throughout the U.S. and Asia as well as performed and presented at International Symposiums in Australia, Europe and the U.S. He is the creator of the website hornexcerpts.org, which has become the most frequently visited horn-related website on the internet.
Episode Highlights
Moving to Thailand, teaching at Mahidol University
“Different, in a refreshing way”
HornPure horn ensemble
Shoutout to the American Horn Quartet!
Enthusiasm for classical music
Performing with the Thailand Phil and being the orchestra manager
Hosting the London Symphony and Berlin Philharmonic
“It’s easy to get everybody to agree something needs to be changed, but it’s quite difficult to get them to agree how to change it.”
Orchestra librarians
“It’s not enough anymore to teach students how to play the Strauss Concerto.”
https://www.aubreybergauer.com/about
https://orchestraexcerpts.com/horn
https://www.hornrep.com/
https://hornoperaproject.org/
Remember cassette tapes?
Other horn excerpt websites
Shoutout to IHS webmaster Dan Phillips!
Daren Robbins has been on the faculty of the College of Music at Mahidol University (Bangkok, Thailand) since 2008, where he teaches horn, brass literature and pedagogy, coaches chamber music, and performs with BrassArts Bangkok, the Mahidol Faculty Woodwind quintet, and the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also an active member of the International Horn Society where he serves as Regional Coordinator for Thailand. For ten years, he served as Editor of the IHS Online Music Sales program. Daren maintains an active and multi-faceted performance career, and has conducted solo recitals and masterclasses at universities throughout the U.S. and Asia as well as performed and presented at International Symposiums in Australia, Europe and the U.S. He is the creator of the website hornexcerpts.org, which has become the most frequently visited horn-related website on the internet.
Episode Highlights
Moving to Thailand, teaching at Mahidol University
“Different, in a refreshing way”
HornPure horn ensemble
Shoutout to the American Horn Quartet!
Enthusiasm for classical music
Performing with the Thailand Phil and being the orchestra manager
Hosting the London Symphony and Berlin Philharmonic
“It’s easy to get everybody to agree something needs to be changed, but it’s quite difficult to get them to agree how to change it.”
Orchestra librarians
“It’s not enough anymore to teach students how to play the Strauss Concerto.”
https://www.aubreybergauer.com/about
https://orchestraexcerpts.com/horn
https://www.hornrep.com/
https://hornoperaproject.org/
Remember cassette tapes?
Other horn excerpt websites
Shoutout to IHS webmaster Dan Phillips!
Released:
Dec 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (55)
Episode 4: Margaret Tung: Join me in Episode 4 of The Horn Call Podcast for a conversation with Dr. Margaret Tung, Visiting Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Kentucky. Episode Highlights Benefits of having a university horn ensemble as a class Balancing persona... by The Horn Call Podcast