Our guest for Episode 73 is Elizabeth Freimuth, professor of horn in the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, former principal horn of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and a member of the IHS Advisory Council!
Episode Highlights
Teaching full time at her Alma Mater, Rice University
Differences between teaching full time and performing in an orchestra full time.
Changes in teaching philosophy over the years
Balancing analytical mindset vs. performance mindset
Importance of the IHS
International Horn Competition of America
Technology and horn playing/teaching
“It’s a very distracting world…”
Cincinnati Symphony/Pops stories
Keeping playing fundamentals in order