Blow Your OWN Horn!: Horn Heresies

Fergus McWilliam is a Berlin Philharmonic member and founding member of the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. He has toured the world with the Berlin Philharmonic and made over a dozen recordings. He has also founded the Horns of Berlin Philharmonic and helped re-establish the Winds of Berlin Philharmonic. His book, "Blow Your OWN Horn," covers all aspects of playing and the profession, including practical elements and topics such as mind games, attitude, strategies, and relativity.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 80 pages
Publication date: 01 December 2022
Publisher: Mosaic Press

Fergus McWilliam has been a member of the Berlin Philharmonic since 1985 and was a founding member of the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet in 1988. He has spent the last twenty years touring the world with the Berlin Philharmonic and has made over a dozen recordings with his ensemble. During his career, he has performed with many of the major conductors of our times, including Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Bernstein, Carlos Kleiber, Seiji Ozawa, Pierre Boulez, James Levine, Daniel Barenboim, and more. In addition, McWilliam also founded the Horns of Berlin Philharmonic and has helped re-establish the Winds of Berlin Philharmonic. His solo and chamber music activities continue to take him throughout Europe, the Americas, and the Far East. Fergus McWilliam is also an internationally esteemed and sought-after teacher. He continues to give master classes at leading music schools in many countries, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Academy, the Hans-Eisler Musikhochschule in Berlin, the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School in London, the Paris Conservatoire, the Tokyo University of Fine Arts, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, the Venezuela Youth Music program, and more.

Blow your OWN Horn is Fergus McWilliams’ take on horn playing and more generally on music education. Written in a very spirited style, the book covers all aspects of playing and the profession, including practical elements such as auditions, embouchure, breathing, exercises. In addition, McWilliam explores topics such as mind games, attitude, strategies, relativity, under pressure, why do we need teachers, and much more.

Weight: 242g
Dimension: 153 x 229 x 9 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780889629271