Teaching is an exciting focus in Matthew's life.
As Assistant Professor of Horn at Mississippi State University,
he firmly believes in these key aspects of effective teaching:
- Teaching must be student-centered; not teacher-centered.
- The most effective teachers help their students become their own best teachers.
- The teacher must be a guide and a coach to help the student find his or her own path to achieving short term and long term goals.
This directly ties into a central philosophy of horn teaching:
- In order to play with solid fundamentals, we must produce an efficient resonant sound in the middle register.
- Then we take this sound higher and lower, louder and softer, and slower and faster...
- ...as we develop flexible articulation, smoothness across all registers, and solid intonation with informed musicianship.
- The entire brass playing experience should focus on beautiful sound flowing freely along the air and driven by musical ideas.
Feel free to email Matthew (Matthew.haislip@msstate.edu) if you would like a free lesson in person or over Skype/FaceTime/etc. or if you would like to have him visit your program for a free clinic.
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Luke Deaton, freshman horn student at MSU won FIRST PRIZE NATIONALLY in the 2023 Music Teachers National Association Senior Brass Performance Division Competition
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Sarah Ross, freshman horn student at MSU, won SECOND PRIZE in the 2021 NATIONAL round of this competition as well.
FREE RESOURCES:
Fundamentals for Younger Hornists may be downloaded here:
Haislip - Fundamentals for Younger Hornists
Extensive Two Octave Scale and Arpeggio packet may be downloaded here:
Exercises from "Technique Tips for the Student Hornist" may be downloaded here:
Technique Tips for the Student Hornist
