Informed Pedagogy: Brass
Jason M. Johnston holding a French horn

Informed Pedagogy: Brass

A practical brass pedagogy site for teachers, students, and developing educators.

This website is the living companion to the broader Informed Pedagogy project. The book carries the larger pedagogical schema. The website is the working layer: exercises, audio, models, demonstrations, and teaching materials meant to be used in lessons, methods/techniques classes, rehearsals, and practice rooms.

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Jason M. Johnston, DMA

Associate Professor of Music,
University of Idaho

Jason teaches horn, music history, conducts concert band, works with future music educators, and spends a good deal of time thinking about what brass students need from teachers. This site grows out of that work and is aimed at practical, musical, and durable teaching.

Contact

University Website: uidaho.edu/people/jjohnston

GitHub: @johnstonhorn

University Phone: 208-885-6231

Start Here

The website is not a duplicate of the book.

It is the working layer of the project: the place where notation, sound, playback, guided drills, and adaptable teaching materials can stay alive and keep improving.

Sound and Intonation

Start with drone-based practice materials, tuning ideas, and the first interactive intonation tools.

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Exercises

Browse the growing exercise library as the site expands beyond the first proof-of-concept drills.

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Practice

Find practice materials, guided routines, and the framework connecting the website to the larger pedagogy project.

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