Bruce Kelley

Classical Music

Horn - I have played horn since I was in the 7th grade. I took a break from horn playing part way through college and picked it up again in 1993. In 2001, I started taking occasional lessons from Barney Blough in Seattle.
Northwest Mahler Festival - I am on the board of directors of this yearly event for Seattle area musicians.
Eastside Symphony - I play principal horn in this amateur community orchestra in Redmond, Washington.
Five Bells Brass Quintet - I play horn in this brass quintet from Orcas Island, WA.

Turtle Bluff Chamber Orchestra- I played horn in this small orchestra in Chimacum, WA until it shut down in 2003.
Pentaire Quintet - I played horn in this woodwind quintet composed of members of the Eastside Symphony.
Classical Guitar - I took several years of lessons as a child and I pick it up once in a while - just long enough to realize how much it hurts my fingers.

Horn Exercises, Part 1
Low range builder exercises - all in new notation bass clef
Add A Tone exercises - in all major and minor keys. Strive for smooth, even slurs!
Diminished Arpeggios - 2 and 3 octaves
Harmonic Fingering Chart - how "in tune" can you expect each fingering to be?
Harmonic Series - the basis for pitch on any horn
Brahms 2nd Symphony, 2nd Mvt, Horn 1 in F - Yes, your teacher will say it's cheating, but who really wants to transpose this major solo from Horn in H in front of an audience?