The Horn player in the 21st century: Methodological perspectives for versatile education.
French horn; Performance; Horn player's education; Music Industry; Music Business; Artistic work.
The horn player's education over the years has largely emphasized his performance in groups such as orchestras and symphonic bands, but the musical scene has undergone series of transformations in recent decades, as well as the horn player's work. Think about the practices established in spaces of reflection, such as universities, and about the expected and constructed possibilities of education, can be of great help to understand the education processes of horn players and their correspondence with the possible flexibility of performance that the current market has. Therefore, through the reflections of Bartz (2018); Beltrami (2011); Bomfim (2017); Brito (2019); Coutinho (2014); Feitosa (2013; 2016); Harvey (2008); Lima (2018); Menger (2005); Oliveira and Piccinini (2011); Picioneri (2006); Requião (2008); Segnini (2011); and others; semi-structured interviews and bibliographical and documental research, this research intends to identify in which ways the construction of a diversified practice in the formation of horn players in bachelor's degree courses in Brazilian universities can be approached, considering the possibilities of professional performance. Relating the results obtained, it was possible to see how the awareness of the need for diversification and versatility is present in the context of flexible work, and some notes were made in order to think about the practices' system and register. Diversification and versatility are proposed as a way to have reflective horn players, capable of making conscious artistic choices, whatever is their role and performance space.