Associate Professor of Music in the School of Visual and Performing Arts James Boldin, has published his second book titled “Solo Training for Horn” with Mountain Peak Music.

Boldin has been a professor at ULM for 10 years. Boldin says, “I love my job. I love working with students from a variety of backgrounds.”

Boldin says the book is designed to help French Horn-playing students perform the standard pieces that will be required of them.

Both of Boldin’s books complement each other even though they are not sold together. His first published book is entitled, “Duet Training for Horn” and consists of the same concept as this one except that it is designed for two players.

Boldin says the book writing process took about a year for the first draft.

He credits his students and co-workers for

helping with the book. “I really am grateful, not only to my colleagues, but to my students as well. I couldn’t have done it without them. They were the guinea pigs,” says Boldin.

When not teaching, Boldin, enjoys playing in different orchestras as well as spending time with his family. He regularly plays in the Monroe, Shreveport and Rapides symphony.

Boldin feels blessed for the opportunities that he has been granted in respects to the books and CD he has published, although he feels his greatest achievement is his three-year-old son.

Boldin says that projects like these are doable as long as you are willing to work hard for them.

Boldin is not currently planning on writing another book, but his next two projects are going to be CDs, one of which will be recorded with another ULM professor. He says these projects take a lot longer than the book process, taking around three years to record.