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April 17th, 2005 Solo de Concours by Henri Rabaud Concerto for Clarinet by Artie Shaw Sechs Quartette IV by Gioacchino RossiniAllegro Vivace Andante Rondo David Erato – clarinet, bassoonTroy Fannin – flute with Teresa Drews, pianoBrad Bloom, clarinetAndrew Zinsmeister,…
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Nobel medicine winner says: I owe it all to my bassoon teacher
Who was your most influential teacher, and why? My bassoon teacher, Herbert Tauscher, who taught me that the only way to do something right is to practice and listen and practice and listen, hours, and hours, and hours.
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Joe Aaron – Musician Joe Aaron loved performing and finding students’ style
Joe Aaron is best described as my musical grandfather, which makes him the musical great-grandfather to all of my students. Specifically he taught Curt Hanrahan, who in turn was my teacher. I am positive nearly every saxophonist/clarinetist in the greater…
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Don’t do this. Ever.
I made a mistake. Strike that. Several mistakes. One that could have completely ruined my bassoon. So besides the time it took attempting to fix it myself and $35 for tools and labor, I am going to write about my…
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What’s wrong with this picture?
from the Reed 1 book in “A Chorus Line”
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Report: Saxophone Still An Okay Vehicle For Self-Expression
a report released by the National Endowment for the Arts Thursday concluded that the saxophone nevertheless remains a fairly decent vehicle for expressing one’s unique personality and subjective emotional experience.