Klarinet Archive - Posting 000835.txt from 1998/03

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #740
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 11:44:23 -0500

I don't know much about Keith Stein--how many of his students ended up
in major orchestras etc. Elsa is one generation removed from the 3 I
mentioned. The vast majority of her training was in Stanley Hasty's
studio--she was the principal clarinet on most of the famous Eastman
Wind Ensemble recordings, and her playing is the prototype of the Hasty
tradition. I am also led to believe that she was a student of
Russianoff for a while.

An aside--the list of players on those Eastman recordings is quite
interesting. At one time or another, the roster included Elsa, Larry
Combs, Eugene Zoro, Peter Hadcock, Charles Bay, James Pyne and Dan
Johnston (3 of the more sought after mouthpiece makers . . . hmmm,
common influence?)

In the 30+ years he was at Eastman, Hasty had at most 400 students.
Comparing that list to the rosters of major orchestra and university
faculties will show what an influence he had on the 20th century
American clarinet.

kjf

----Original Message Follows----
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 20:28:24 -0600
From: Abby Kreisa <kreisa@-----.com>
Subject: Re: klarinet-digest V1 #740

> From: "Kevin Fay" <kevinfay@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: College Choices...
>
> Can't resist jumping in on this one.
>
> Just because one performs well does not mean that you are a great
> teacher. The converse is also true.
>
> The 3 most esteemed clarinet teachers in the U.S. in the second half
of
> this century (IMHO and in no particular order) were Stanley Hasty,
Leon
> Russianoff and Robert Marcellus. Marcellus obviously performed
> regularly--he was the backbone of the Cleveland wind section until he
> went blind. Hasty had been principal at half a dozen big
> orchestras--each for about one year--before the move to Rochester and
> the Eastman school. Russianoff, as far as I read anywhere, never
> performed at all ever--and Julliard certainly cranked out some pretty
> fantastic clarinet players over the years.
>
> Of the choices presented here, I know little. Clearly Combs and Yeh
are
> the ultimate performers (in the event that a double major undergrad
can
> get in the studio)--but I have heard that Klug is a very good teacher.
>
> I would base my decision on you other program. Clarinet is great and
> all, but eating is just as important.
>
> kjf
Sorry Kevin, I can't help jump on what you said...what about Elsa
Ludewig-Verdehr and Keith Stein?

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