Klarinet Archive - Posting 000585.txt from 1998/11

From: Jim Lytthans <Lytthans@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] More Frank Sabin
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 23:03:02 -0500

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I came across a nice posting by Don Gross on the Klarinet Archives. This
1997 posting illustrates how we felt about the late Frank Sabin. Don,
you don't mind, do you?

> When I returned to the clarinet after a
> 31-year break, I had the great fortune to study with Franklin Sabin, a
> "retired" professor of clarinet at Occidental College, and former principal
> clarinet with the Pasadena Symphony. Rumor has it that he was also offered
> the Boston Symphony Orchestra principal job in the early 1940s (he would have
> been about the same age as Ricardo Morales) but his parents didn't want him to
> leave Southern California.
>
> Frank's studio had the entire range of students from young beginners, to
> community players, to retreads like me, to seasoned pros who just needed an
> understanding colleague to work with them on very specific technical and/or
> interpretation issues. Frank was a contemporary of Kalman Bloch and godfather
> to Kalman's daughter, Michele Zukowsky, co-principal clarinet with the LA
> Phil. Many times Frank would tell about Michele simply stopping by the studio
> to talk clarinet, test new musical ideas, and share their mutual love of the
> instrument.
>
> Lessons were a shear delight. No matter how well, or how poorly, prepared you
> were for lesson, Frank always could find the good and praise it. Had I
> "restarted" with a less understanding mentor, I doubt that 11 years later I'd
> still be with the clarinet. The musical foundation he rebuilt has served me
> very well indeed.
>
>
> Don Gross
> La Canada, California
>
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Jim Lytthans
Principal Clarinet, La Mirada SO & Claremont Symphonic Winds
Anaheim, CA
http://home.pacbell.net/lytthans/index.html

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