Klarinet Archive - Posting 000429.txt from 2003/08

From: AnneLenoir@-----.net (Anne Lenoir)
Subj: [kl] The "Old" School of Teaching VS the "New"
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:10:00 -0400

Dear Lelia and folks,
I certainly can relate to what Lelia was saying about her former
piano teacher, and how much she was able to learn from him in spite of
his strict, purist rules. I too was taught by a clarinet teacher who had
certain ways of doing things. His way was supposed to be the only way
and the best way. I have noticed that many of his students,-- some of
them quite famous and successful, I'm sure as a result of having studied
from him,-- are have a much "kinder-&-gentler" approach of teaching the
clarinet. And they seem to get just as good of results from their
students. I agree with Lelia that it is important to learn as much as we
can from the "Old" style as well as the new. I am glad that Tony Pay is
available to give many different perspectives on clarinet playing. I am
also grateful for the legacy of Ralph McLane, even if he may have been
rigid and uncompromising. I never knew Ralph McLane. He was before my
time, but I adored his clarinet tone and am greatly appreciative of
Gregory Smith's mass media presentation of "A Tribute to Marcellus",
which includes some awesome clips of Ralph McLane's playing in the
Philadelphia Orchestra. He included it as an example of Marcellus'
influences.
I have heard from David Kumpf that Tony Pay has some wonderful video
clips of clarinet playing on a web-site somewhere. I can't get much of
anything on webtv, but I do hope to see Tony's video clips some day.
ANNIE

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