Klarinet Archive - Posting 000092.txt from 2008/11

From: "Kevin Fay" <kevin.fay.home@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] re:[kl] Saxophone Methods?
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:23:25 -0500

David Blumberg posted:

<<<Gary, the Arthur Hegvik Method books which are derived directly from the
James Collis Method (and which you are a great source of distribution of!)
would be my vote. . . . disclaimer: I taught his daughter>>>

Art Hegvik now goes by Ted. (For a dose, see www.tedhegvik.com). I get the
opportunity to hear him play once in a while - every Monday night, actually
- as he sits right behind me in our wind ensemble, wielding a bass clarinet.

Ted is well on his way to being twice my age by now (I'm 48); I suppose we
should take Alexander's advice and toss him if he misses a note or two.

There are a few problems with that, though.

First, in the years I've played with him, I've yet to hear him actually
*miss* a note: neither the new music we play nor Daphnis & Chloe with my
orchestra.

Second, while youngsters may feel differently, he still "plays rings around"
these folks. (Not all musicianship is technique, even for us athletically
minded presentation-first Americans).

Third, we all really *like* playing with Ted. He anchors our group about
eleven different ways.

Youth has a tendency to undervalue experience. Knowledge and wisdom are not
the same thing.

kjf

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