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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