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Sidney Forrest

Author: mw
Date: 2001-05-12 23:39

I would appreciate any info regarding Mr. Forrest from former students. Not looking for anything negative, rather anything that would be (more) descriptive of Mr. Forrest's teaching style.

Below is a link to an interview w/James Ghoulsen which I fopund very interesting.

http://www.ocr.sneezy.org/articles/gholson1.html

Below is a link to one of several Bio's I have read. WOW!

http://fmmc.org/news/02-01.htm

Thanks in advance & best to all,
mw

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RE: Sidney Forrest

Author: Brian
Date: 2001-05-13 02:49

Mr. Forrest was my doctoral teacher. I chose him because I wanted to experience someone who had roots in "old school" teaching... Mr. F's main teacher (as you know) was Bellison, and he can be a rather benevolent task-master. Being in my late 20's and early 30's, my lessons with him revolved around literature, rarely the fundamentals. Still, Mr. Forrest has numerous college-prep students, and he produces competition winners from them.
He also has a rather extensive library, and he loves to pull out music with Mr. Bellison's notes on them as a reference. His musical and interpretive advice was especially on the money while I prepared my many doctoral recitals.
Hope this helps.

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(wish I could study) w/Mr Forrest

Author: mw
Date: 2001-05-13 18:52

Thanks, Brian. Leslie, my 15 y/o daughter, will be studying this Summer with Mr. Forrest at Interlochen Arts Camp. Thanks for your input & thanks to others who emailed me privately.

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Sidney Forrest

Author: Gretchen
Date: 2001-05-14 06:40

Congratulations. I studied with Mr. Forrest for a summer at Interlochen. It was a valuable experience. Actually I didn't take to his teaching that summer. But I kept my notebooks (which all of his students are required to have for lessons) and found them a valuable source of information as I got older and slightly less stupid.

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RE: Sidney Forrest

Author: HAT
Date: 2001-05-16 17:55

Are you sure your daughter wants to study with Sidney Forrest? Dan Silver also teaches there and he is a very fine teacher.

I only mention this because my experiences with this man were entirely negative (despite which, I now make my living as a clarinetist). You may email me privately if you wish to discuss.

hatnyc62@aol.com

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