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Author: MuAhZ
Date: 2002-01-17 02:17
Hellow-
Intresting subject eh? hehe
I have a question I live in the south texas area....and i was wondering if there was a good clarinet teacher out here anywhere. i really need a good clarinet teacher! Any web-sites i can look on? and also....is there a really good music school for college? Like any college's that are strically musical.
thanx in advance...
-Casey
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Author: donald nicholls
Date: 2002-01-17 12:16
Richard Macdowel (sp?) teaches in Austin i believe- he is fabulous, even if you can't go to Austin he will know who is the top gun
Raphael Sanders used to teach in, ummmm somewhere near San Angelo i reckon, he's now moved but i'll bet he knows who's who in South Texas.
Texas is absolutely crawling with good clarinet teachers, come to think about it.
apologies to anyone i have not mentioned
nzdonald
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Author: Gretchen
Date: 2002-01-17 12:28
Casey,
The top teachers in Texas (and elsewhere) are generally also the top players. They live in the big cities like Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio where they play professionally in symphony orchestras. The second best place to find quality teachers would be the bigger colleges like UT, Rice, UH, SMU, North Texas, Baylor, and Texas Tech. South Texas isn't really close to any of those, but if you're not too far from San Antonio, you might check out the San Antonio Symphony players and UTSA. If you're in the valley, perhaps Del Mar college in Corpus Christi has a good instructor. Lesson teachers who teach in high schools and jr. highs tend to be not as qualified, and those who teach in music stores should generally be avoided.
Music-only schools are abundant - they are called conservatories. The top two in the the US are Curtis and Julliard. Most of the other top music schools are affiliated with universities that require you take academic classes as well. But there are others that are also music only - San Francisco Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, and Mannes also come to mind.
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Author: Brian Peterson
Date: 2002-01-17 17:00
MuAhZ,
South Texas is a pretty big piece of real estate. Could you be a little more specific? I'm in Austin and know of a few people in this neck of the woods whom you might want to consider.
BP
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Author: willie
Date: 2002-01-18 05:00
Are you in the Valley near McAllen, Corpus, or furthur up the coast towards Galveston? If you are not near a major college, try a junior college. Some have some great music people on staff. Del Mar in Corpus is (I think) the only jr. college in Texas with a full 6yr music program. Their music department has a good reputation.
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2002-01-18 13:26
Raphael Sanders was in Abilene at Hardin Simmons Univ. before going to Stephen F. Austin University in East Texas. Now, unless he's moved again, he's at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. You can find him by looking him up on the web through the University of Nevada website, or do a search through "clarinet" for Raphael Sanders. And, yes, he would know all the good teachers in Texas. He's a friend and a great clarinetist, and loves to encourage young players.
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Author: Joey
Date: 2002-01-18 20:55
Casey, see if you can find a Ruben Estrada (my high school teacher). I was under him for about 7yrs before college and learned a lot, was an all-stater thanks to him and his encouragement etc... He teaches in the La Joya School District, mainly at La Joya High School. Another good teacher in the RGV area is Ralp Tinnoco (sp?). I believe he teaches at Brownsville Hanna. He's had some great students, at least the ones I have met before and is a nice man. Either of those men would be fine teachers for either starting out or advancing throught the horn. I can understand your problem because neither at UT-Pan Am or any other upper level school down there are there really good teachers in music, it's more of a science and math area of study. You'll more than likely find a good teacher at a high school. At least that's what I found out from my 7yrs with Mr. Estrada.
Good Luck,
Joey Garza
SWTSU
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