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Re: That "Aha!" live performance that changed your view of clarinet?

Author: TomS
Date: 2018-01-03 23:52

Actually, in the 7th grade (1964) we had clarinetists that were prodigy's ... trained by our local Daniel Bonade equivalent, a gentleman named Merril Boyce. I had three lessons with Mr. Boyce before my parents just didn't want the expense or the trouble ... I learned more in those three lessons that in the last 50 years. You would leave each 30-minute session exhausted and mentally drained.

Anyway, one player in particular, Jay Hudson at his 2nd year of playing, sounded like an exceptional player completing their master's degree in performance. His example of sound and technical capabilities sent chills down my back ... and Jay was good at anything, including keeping his GPA at 4.0+. I remember his clarinet of choice was the Leblanc LL ... as was many top players of the day. Jay became a metallurgical engineer for ALCOA (I think) and died much too soon at about age 50 ... a genius and a nice guy.

So, inspired at an early age and by a classmate only 1 year older ...

Tom

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