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Re: How do YOU teach this

Author: nellsonic
Date: 2023-06-15 08:39

donald wrote:

> I saw Steve Williamson take a masterclass at Clarinetfest 22
> and was seriously disappointed - I have always liked his
> playing from afar (never actually heard him live) but found his
> "teaching" awful, and have no tolerance for this "play as hard
> a reed as you can possibly manage" stuff (exact quote btw).

I was at that same masterclass and remember that statement. I also attended at least one online masterclass that he did during the pandemic and he took the same stance there. He seems very nice, and he's got tremendous credibility as the CSO principal and Northwestern clarinet studio head, but I couldn't help but feel for these student's teachers. I knew they were going to have to contradict him at the next lesson. Sometimes a slightly harder than optimal reed is good for a very particular purpose or for a very short time, but.....

Anders

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