Author: David Eichler
Date: 2024-05-19 06:41
m1964 wrote:
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> I feel that for an amateur musician it may be difficult to
> judge skills of the teacher, and there comes importance of
> trusting the teacher, IMO.
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I think this can be crucial. A teacher's experience as both a performer and a teacher can be very helpful to know, though not all great players are great teachers, and some teachers that have not done much professional playing can still be fine teachers. I was not that picky when I chose my first teacher, but he (Michael Davenport, in Seattle) turned out to be a very experienced and capable player and teacher, and I got a good start with him. As I moved to different places, I subsequently sought out and studied with the primary clarinetists of the Hartford Symphony, and a very experienced NYC/LA studio woodwind player (Victor Morosco) for further study.
Knowing whom the teacher studied with can be very useful to know. Among the teachers my teachers studied with were Leon Russianoff, Joe Allard, Daniel Bonade, Vincent Abato, and Mitchell Lurie. That is a lot of really high level training among the various teachers, so I felt I was in good hands.
In the end, I felt I needed to concentrate on saxophone, since I felt that better suited me for playing jazz, but I really value the experience I got studying clarinet.
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