The Instrumentalist
August 1995-July 1996, vol. 50
Articles marked (50 yrs.) were published in the 50th anniversary issue, August 1995;
they generally include excerpts from the best articles of the past 50 years.
Articles may be listed in more than one category.
Interviews and Profiles
The Dean of String Teachers, Marvin Rabin/Shirley Mullins, July, p. 25.
The Diary of a Midwest Director/ Miller Asbill, March, p. 23.
Ever Striving to Improve, Georg Solti Interview/Bruce Duffie, Oct., p. 12.
First Flute for 39 Years, An Interview with Donald Peck/Kathleen Goll-Wilson, May, p. 12.
From Camps to Community Orchestras, A Profile of Henry Janiec/Don Nick-son, March, p. 48.
John Paynter on Conducting/Barbara Favorito, March, p. 12.
Jumping at Carnegie Hall, The Legacy of Benny Goodman/Whitney Balliett, December, p. 50.
The Legacy of Morton Gould/Jeffrey Renshaw, July, p. 17.
Legends in Music Education (50 yrs.)/ Harry Begian, August, p. 14.
Lynn Harrell on Cello/Judy Nelson, January, p. 12.
Middle School is Where I Belong, Nancy Plantinga Interview/John Thomson and Catherine Lenzini, April, p. 10.
Of Horns, Conductors, and Tempos, An Interview with Phil Myers/Anne Mischakoff, July, p. 12.
Profile of a Magazine (50 yrs.)/James T. Rohner, August, p. 6.
Teaching Percussion with Bach and Zappa, An Interview with Jonathan Haas/Judy Nelson, November, p. 18.
Teaching with Goals, Not Answers, An Interview with John Whitwell/ John Thomson, December, p. 10.
The Wisdom of Elizabeth Green, November, p. 38.
Without Wasting Words or Time, An Interview with John M. Long/Earl Franks, February, p. 18.
Wynton Marsalis – On Playing with Soul/Stuart Ling, June, p. 10.
Analyses and Conducting Articles
The Art of Interpretation/Frank Battisti, February, p. 12.
Bitonal Harmonies in Clifton Williams’ Fiesta/John Wojcik, May, p. 28.
The Conducting Focal Point/Stewart Ross, July, p. 32.
Conducting Nelhybel’s Festivo/John Knight, January, p. 18.
The Evolving Band Repertoire (50 yrs.)/ W. Francis McBeth, August, p. 20.
From Poem to Tone Poem, An Analysis of Del Borgo’s Do Not Go Gentle/ Barry Kopetz, September, p. 29.
Getting Results from Rehearsals/Bruce Moss, June, p. 16.
Leopold Stokowski Explores Debussy’s Orchestral Colors/John Knight, April, p. 15.
Mastering the Magic Wand (50 yrs.)/ James Croft, August, p.78.
The Musical Evolutions of Strauss, Ravel, and Schoenberg/Larry Shanker, December, p. 18.
Of Sailors and Whales/Barry Kopetz, February, p. 26.
The Passion and Finesse of Serge Koussevitsky/John Knight, Nov. p. 12.
The Russian Christmas That Took 24 Years to Arrive/Douglas Jordan, October, p. 26.
Time in Your Hands/Vaclav Nelhybel, June, p. 46.
Timothy Mahr’s Fantasia/James Ripley, April, p. 24.
Transcriptions in Reverse, Rescoring Russian Christmas Music for Orchestra/Clark McAlister, October, p. 29.
Music Education Articles
Advanced Improvisation Techniques/ Richard Corpolongo, February, p. 57.
Building Public Support for the Music Department, Preparing an Annual Report for the Community/ Catherine Sell Lenzini, Dec., p. 16.
Creative Programming to Fill Every Seat/R. Jack Mercer, October, p. 40.
Criticism Without Tears/Eric Street, September, p. 94.
The Dean of String Teachers/Shirley Strohm Mullins, July, p. 25.
Flourishing Concert Bands, Emerging Wind Ensembles (50 yrs.)/Frank Battisti, August, p. 132.
From Too Much Stress to Rapid Burn-out/Barbara Payne and David Yuki-mura, October, p. 34.
The Growing Complexity of Marching Bands (50 yrs.)/Patrick Dunnigan, August, p. 74.
Jazz Goes to School (50 yrs.)/Stuart J. Ling, August, p. 38.
Life as a Music Teacher (50 yrs.)/ Shirley Strohm Mullins, August, p. 88.
More Than Scales and Etudes for Second-Year Bands/John King, Nov., p. 26.
Organizing for Success/Allen E. Beck, April, p. 72.
Preparing for Auditions/Tyrone Greive, February, p. 74.
Putting Student Teachers on the Firing Line/Deborah Sheldon, January, p. 34.
Suggestions for Students Choosing a Music School/Larry Cook, Oct., p. 70.
Teaching Improvisation with Blues and Bebop/Richard Corpolongo, Sept. p. 58.
Traveling with an Ensemble/David Eyler, April, p. 85.
Using Videotapes to Recruit Students/ Barbara Prentice-Lambrecht, Jan-uary, p. 52.
Writings of John Paynter, April, p. 50.
Woodwind Articles
Adjusting Reeds for Concerts, Shaping Up Clarinet and Saxophone Reeds/ Richard Corpolongo, January, p. 38.
Bassoons – From Reeds to Playing Tech-niques (50 yrs.)/Charles R. Groeling, August, p. 208.
Clarinet Articulation Exercises/ Donald McCathren, Sept., p. 84.
Clarinet Reeds, Breaks, and Wisdom from Waln (50 yrs.)/Victor Bordo, August, p. 160.
Contrabassoon Fundamentals/Susan Nigro, May, p. 49.
An English Horn Masterclass/Thomas Stacy, June, p. 24.
Exploring Saxophones Through Ensem-ble Music/Daniel Gordon, Dec., p. 30.
Flute: Finding the Paths to Tone and Technique (50 yrs.)/Michel Debost, August, p. 112.
From Embouchure and Reeds to Saxo-phone Artistry (50 yrs.)/Frederick L. Hemke, August, p. 168.
A Gem of a Masterclass/Kathleen Goll-Wilson, September, p. 12.
Oboe: Conquering the Tiny Aperture (50 yrs.)/Elaine Guregian, Aug., p. 122.
Practicing Harmonics for Difficult Oboe Notes/Dwight Manning, Nov., p. 32.
Selected Flute Ensemble Music/Carol Kniebusch Noe, February, p. 68.
Brass Articles
Aspiration, Respiration, Perspiration, and Inspiration, 50 Years of Trumpet History, Part 2/Kenneth Laudermilch, September, p. 36.
Brighter Horizons for the Tuba World (50 yrs.)/Harvey Phillips, Aug., p. 154.
Daily Brass Exercises/Michael Brown, April, p. 66.
Developing Brass Articulations/Roger Rocco, October, p. 18.
Extending the High Range/Roger Rocco, May, p. 18.
Five Decades of Golden Trumpet Tones (50 yrs.)/Kenneth Laudermilch, Aug., p. 102.
Of Horns, Conductors, and Tempos, An Interview with Phil Myers/Anne Mischakoff, July, p. 12.
Of Horn Technique, Artistry, and Style (50 yrs.)/Dale Clevenger, Aug., p. 45.
The Rafael Méndez Range and Pre-cision/Del Lyren, Nov., p. 50.
Selected Bass Trombone Literature/ Todd Fallis, March, p. 34.
Selected Horn Ensemble Music/David Hoover, June, p. 31.
Teaching the Concepts of Trumpet Play-ing/Vincent Cichowicz, Jan., p. 26.
Trombone: Beyond Legato, Vibrato, and Slide Technique (50 yrs.)/Jay Friedman, August, p. 148.
Percussion Articles
The Amazing Growth of Percussion Ensembles (50 yrs.)/James Lambert, August, p. 176.
The Basics of Timpani, from Mallets to Tuning/John H. Beck, April, p. 34.
Beyond Just Drumming, Teaching Percussionists to Be Musicians/ Robert Grifa, December, p. 46.
Developing Four-Mallet Percussion Rolls/John R. Rausch, May, p. 36.
Exploring Percussion Sounds/George Frock, January, p. 42.
New Percussion Headquarters/Rick Mattingly, November, p. 73.
String and Orchestral Articles
The Dean of String Teachers, Marvin Rabin/Shirley Strohm Mullins, July, p. 25.
Fundraising: $32,000 from Alumni Orchestra Concert/Ellen Worthington, February, p. 95.
Leopold Stokowski Explores Debussy’s Orchestral Colors/John Knight, Apr., p. 15.
Lynn Harrell on Cello/Judy Nelson, Jan., p. 12.
The Musical Evolutions of Strauss, Ravel, and Schoenberg/Larry Shanker, December, p. 18.
The Passion and Finesse of Serge Koussevitsky/John Knight, Nov., p. 12.
Preparing for Auditions/Tyrone Greive, February, p. 74.
Strings: The Golden Age of Pedagogy (50 yrs.)/Anne Mischakoff, Aug., p. 50.
Transcriptions in Reverse, Rescoring Russian Christmas Music for Orchestra/Clark McAlister, Oct., p. 29.
Miscellaneous Articles
1995 Directory of Music Schools, Oct., p. 74.
1995 Survey of School Music Budgets/ James M. Rohner, September, p. 19.
1996 Summer Camp Directory, March, p. 60.
The Dayton Philharmonic Adopts a Community Band/Shirley Strohm Mullins, October, p. 50.
Fundraising: $32,000 from Alumni Or-chestra Concert/Ellen Worthington, February, p. 95.
Fundraising Without Fruit/Marcus Neiman, July, p. 36.
Learning the Basics of Instrument Repair/ Robert Ambs, Sept., p. 66.
Memories from Moscow, The 1995 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Photo Gallery, June, p. 41.
Memories of Music Camp, Mar., p. 58.
Music Scanning Software/John Kuzmich, November, p. 70.
Obituaries: Merle J. Isaac, Vaclav Nelhy-bel, and Robert Marcellus, May, p. 74.
Of Music and Fanfares for Olympic Games/William Guegold, July, p. 42.
Remembering Bands in the Good Old Days/Robert Reely, November, p. 76.
What’s New in the Music Industry, February, p. 34.
Musical Stories
Aggressiveness 101, August, p. 205; Agressiveness 404, August, p. 205; Ernio’s Escapades, August, p. 205; Err on the G String, January, p. 73; He Who Hesitates, June, p. 8; I Made It to the Church, October, p. 73; If Only They Could Sing, August, p. 204; Is That How You Got the Job?, August, p. 204; It’s a Matter of Perspective, August, p. 205; Jiminy Who?, June, p. 8; Job Description, July, p. 10; A Key Difference, January, p. 73; A Kinder Critic, August, p. 204; Leonore Overdone, December, p. 72; Lucy Was Great, October, p. 73; Memories of Music Camp, March, p. 58; Missing in Action, February, p. 91; Mistaken Identity, February, p. 91; Opening Lines, June, p. 8; The Perils of Recycling, December, p. 72; Roger – Over and Out, June, p. 8; Scaling the Heights, October, p. 73; Seeing Is Believing, January, p. 73; Setting the World on Fire, February, p. 91; Shoeless Solo, July, p. 10; Siegfried, Roger, and Tommy, August, p. 205; Slide Rules, April, p. 84; Song Without End, Octo-ber, p. 73; Stick-to-itiveness, January, p. 73; Trojans – 1, Tchaikovsky – 0, August, p. 204; Unforgettable, August, p. 205; Vich Vay?, August, p. 204; Wel-come, January, p. 73; Wind and Song, May, p. 8; Windows 1960s, May, p. 8; You’re the Tops, February, p. 91; Your Place or Mine?, December, p. 72.
Personal Perspectives
All-State for Small Schools/Kenneth Griffin, May, p. 80.
Choosing Words Carefully/David Han-son, February, p. 96.
The Delights of College Auditions/Jim Moore, October, p. 112.
Evaluating Contest Judges/Douglas Bish, September, p. 96.
Improving the Odds for a Career in Music/John Bingham, Mar., p. 104.
In Pursuit of Excellence/J. Terry Stewart, July, p. 112.
Learning from Our Elders Instead of from Mistakes/James Croft, Dec., p. 80.
Making Contests More than Grades/ Brenda Hines, November, p. 80.
Programming Concertos/Daniel Gordon, April, p. 96.
Strong Beliefs and the Courage to Act, The Writings of Traugott Rohner (50 yrs.)/compiled by James M. Rohner, August, p. 222.
Summer Camps for a Lifetime/Max F. Dalby, June, p. 64.
Wake Up and Hear the Music/Andrew Gowan, January, p. 80.
Industry Leaders Speak Out
Alfred, December, p. 76; Educational Programs, January, p. 76; Fox Products, December, p. 76; Getzen, March, p. 100; Hal Leonard, February, p. 92; Heritage Festivals, March, p. 100; Leblanc, January, p. 76; Ludwig, July, p. 76; Schilke Music, April, p. 94; Selmer, February, p. 92; Southern Music, April, p. 94; Warner Bros., June, p. 62; Wenger, July, p. 76; Woodwind – Brasswind, May, p. 76; Yamaha Music, June, p. 62; Zildjian, May, p. 76.
50th Anniversary Features
The Amazing Growth of Percussion Ensembles/James Lambert, August, p. 176.
Bassoons – From Reeds to Playing Techniques/Charles R. Groeling, August, p. 208.
Brighter Horizons for the Tuba World/ Harvey Phillips, August, p. 154.
Clarinet Reeds, Breaks, and Wisdom from Waln/Victor Bordo, August, p. 160.
The Evolving Band Repertoire/W. Francis McBeth, August, p. 20.
Five Decades of Golden Trumpet Tones/ Kenneth Laudermilch, August, p. 102.
Flourishing Concert Bands, Emerging Wind Ensembles/Frank Battisti, August, p. 132.
Flute: Finding the Paths to Tone and Technique/Michel Debost, August, p. 112.
From Embouchure and Reeds to Saxo-phone Artistry/Frederick L. Hemke, August, p. 168.
The Growing Complexity of Marching Bands/Patrick Dunnigan, August, p. 74.
Jazz Goes to School/Stuart J. Ling, August, p. 38.
Legends in Music Education/ Harry Begian, August, p. 14.
Life as a Music Teacher/Shirley Strohm Mullins, August, p. 88.
Mastering the Magic Wand/James Croft, August, p.78.
Oboe: Conquering the Tiny Aperture/ Elaine Guregian, August, p. 122.
Of Horn Technique, Artistry, and Style/ Dale Clevenger, August, p. 45.
Profile of a Magazine/James T. Rohner, August, p. 6.
Strings: The Golden Age of Pedagogy/ Anne Mischakoff, August, p. 50.
Strong Beliefs and the Courage to Act, The Writings of Traugott Rohner/ compiled by James M. Rohner, August, p. 222.
Trombone: Beyond Legato, Vibrato, and Slide Technique/Jay Friedman, August, p. 148.
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