John Bruce Yeh is Assistant Principal Clarinet of the Chicago Symphony and is the longest-tenured in the orchestra (he joined at 19). In this exclusive interview for Clarinet Magazine, he shares with us his experience and advice.
John Bruce Yeh: “Listen to Great Musicians and Call the Result Before You Produce the Sound” Open »
We have the opportunity to speak with Todd Oxford. His students at Texas State University have such luck to have a teacher that has accumulated so much experience as a soloist, chamber musician, and pedagogue. Today, he is our luck to have him with us, to get to know his vision of the saxophone.
We speak with Jan Gričar (Professor of Saxophone at the Ljubljana Conservatory, Slovenia), a young teacher with a clear idea of guiding his students on achieving their objectives.
We speak with Jay Mason (a faculty member at California State University, Long Beach, USA). This experienced teacher and interpreter is very clear that no two students are the same. That is why he designs a specific approach that fits the needs of each of his students.
Jay Mason: “My Students Ask Great Questions Which Spurs Me to Learn More and More” Open »
We get to meet Griffin Campbell this time around, whose long career has centered around being a performer and an academic within the USA in addition to visiting other countries. Instead of imposing on his students all the knowledge he has accumulated, he prefers to help them reflect to form their criteria.
On this occasion, we are speaking with Stathis Mavrommatis. This distinguished Greek saxophonist shares his knowledge as a soloist with his students in Apollonion Conservatory in Athens. He is also the principal saxophonist with the Athens Wind Orchestra and principal guest saxophone of the Athens State Orchestra.
We are speaking with Doug Stone, Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at Louisiana State University. This passionate pedagogue tries his hardest to share the experiences he has had with his students.
Today we have Chris Madsen, one of the most in-demand figures in the jazz world throughout Chicago. His labor as a player and composer would be incomplete without the facet of teaching, which he does at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Wisconsin—Parkside, after many years at Northwestern University. Here, he speaks to us about learning jazz from his particular focus.
