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William Blayney - Clarinetist And Teacher, Contributions And Influences On Clarinet Playing In The Twenty-First Century, Branko Pavlovski
William Blayney - Clarinetist And Teacher, Contributions And Influences On Clarinet Playing In The Twenty-First Century, Branko Pavlovski
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
This study was undertaken to document the life and teaching of the American clarinetist William Blayney who was noted for the beauty of his tone and expressive playing. He is representative of the French clarinet school, and through his teaching he carries on this tradition of fine clarinet playing to another generation in the United States. Blayney’s wide range of experience extends from playing with the Atlanta and Seattle symphonies, to opera and ballet companies in New York, Atlanta, Baltimore and Seattle, to playing on Broadway and on movie soundtracks such as Die Hard III and Disney Studio re-scorings of …