Sometimes I wonder about my lineage. Not really where I came from as far as parents and relatives go, since I'm adopted and that's kind of difficult to figure out, but my oboe family tree. Both of my teachers are really, really fantastic--and they've been taught by some pretty phenomenal teachers to make them the players and teachers that they are today.
I was talking about this with my friends Stephen (who writes a really excellent woodwind blog), and we realised that though we've never studied under the same teacher, parts of our oboe family trees overlap. We thought this was pretty cool. Below, I have mapped out my family trees and connections. Enjoy!
My Family Tree--the oboe version
Me > Adrian Gnam > Marcel Tabuteau (the year before he died) and John Mack
Me > Paige Morgan > Richard Killmer
Oddly enough, when I visited Eastman and met Killmer, he told me to "tell Adrian I said hi!"
Funny, how the music world is large and small simultaneously.
Me > Katherine Young (and Andrew Parker, Andrea Overturf, Jeffrey Stephenson indirectly) > Richard Killmer
ReplyDeleteHooray for overlapping oboe family trees!
Dear Rachel, I hear your voice when I read your blog. Love Krystina.
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