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March 2019 Jeffrey Khaner: You are your own best teacher effrey Khaner, principal flute of the Philadelphia Orchestra since Interview by Chelsea Knox J1990, is the 2019 NY Flute Fair guest artist. I studied with Jeffrey for six years as a student at Juilliard and use much of what I learned from him on a daily basis in my life as a professional musician. Now that I’m working in the city [as principal flute at the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, since fall 2018], we try to catch up over brunch every once in a while. As a student, my questions were usually strictly focused on the music. But now that I’m embarking on my own orchestral career I wanted to find out more about Jeff’s insights on teaching and performing, as well. We met for a chat in early February at Etc. Etc. on West 44th Street in Manhattan. CHELSEA KNOX: As a former student of yours I wanted to start out by talking about your approach to teaching. I heard you say in an interview with Ed Joffe last year: I do not consider it my responsibility to turn out students who are going to get jobs. My responsibility is to help a student learn how to learn. This is something I am very grateful for from having studied with you. Can you give any insight in how flute teachers can help students learn how to learn? JEFFREY KHANER: Actually, it’s easy. You simply explain how to think about something from your own personal experience. So, when one is talking about music, one can easily go through with a student the same processes that one uses to figure out how to play something. You start with the basics: which is the most important note? That opens up a whole new set of questions, and you just keep working step by step from there. This, for me, is what makes learning and thinking about music fun. In concert CK: Are there any things you are actively learning how to do in your Jeffrey Khaner, flute own musical life right now? Linda Mark, piano JK: Oh yes, it never stops! Every time Sunday, March 17, 2019, 6:30 pm I play something—even pieces I may Faculty House at Columbia University, 64 Morningside Drive, NYC (Cont’d on page 4) (enter through Wien Courtyard, on West 116th St., between Amsterdam Ave. & Morningside Dr.) IN THIS ISSUE Program Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Jeffrey Khaner: You are your own best teacher Interview by Chelsea Knox..........................1 Rêverie et petite valse André Caplet (1878-1925) From the President: William Kincaid, New Yorker by Nancy Toff..........................................2 Duo Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Member Profile: Susan Rotholz ..........................3 Jeffrey Khaner’s Favorite NY Things..................5 Poem Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920) Video: Ed Joffe interviews Jeffrey Khaner.......7 Announcements Suite, Op. 34 Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Flute Happenings...................................................3 Young Musicians Contest Winners........................6 Program subject to change Flute Fair Update...................................................7 Ensemble Program Update....................................7 2 — NYFC Newsletter William Kincaid, New Yorker by Nancy Toff enealogy is a popular occupation these days, as people Gswab their cheeks for DNA samples and mail them off to THE NEW YORK FLUTE CLUB INC. learn about their ancestry. For flutists, no DNA swab is neces- sary; Demi Fair’s 2003 doctoral dissertation at Ohio State Uni- 2018–2019 versity determined that 91 percent of American flutists traced Board of Directors their pedagogical ancestry to Georges Barrère, and 87 percent Nancy Toff, President to William Kincaid, one of Barrère’s Patricia Zuber, First Vice President protegés. And that is one reason we Kaoru Hinata, Second Vice President will honor Kincaid at this year’s flute Deirdre McArdle, Recording Secretary fair. But also, we have some pride in Katherine Saenger, Membership Secretary From the claiming him as a hometown hero—at Nicole Schroeder, Treasurer least for a very formative eight years. President Most people think of Kincaid Jenny Cline Diane Couzens as the longtime principal flutist of Fred Marcusa Judith Mendenhall the Philadelphia Orchestra, which was his throne from Jeff Mitchell Linda Rappaport Rie Schmidt Malcolm Spector 1921 to 1960, and teacher at the Curtis Institute. But he was born in Minnesota, grew up in Hawaii, and got his Advisory Board start in Gotham, as a student at the Institute of Musical Jeanne Baxtresser Stefán Höskuldsson Art from 1911 to 1918. After earning his undergradu- Credit: Library of Congress William Kincaid c. 1920 Sue Ann Kahn Robert Langevin ate diploma he joined the New York Symphony, playing Gerardo Levy Marya Martin alongside (and sometimes substituting for) his teacher. On tour in 1915, Walter Michael Parloff Jayn Rosenfeld Damrosch reported, “Little Kincaid [then age 20] has astonished us all by his Renée Siebert beautiful flute playing and I have taken him as our third flute for next season,” with the assumption that he would eventually succeed Barrère. Past Presidents From 1915 to 1921 Georges Barrère ................. 1920– 1944 Kincaid was a member of John Wummer ..................... 1944– 1947 Milton Wittgenstein ........... 1947– 1952 the pioneering New York Mildred Hunt Wummer ..... 1952– 1955 Chamber Music Society, Frederick Wilkins ............... 1955– 1957 run by the pianist Catherine Harry H. Moskovitz ............. 1957– 1960 Beebe. In December 1920, Paige Brook .......................... 1960– 1963 when Barrère convened the Mildred Hunt Wummer .... 1963– 1964 first meeting of the New Maurice S. Rosen .............. 1964– 1967 York Flute Club, Kincaid Harry H. Moskovitz ........... 1967– 1970 was named second vice- Paige Brook ......................... 1970– 1973 president (the first VP was Eleanor Lawrence .............. 1973– 1976 Mary Henderson, also a Bar- Harold Jones ....................... 1976– 1979 rère student). On the April Eleanor Lawrence .............. 1979– 1982 3, 1921 NYFC concert he Kincaid as a member of the New York Chamber Music Society Paige Brook ......................... 1982– 1983 joined Barrère, George Pos- John Solum ......................... 1983– 1986 sell, and Raymond Williams in what was probably the premiere of Robert Russell Eleanor Lawrence .............. 1986– 1989 Bennett’s Rondo Capriccioso, which the Flute Club published the following year. Sue Ann Kahn .................... 1989– 1992 Immediately thereafter, Stokowski hired him in Philadelphia to replace André Nancy Toff ........................... 1992– 1995 Maquarre, whom he had dismissed. But Kincaid returned to New York in Octo- Rie Schmidt ......................... 1995– 1998 ber 1921 for a Flute Club concert of Widor, Godard, Chopin, and Kuhlau. Patricia Spencer .................. 1998– 2001 Kincaid’s legendary teaching is enshrined in John Krell’s elegant volume, Kin- Jan Vinci ................................ 2001– 2002 caidiana, which the NFA republished in 1997, and his flute method, co-authored Jayn Rosenfeld .................... 2002– 2005 David Wechsler..................... 2005–2008 with flutist-composer Claire Polin. His few solo LPs are treasured collector’s items, Nancy Toff..................... ....... 2008–2011 and in addition to the NFA’s Historic Recordings CD, there are several CD reis- John McMurtery................. 2011–2012 sues of his recordings with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Wendy Stern................... ..... 2012–2015 Most importantly, however, Kincaid’s legacy lives on in his students and Patricia Zuber....................... 2015–2018 grand-students, who have included some stalwarts of the New York flute com- munity: Julius Baker, Harold Bennett, Frances Blaisdell, Paul Dunkel, F. William Newsletter Heim, Katherine Hoover, James Hosmer, Sue Ann Kahn, Eleanor Lawrence, Jayn Katherine Saenger, Editor Rosenfeld, John Solum, and John Wion. 115 Underhill Road Many of this year’s flute fair events connect to the Kincaid tradition—John Ossining, NY 10562 Solum’s biographical sketch; Patricia Zuber’s session on Claire Polin and the flute 914-762-8582 method; Patricia George’s workshop on Kincaid’s basics; and of course the mas- [email protected] terclass and concert by Jeff Khaner, the “current Kincaid” in Philadelphia. Please www.nyfluteclub.org welcome William Kincaid back to New York and be part of the flute community he helped to create here. Copyright © 2019 by The New York Flute Club, Inc., unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Flute Fair 2019: THE KINCAID CONNECTION Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram Sunday, March 17, 2019 • Guest Artist: Jeffrey Khaner • Details, p. 7 (nyfluteclub). Hit the Like button on our Face- book page to stay up to date on Club events. March 2019 — 3 FLUTE Liebermann, with Margaret Kampmeier Member Profile on piano (Bridge 9411, 2014). Apr Current flute: A vintage silver Powell 1 HAPPENINGS with a B-foot and C# trill key, also played with a David Chu wood head- MARCH ’19 Susan joint or a Powell headjoint formerly Rotholz owned by Sam Baron. She also has a Mar. Sunday 3:00 pm Brannen (No. 51), a vintage Powell pic- 10 colo, and a vintage Haynes alto flute. Palisades Virtuosi, with MARGARET NYFC Member on SWINCHOSKI, flute, in a concert of com- and off since 1995 Influential flute teachers: Marcel Moyse, positions that are either by a New Jersey Thomas Nyfenger, and violinist Gerald composer or are about New Jersey. Works Employment: Orchestral and chamber Beal. Susan has been greatly influenced by John Lampkin, Godfrey Schroth, and the world premiere of Paterson, a newly com- music flutist; flute faculty and cham- by conductor Blanche Moyse; singers Ar- missioned work by Jeffrey Kaufman based ber music coach currently at Vassar, lene Auger, Janet Baker, and Joni Mitch- on poetry of William Carlos Williams and Columbia/Barnard, ACSM at Queens ell; and by all her musician colleagues. narrated by a prominent New Jerseyan. Pre- concert talk at 2:15 pm College and MSM Pre-College. High school: Wheatley High School in Apr Westbury, NY, supplemented by pre- • Hackensack Performing Arts Center, 102 State A recent recital/performance: A Novem- Street,1 Hackensack, NJ. • Admission: $20 gen- ber 2018 performance of J.S.