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Arthur Grossman: Audio Self-Interview

Arthur Grossman

Arthur Grossman (b. 1934) attended the Curtis Institute of Music from 1952 to 1955. There he studied bassoon with Sol Schoenbach and chamber music with Marcel Tabuteau. Following his graduation, he served as principal bassoon for the Indianapolis Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony, and the Israel Philharmonic. He later became faculty for the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico followed by the University of Washington where he also served as Associate Dean for Arts of the College of Arts and Sciences for ten years.

He is a founding member of the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet and has recorded solo and chamber works on the Musical Heritage and Crystal labels.

Arthur Grossman Voice Recordings: Memories of Tabuteau’s Wind Class and La Coustiéro

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An audio interview with Joan Browne (Champie), a private Tabuteau student in the early 1950s.

A photograph of the music stand that was in Tabuteau’s private studio in Philadelphia.

An autographed photo of Marcel Tabuteau inscribed to Vladimir Sokoloff.

An autographed photo of Marcel Tabuteau inscribed to Joan Browne Champie.

With the passing of Wilbur Isaac Hilles in August 2023 and now Martha Scherer-Alfee in February 2024, no oboe students of Marcel Tabuteau at the Curtis Institute are still living.

A letter sent to the Curtis Institute by Laila Storch’s mother about Tabuteau not teaching at Curtis—and the reply.