Eugene Cook. To The World’s Oboists. Vol. 4, No. 2 (1976): pp. 1-5. Tabuteau cited on pp. 1, 3. https://www.idrs.org/publications/226-to-the-worlds-oboists-1976-4-2/#page=1
Eugene Cook began freelancing for New York newspapers while still in high school. His first position was with the Camden (N.J.) Courier Post followed by stints at the Philadelphia Record and the Chicago Sun. Time Inc. then engaged him as chief of the Chicago bureau of Life Magazine where he produced major photo essays. Later heading the Los Angeles bureau, he left Life in 1959 to pursue a career as a freelance photographer based in New York, traveling to several parts of Europe on assignments for a variety of clients including CBS. While at Life, he interviewed a violinist who was developing a concert and opera career. The young woman was Phyllis Curtin, who became a renowned soprano. The interview led to romance and marriage. Cook taught at Yale and was director of the Yale School of Music’s press and concert office. In 1982, he was appointed a professor of photojournalism at Boston University. He also was director of public affairs and special projects at the Boston University School for the Arts.
Robert Bloom studied with Marcel Tabuteau and became a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra at an early age.
