John Mack – Still “Spilling the Beans”; An Interview with James Brody: Part 1

James Brody. The Double Reed. Vol. 39, No. 1 (2016): pp. 80-108. https://www.idrs.org/publications/142-the-double-reed-2016-39-1/#page=82. Tabuteau cited on pp. 80, 81, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108.

James Brody is an Associate Professor of Oboe at the College of Music, University of Colorado Boulder. His oboe playing has been praised by the New York Times for its “wonderfully euphonious spirit.” While a member of the Camerata Woodwind Quintet, he performed concerts in Carnegie Recital Hall and in the Far East. Brody’s major teachers include John Mack, Jerry Sirucek, and William Baker. He also studied the Baroque oboe with Grant Moore and James Caldwell and chamber music with Marcel Moyse.

Brody has studied the Alexander Technique with Marjorie Barstow and Barbara Conable (among others), was teacher certified at The Alexander Foundation, and has created the Wellness Program for Musicians at CU, a comprehensive approach to the well being of music students. He has taught the Technique throughout the U.S. and Europe and hosts an annual Summer Course on the Boulder campus. His degrees are from Indiana University and The Ohio State University.

John Mack interview Pt 1
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