Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand

MT era oboe

Curtis Institute Printed Programs

Surprisingly, Marcel Tabuteau never performed in recitals at the Curtis Institute of Music where he taught. The only times he participated as an oboist was as a ‘ringer’ in the student orchestra in the very earliest years of Curtis’s existence. However, Tabuteau’s name always appeared in printed programs when he conducted his Wind / String Ensembles at Curtis; occasionally when his students performed in other Curtis programs and ‘run-outs’; on radio broadcast programs he conducted; and, as previously mentioned, when he played in the student orchestra early on.

The wind ensembles that he coached and conducted (string ensembles were added in later years) performed one program a year at Curtis for most years from 1930 to 1953. Concerts were all given in Casimir Hall (renamed Curtis Hall in the mid-1940s) except for occasional ‘run-outs’ and certain radio broadcasts that were performed elsewhere. His annual Casimir / Curtis Hall concert programs are presented below, followed by other Curtis programs crediting Tabuteau as teacher; ‘run-out’ programs of his student ensembles; radio broadcast programs he conducted; programs showing Tabuteau in the student orchestra early on; and finally, commencement programs listing his graduating oboe students. Readers interested in viewing all Curtis publications (courtesy of the Curtis Institute Archives), the link is: https://archive.org/details/curtisinstituteofmusic.

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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.