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Stanley Drucker was still a teenager when he joined the New York Philharmonic as a clarinetist in 1948. More than 10,000 concerts later, Drucker is now the longest-serving member in the renowned symphony's 167-year history. Named principal clarinet by conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1960, Drucker holds the Guinness world record for the longest career of any clarinetist. On July 31, Drucker, now 80, will make his final appearance with the philharmonic in Vail, Colo. He spoke with TIME about his career, the future of classical music and the performances he'll always remember...
...didn't take you long to become a very good player. By 16, you were lead clarinetist for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Everything happened very quickly by the time I got out of high school. I was playing with all kinds of amateur groups. Any group that had a rehearsal, I went to. I'd leave one rehearsal before it was over to go to the next...
...have immediate respect for,” Schacter says, describing the advantages of playing with well-known figures in jazz. A music concentrator, Schachter also notes that guest artists help students understand the intensity of work necessary to make a life as a musician. Schachter, who has played with clarinetist Don Byron, singer Jon Hendricks, Latin jazz pioneer Eddie Palmieri, trumpeter Brian Lynch, drummer Bobby Sanabria, and pianist Geri Allen, also notes a more ephemeral benefit. “There’s this kind of energy or magic that comes out of meeting someone who’s doing...
...light.Although the brass section sounded poor while tuning—a bassist could barely conceal his smirk—they were surprisingly polished at first while leading a melody, but they descended back into mediocrity.After Lim’s masterful composition, the woodwinds—led by principal clarinetist Lee Dietterich ’10—guided the BachSoc’s rendition of Maurice Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin” with true polish. The high quality of their performance possibly has to do with the fact that this piece truly brings...
...leadership of the orchestra turns over yearly and therefore, like most student-run organizations at Harvard, there is no institutional memory,” says Norman L. Letvin ’71, the current president of the Pierian Foundation and a former clarinetist in HRO. “So if there are certain types of mistakes the students are just about to make, we remember the last time the mistake was made and we give the orchestra advise and counsel.” THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS?Today, the HRO has traveled far from its origins as a group...