[TPIN] John Garvey

[Mike Barry]

	That's the exact same time frame I played under Garvey, at a 2 week
jazz
camp at the University of Illinois.  I was there the summer of 79 and the
summer of 80.  (In fact, in the 80 band Jeff Helgeson was in the same
trumpet section I was).

	God bless John....we all thought he was such a character.  He used
these
really wild illustrations when he was getting around to telling us how to
play
the music in front of us.  I can remember how he would have us set our horns
down and act like we were swimming through molasses.  Apparently, that was
supposed to help us understand how he wanted a particular passage played!  

	He really knew his stuff, though.  What an incredible musician.  I
wish I would
have been older when I was in contact with him.  I think I would have been
able to
appreciate him more.  I sure got my money's worth working with him, that's
for sure.

	Sorry to hear about him passing.  

	Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu [mailto:tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu] On
Behalf Of David Hoffman
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 12:10 AM
To: tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
Subject: [TPIN] John Garvey

I hadn't heard that John passed away. Sad news indeed. I played for  
him in 1979-81. I learned more about music from him than anyone I  
have ever studied with. He was a one-of-a-kind. His son is in San  
Francisco, and I had e-mailed him just last year asking about John.   
For those that didn't know him, he was a violist who led the Jazz  
Band, the Chamber Orchestra, and the Russian Balalaika Orchestra. He  
"conducted" them all pretty much the same! Thanks for the info Jeff.

Dave Hoffman
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