The Global Syndicator - music educators

Winifred Burston

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:20:16 +0000

Winifred Charlotte Hillier Crosse Burston (3 April 1889 – 24 June 1976) was an Australian pianist and teacher.

She was born near Caboolture, Queensland, of English-born parents, raised in Brisbane, and taught by her mother, an accomplished pianist. She studied first in Berlin from 1908, under Theodore Bohlmann. From there she went to the United States, teaching at the Cincinatti Conservatory. She went back to Berlin in 1911 to study with Ferruccio Busoni, who became a personal friend, and Egon Petri. She gave a recital at the Aeolian Hall, London, in 1913. From 1919 she taught at the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music, Sydney. She encouraged the performance of new works from Europe and gave Australian premieres of such pieces as Busoni's Indian Fantasy (1914), Frederick Delius's Piano Concerto and some of Franz Liszt's later compositions.

Giovanni Battista Lamperti

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:10:49 +0000

Giovanni Battista Lamperti (Milan, June 24, 1839 - Berlin, March 18, 1910) was an Italian singing teacher.

He was the son of Francesco Lamperti who was also a voice teacher. At the age of nine he became a chorister in the cathedral of Milan. He studied voice and piano at the Milan Conservatory and was accompanist for Francesco Lamperti's singing class there. He taught in Milan and then for 20 years in Dresden followed by Berlin. His voice students included Marcella Sembrich, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Paul Bulss, and Roberto Stagno.

Boleslav Yavorsky

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:04:17 +0000

Boleslav Leopoldovich Yavorsky (1877 – 1942) was a Russian musicologist, music teacher, administrator and pianist.

Through his teachings and editorial positions he heavily influenced the Soviet music theory.Damschroder, Music Theory from Zarlino to Schenker: A Bibliography and Guide, p.386 However, outside Soviet circles, he has had little impact.

Andy McGhee

Thu, 01 May 2008 02:13:43 +0000

(Andrew) Andy McGhee (b. November 3, 1927, Wilmington, North Carolina) is a tenor saxophonist and educator.

Andy McGhee graduated from New England Conservatory in 1949 and worked for a short time with trumpeter Roy Eldridge and local Boston musician Fat Man Robinson. From 1957 to 1963 McGhee worked in Lionel Hampton's band, touring the United States, Europe, and the Far East. His composition, McGhee, can be found on the recording, The Many Sides of Lionel Hampton. McGhee worked with Woddy Herman from 1963 to 1966.McGhee, Andy entry, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Edited by Barry Kernfeld, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1988