STUDENT RESOURCES

Who are YOUR models for music? Which performing artists do YOU listen to? Who do you play for

your students as a STANDARD - model of excellence? This certainly is NOT a complete list as there are

many models which are not listed. This is simply a start.

FLUTE - Emmanuel Pahud, Andreas Blau, Sharon Bezaly, Julius Baker, Jean-Pierre Rampal, James

Galway, Ian Clarke, Thomas Robertello, Mimi Stillman, Aurele Nicolet, Jasmine Choi, Paula Robison,

Andrea Griminelli, Jane Rutter, Jeanne Baxtresser, Sefika Kutluer.

Jazz: Hubert Laws, Nestor Torres, Greg Patillo (beatbox), Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Herbie Mann,

Dave Valentine,

OBOE - Albrecht Mayer, Marcel Tabuteau, John Mack, Joe Robinson, Alex Klein, Eugene Izotov, Heinz

Holliger, Elaine Douvas, John de Lancie, Andreas Whitteman, Richard Woodhams, Ralph Gomberg,

Katherine Needleman, Marc Lifschey, David Weiss, Liang Wang, Francios Leleux,

Bassoon - David McGill, Arthur Grossman, Klaus Thunemann, Dag Jensen, Joseph Polisi, Frank Morrelli,

Judith LeClair, Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet, Albrecht Holder, Milan Turkovic, Gustavo Nunez, Antoine

Bullant, Bill Douglas, Julie Price, Asger Svendsen, Carl Almenrader, Karen Geoghegan

CLARINET - Sabine Meyer, Julian Bliss, Andrew Mariner, Martin Frost, Larry Combs, Stanley Drucker,

Alessandro Carbonare, John Manasse, Sharon Kam, Karl Leister, Ricardo Morales, Jack Brymer, Yehuda

Gilad, Harold Wright, Robert Marcellus, Richard Stoltzman,

Jazz: Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Paquito D’Rivera, Eddie Daniels, Pete Fountain, Buddy DeFranko,

Woody Herman, Eric Dolphy - Bass Clarinet, Evan Christopher, Anat Cohen, Jimmy Hamilton, Barney

Bigard, Doreen Ketchens - New Orleans,

SAXOPHONE - Wildy Zumwalt, Nobuya Sugawa, Sigurd Rascher, Arno Bornkamp, Fred Hemke, Eugene

Rousseau, Marcel Mule, Donald Sinta, Timothy McAllister, John Edward Kelly, Stephen Mauk, Daniel

Duffayet, Jean-Marie Londeix, Larry Teal, Claude Delangle, Vincent David, Jean-Yves Formeau, Debra

Richtmeyer, Robert Black, Otis Murphy, Taimur Sullivan, Nathan Nabb, Mi-Bemol Saxophone Ensemble,

Rascher Quartet, Aurelia Saxophone Quartet, Nuclear Whales, Eastman Saxophone Project – Rite of Spring,

Apollo Sax Quartet,

Jazz: Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderly, John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Orenette Coleman, Benny Carter,

Stan Getz, James Moody, Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, David Sanborn, Lester Young,

Branford Marsalis, Phil Woods, Denis Solee, Dexter Gordon, Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Stitt, Wayne Shorter,

Ben Webster, Hank Mobley, Johnny Hodges, Grover Washington Jr., Zoot Sims, Maceo Parker,

Gato Barbieri, Archie Shepp, Jimmy Heath, Paul Gonsalves, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Candy Dulfer.

TRUMPET - Maurice Andre, Rafael Mendez, Gabor Tarkovi, Sergei Nakariokov, Alison Balsom, Chris Martin,

Phil Smith, Bud Herseth, Esteban Batallan, Mark Ridenour, John Hagstrom, Tine Thing Helseth, Ole Edvard

Antonsen, Hakan Hardenberger, Wynton Marsalis, Timofei Dokshitser, Allen Vizzutti, Matthias Hofs, Paco

Flores, Ludwig Guttler, Ruben Simeo, Amy Nelson, Lucienne Renaudin Vary, Caleb Hudson, Jeffrey Work,

Jazz/Latin: Harry James, Al Hirt, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Clark Terry, Chet Baker, Clifford Brown,

Freddie Hubbard, Guido Basso, James Morrison, Maynard Ferguson, Bill Chase, Wayne Bergeron, Arturo

Sandoval, Doc Severinsen, Lynn Nicholson, Bud Brisbois, Conrad Gazzo, Pauly Cohen, Bobby Shew, Jack

Sheldon, Ira Sullivan, Vaughn Nark, Nat Adderly, Andrea Tofanelli, Chris Botti, Louis Dowdeswell, Cat

Anderson, Bobby Shew, Trombone Shorty, Ray Noble (Cherokee!), Yturvides, Terell Stafford, Till Bronner,

Vance Nimtz, Claudio Roditi, Tom Harrell, Kenny Wheeler, Jeff Oster, Tony Guererro, Hugh Masekela,

Horn - Radek Baborak, Stefan Dohr, Dale Clevenger, David Cooper, Dennis Brain, Barry Tuckwell, Philip

Farkas, Herman Baumann, Vienna Horns, Sarah Willis, Radovan Vlatkovic, Alan Civil, Philip Myers, Frank

Lloyd, Peter Damm, Aubrey Brain (Dennis Brain’s father), William Purvis, Katy Woolley,

TROMBONE - Joe Alessi, Charles Vernon, Jay Friedman, Christian Lindberg, James Markey, Lars Karlin,

George Curran, Jorgen Van Rijen, Trombone Unit Hannover, London Trombone Sound, Alain Trudel, Ben

VanDyke, Ian Bousfield (good breathing clinic!), Paul Milner (Bass Trombone LSO), Robert Tindle (bass

trombone), Gene Watts, Mayumi Shimizu,

Jazz : Bill Watrous, JJ Johnson, Tommy Dorsey, Frank Rosolino, Jack Teagarden, Kai Winding, John Allred,

James Morrison, Michael Dease, Dick Nash, David Steinmeyer, New York Voices, Elliot Mason, Delfeayo

Marsalis, Bill Burgess, Trombone Shorty, Carl Fontana, Urbie Green, Slide Hampton, Wycliff Gordon, Curtis

Fuller, Sonny Russo, Conrad Herwig, Kid Ory, Melba Liston, Harry Waters, Raul De Souza, Carol Jarvis,

Euphonium - David Childs, Steven Mead, Adam Frey, Brian Bowman, Leonard Falcone, Mark Fisher, Patrick

Stuckemeyer, Ann-Julie Skarpmo, Demondrae Thurman, Michael Dodd, Anthony Caillet,Gail Robertson,

TUBA - Arnold Jacobs, Patrick Sheridan, Alan Baer, David Zerkel, Oystein Baadsvik, Tim Buzbee, , Floyd

Cooley, Warren Deck, Gene Pokorny, Craig Knox, Andrew Hitz, Roger Bobo, Dan Perantoni, Harvey Phillips,

Sam Pilafian, Oystein Baadsvik, Carol Jantsch, Mike Roylance, Yasuhito Sugiyama, Velvet Brown, 

Jazz: Check out Howard Johnson, Jon Sass, Joe Murphy, Nate Mcintosh,

PERCUSSION –-Must access Vic Firth website for every kind of teaching and performance videos! David

Skidmore, Rob Knopper, So Percussion, Third Coast Percussion, Mallets - Ian Rosenbaum, Kieko Abe, Mark

Ford, Evelyn Glennie, Chris Lamb, Colin Currie, Alan Abel, Marilyn Mazur, Ludwig Albert, Amsterdam

Percussion Group, New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Nexus, Yale Percussion Collective, Jazz:

Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Art Blakey, Steve Gadd, Jazz Mallets - Milt Jackson!, Rock - Neil Peart, John

Bonham, Keith Moon, Mike Portnoy, Ginger Baker, Benny Greb, Tony Royster Jr., Dave Weckl, Latin - Tito

Puente, Horacio Hernandez - “El Negro”, Christian Tamburr - jazz mallets,

GUITAR - John Williams, David Russell, Jason Vieaux, Julian Bream, Strunz and Farah Sharon Isbin,

Alaxandra Whittingham, Laura Gonzalez, Wawau Adler, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, Ron

McFarlane – Renaissance Lute, Joe Pass,

VIOLIN - Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Jascha Heifetz, Isaac Stern, Midori Goto, Julia Fischer, Nicola Benedetti,

Karen Briggs - Yanni’s Violin player - also gospel player, Sarah Chang, Cory Cerovsek,

Viola - Kim Kashkashian, Paul Silverthorne, Tabea Zimmermann, Lionel Tertis, William Primrose, Nobuko

Imai, Yuri Bashmet, Lawrence Power,

VIOLA:

CELLO - Pablo Casals, Yo-Yo Ma, Mischa Maisky, Mtislav Rostropovich, Jacqueline Du Pre, Julian Llyod

Webber, Steven Isserlis, Enrico Dindo, Lynn Harrell – professor USC, Anner Bylsma, Janos Starker,

Bass - Francois Rabbath, Edgar Meyer Jazz: Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Ray Brown, Jaco Pastorius, Rodney

Whitaker, Stanley Clarke, Christian McBride, Paul Chambers, Esperanza Spalding, Oscar Pettiford, Eddie

Gomez, Flea – Red Hot Chili Peppers, Percey Heath, Verdine White – (Earth, Wind and Fire), Vicotr Wooten,

Lauren Pierce, Kristin Korb,

DOUBLE BASS:

PIANO - Vladimir Horowitz, Arturo Benedetti Michelangelli, Jozef Hofmann, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andre

Watts, Andras Schiff, Evgeny Kissin,

Jazz: Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Erroll Garner,

VOICE

SOPRANO: Kathleen Battle, Julia Varady, Leontyne Price, Beverly Sills, Anna Netrebko, Rene Fleming, Renata

Tebaldi, Jessye Norman, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Marina Poplavskaya, Sabine Devieilhe, Maria Callas, Joyce

DiDonato, Cecilia Bartoli (Riedi al soglio!!!! - Rossini), Sarah Brightman, Lucia Popp, Aida Garifullina,

Katherine Jenkins, Shirley Verrett, Sumi Jo, Angela Gheorghiu, Joan Sutherland, Lise Davidsen,

MEZZO-SOPRANO: Cecilia Bartoli, Joyce DiDonato, Marilyn Horne, Christa Ludwig, Vessalina Kasarova, Janet

Baker, Katherine Jenkins, Grace Bumbry, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Denyce Graves

Counter-Tenor: Andreas Scholl, Philippe Jaroussky, David Daniels, Max Emanuel Cencic, Derek Lee Ragin,

Bejun Mehta, Michael Chance

TENOR: Enrico Caruso, Lauritz Melchior, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli, Jose Carreras,

Lawrence Brownlee, John Vickers, Nicolai Gedda, Beniamino Gigli, Jonas Kaufman*, Juan Diego Florez,

Bryn Terfel, Jussi Bjorling, Carlo Bergonzi, Alfredo Krauss, Lawrence Brownlee, Franco Corelli, Mario

Lanza, Peter Schreier, Fritz Wunderlich, Rudolf Schock

BARITONE: Simon Keenlyside, Gerlad Finley, Matthias Goerne, Christian Gerhaher, Dimitri Hvorostovsky,

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Herman Prey

BASS: Thomas Quasthoff, Bryn Terfel, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Boris Christoff, Paul Robeson, Samuel Ramey,

Nicolai Ghiaurov (check out Verdi’s Requiem), Rene’ Pape, Jd Sumner (lowest voice I have ever heard), John

Tomlinson, Alexander Kipnis, Cesare Siepe, IIdebrando D’Arcangelo, Sergei Leiferkus, Barry White, Melvin

Franklin - Temptations, Michael McCary - Boyz II Men, Thurl Ravenscroft, Avi Kaplan, Tim Foust, Geoff

Castellucci