Journal Article

THE PEDAGOGICAL LEGACY OF ELSA LUDEWIG-VERDEHR

Daffinee, Jennifer Mendez

2021

Overview

\"9 Verdehr attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, for both her master's and doctoral degrees. At MSU she became a member of the Richards Wind Quintet for 20 seasons, co-founded the Verdehr Trio (1972) with husband and fellow faculty violinist Walter Verdehr and performed in every U.S. state and 60 countries during their 43-year career, making 35 CDs and nine DVDs with the Trio. In 2007 she received the ICA's highest honor for lifetime achievement, the Honorary Member Award, for her distinction in the areas of professional service, teaching and performance. .not only to figure out and improve their technical way of playing, but also to be able to understand and perform a new piece of music based on what the composer wrote - to find what I call the hints, the suggestions, the harmonic implications, the phrases and sections and the character that the composer has put on the page for us to discover.10 As the consummate example of this philosophy, she never ceased re-examining her own approach and execution of playing, while learning new repertoire and commissioning more than 220 works for the Verdehr Trio.

• Publisher: International Clarinet Association
• Subject: Clarinet music / Ludewig-Verdehr, Elsa / Music teachers / Musicians & conductors / Personal profiles