Texas Bandmasters Association
Bandmasters Review • April 2014
18
Sometimes I describe it NOT as a donut with
a hole, but as a jelly donut: lots of vibration in
the middle. If you’re trying to project in a large
room, you need both brightness and depth, and
you need center for sure.
MEC:
How do you think of center when
playing clarinet?
JD:
Well, it’s an aural thing. I think you get
it by having that tongue position. That will give
you center. I think of it as not too bright, and
not edgy, so it has a soft character. It’s not hollow.
It’s not like if you were singing with your tongue
really pushed down. It’s more of a natural voice.
Dr. Mary Ellen Cavitt is Associate Professor of Music Education at Texas
State University. She received the bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music
performance from The Juilliard School and a doctorate in music education
from The University of Texas at Austin. While teaching instrumental music
at DeLay Middle School in Lewisville, Texas, New Braunfels Middle School,
and Georgetown High School, her bands received numerous awards. In
1992, she was named Outstanding Young Bandmaster of the Year at the
Texas Bandmaster Association Convention/Clinic.
Dr. Cavitt served as adjunct professor of horn at The University of Texas at
Arlington and Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and performed
professionally in several orchestras in Texas, New York, and Arizona. She
has served on the music education faculties of Michigan State University,
The University of Arizona, and The University of Texas at San Antonio, and
coordinated the instrumental music programs as an administrator for North
East Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Cavitt is an active clinician and adjudicator in instrumental music
and serves as mentor to several band directors in Texas, Mississippi, and
Louisiana. Her research has been presented at regional, national, and
international conferences in the felds of music education and music therapy.
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Clarinet Clari ty: An Interview wi th Jul ie DeRoche