AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES 389 b-c OHV
Elizabeth Parisot
With Susan Hawkshaw
New Haven, CT
June 5, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Side a pp. 1-54
Early experience with the piano—early piano study—attending Old Dominion University—studying theory there—getting the top prize at an international piano festival at age nine—other awards: Edgar Stillman Kelly Award—Meriwether Post competition—other competitions—first marriage—study at Yale—meeting and marrying Aldo Parisot—playing at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival—study with Frank Glazer—beginning of MMA/DMA program—study with Ward Davenny—Yale School of Music as it used to be—appointment to the faculty of the school in 1977—teaching experiences—Indhuon Srikaranonda—Melvin Chen—Boris Berman’s piano exercise—
collaborative, friendly atmosphere at Yale—graduate students teaching master classes—piano program and how it works at Yale—her Collaborative Piano Instrumental course—
idea of the collaborative pianist—viewpoint of some soloists—being in tune with the other person’s motions—need for students first of all to be good pianists—teaching students how to study music—teaching them how to prepare to play on their own.
Side b pp. 54-105
Teaching undergraduates who receive credit at Yale, along with Wei-Yi Yang—level of the School of Music much higher today—making notes about how different soloists did things differently—playing in competitions in Brazil—increase in the number of students at the school—instituting the idea of juries for secondary piano—advantage of the small size of the school—Yale undergraduates can take some courses that do not require regular attendance and still enter competitions—her enjoyment of collaborative playing—idea of giving concerts for retirement homes or giving benefit concerts—working with music of Ezra Laderman—finding errors in printed editions of music of Leo Ornstein—playing Laderman’s duo with Erick Friedman—playing Laderman cello sonata with Pansy Chang—playing with Aldo—playing with Eugene Friesen—recording the Brahms F Major cello sonata with Aldo—playing recitals with Aldo—recordings she has done—recordings of Laderman pieces—reissues that Naxos will do—downloading Naxos recordings—project of putting all her reel-to-reel tapes and 8mm tapes on DVD—
some of those are tapes of Norfolk, CT performances—Grand Dame du Violoncelle Award—arrangements by Claude Kenneson—bringing cello students into her home and looking after them—Claudio Jaffe—Alexander Mandl—Nai-Yuan Hu—Bejun Mehta—Emmanuel Lopez—working with Kyung Yu (their duo)—festivals that she played in all over the world—playing together with Aldo at the Banff Festival for twenty-five years—Frank Brieff—Great Mountains Music Festival in Korea—Elizabeth Parisot Prize—other prizes she established in Korea and Mexico—composers coming out of Asia in the Western tradition—other competitions.
AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES 389a OHV
Elizabeth and Aldo Parisot
With Susan Hawkshaw
New Haven, CT
February 29, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Side a pp. 1-66
How they met—Aldo’s return to Brazil in 1976 to judge the Villa-Lobos competition—Juarez Johnson—Tarcizio Burity, governor of Paraiba and supporter of music—the first festival in 1977—master classes and lessons—Claudio Jaffe—concerts and pieces performed—election of Tarcizio Burity as governor—second festival and first competition in 1978—master classes, foreign visitors—Elizabeth’s involvement in planning and preparation—Elizabeth’s involvement accompanying the students—governor reroutes the traffic when a concert is given—cello ensemble playing—obtaining permission to use the name “Yale Cellos”—pictures taken during the course—recordings—the 1980 festival in Campos do Jordão—change of location because of the drought—students there—housing there—Marlos Nobre—Aldo’s desire to make Paraiba well known around the world—Claudio Jaffe staying with the Parisots—Alexander Mandl (Sasha)—Emanuel Lopez—next festival 1981 also in Campos—government support of the festivals—Dean Parisot’s film of festival activities—the competition—Eleazar de Carvalho on the jury—incident with fourth prize winner—de Carvalho and his help of the Cearenses—Dennis Parker—’83 festival in Gramado—Alexander Mandl—
Sidney Harth—first festival organized by Eleazar de Carvalho in João Pessoa in Paraiba—Espaço Cultural—Parisot fixing his cello himself—Project Espiral—three competitions in ’88: Parisot-Starker, also viola (Bruno Giuranna) and violin (Joseph Gingold)—Delos recording of the concerts—people from the Yale School of Music who participated : Jesse Levine, Syoko Aki—Aldo and Janos Starker record the Vivaldi concerto.