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For two Chicago Symphony oboists, Ray Still was virtuoso career model, inspiring teacher

Mar 13, 2014 – 9:25 am | 6,272 views
Ray Still, during his tenure as principal oboe of the Chicago Symphony, rehearsing onstage (facebook.comraystilloboist)

Report: The legacy of Ray Still as an unforgettable musician is preserved not only in the dozens of recordings he made through four decades as principal oboe of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, but also in the vivid memories of musicians whose lives he influenced, among them Eugene Izotov and Michael Henoch, the CSO’s current principal oboe and assistant principal.

Adolph Herseth dies at 91; honored trumpeter was Chicago Symphony principal five decades

Apr 14, 2013 – 10:36 pm | 4,632 views
Adolph "Bud" Herseth former principal trumpet Chicago Symphony dead at 91 seen here c 1990 photo credit Jim Steere

Burnished glory of Chicago brass

Da capo al fine, sharply accented ‘Bernstein’ sketches life of a great American conductor

Nov 10, 2011 – 7:12 pm | 9,022 views
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Maestro at the Royal George. 3 stars