Joseph Allard (December 31, 1910 – May 3, 1991) was a professor of

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at the

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, the

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, and the

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. He also held adjunct positions at many other schools. He succeeded Vincent J. Abato as the saxophone instructor at Juilliard in 1956 and held that position until the end of the 1983–84 school year. Allard was the first saxophonist with the NBC staff orchestra in

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, and played on " Firestone Hour" and " Bell Telephone Hour" on TV and radio. He played with Red Nichols and the Five Pennies, played for a brief period with Red Norvo's orchestra, was the saxophone section coach for the

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Orchestra and the

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Orchestra, and played bass clarinet in the

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under

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from 1949-54. He was a native of Lowell, MA. Allard studied clarinet under Gaston Hamelin of the

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and saxophone under Lyle Bowen, and taught many famous students, including

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, Dave Tofani,

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, Jordan Penkower, Victor Morosco,

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, Harvey Pittel,

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, Anders Paulsson, Harry Carney and Kenneth Radnofsky.

References

The Joe Allard Project
* Debra McKim, "Joseph Allard: His Contributions to Saxophone Pedagogy and Performance," (DMA diss., University of Northern Colorado, 2000) * James Dawson, "In Memoriam, Joseph Allard (1910–1991)," Saxophone Symposium 16, No. 4 (Fall 1991): 14–19. * David Demsey, “The Saxophone at Juilliard,” Saxophone Journal 24, No. 6 (July 2000): 59–61. * David Liebman, "Developing a Personal Saxophone Sound," (Medfield, MA: Dorn Publications, 1989). * Paul Piersall, "Joe Allard," Saxophone Journal 13, No. 1 (Spring 1988): 12–22. 1910 births 1991 deaths American classical saxophonists American male saxophonists American jazz saxophonists American classical clarinetists Juilliard School faculty American music educators Musicians from Lowell, Massachusetts 20th-century American classical musicians 20th-century American saxophonists Jazz musicians from Massachusetts Classical musicians from Massachusetts 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians {{US-clarinetist-stub