The lecture The Elements of Musicality with an accompanying masterclass for all levels and instrumentation is based on the performance and teaching traditions of the great woodwind masters of the Phialdelphia Orchestra from the Golden Era. This is based on Herbine's studies with William Kincaid's students John C. Krell (piccolo soloist, Philadelphia Orchestra), Deborah Carter (flute soloist and chamber musician) and Frank Versaci (touring flute accompanist for soprano Lily Pons) along with Krell's compilation of notes taken from his studies with early twentieth century Philadelphia Orchestra principal flutist, William Kincaid, and principal oboist Marcel Tabuteau.

The notes taken by Krell were made into a book, Kincaidiana, and is a highly recommended element for understanding and creating a musical performance. It is now published by the National Flute Association and available at their online store.

Herbine's orginal lecture material from 2003, A Musical Approach, is printed in the Winter 2006 edition of the Flutist Quarterly, pp.46-51 and is available to read online

Endorsements from famous students of the legendary William Kincaid and Marcel Tabuteau on the original lecture material and article are available to read here.

The companion performance sample to the Chopin Theme and Variation from the article is available here. In keeping with modern day performance practice, the rubato is not overt. The slow variation is included which contains a better example of this technique than the theme.

The current Elements of Musicality lecture includes information gleaned from interviews with once Tabuteau students Louis Rosenblatt (english horn emeritus, Philadelphia Orchestra) and John Mack (famous past principal oboe, Cleveland Symphony) and Kincaid student Donald Peck (principal flute emeritus, Chicago Symphony). These interviews were held for a follow up article to the lecture for Flute Talk magazine, November 2005.

"Returning for the second symposium was chamber musician and piccolo pedagogue extraordinaire, Lois Herbine. With her opening workshop on "The Elements of Musicality" Lois examined the phrasing philosophies of William Kincaid and Marcel Tabuteau, legendary principal flute and oboe of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Hailing from this tradition, and with her excellent language skills, Lois offered one valuable nugget of insight after another during the masterclass sessions."
&mdash Nancy Nourse, Flute Focus review of the 2009 International Piccolo Symposium, January 1, 2010

Updated on 2/27/2010