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1847 Flute Instruction Book (first 21 pages)

Run to Sunday (by Tim Wheater) - John and Bob Willoughby (unrehearsed home recording - early 1980s)

Article from Woodwind Magazine 1974 - has some pictures of Bob from the first NFA Convention

1996 Music to Circe by Thea Musgrave - dedicated to Sam Baron and Robert Willoughby

Article from fall 2012 Early Music America about Janet See with inset about Bob

Notice of having achieved lifetime membership in the Musicians Union

Union card - Cleveland Federation of Musicians

Articles by or about Robert Willoughby(not posted here due to copyright issues)

October 1984, Flute Talk, "Robert Willoughby - Seeking Variety" by William Montgomery

March 1985, Flute Talk, "Performance Guide to Sonata in B Minor by J.S. Bach, first movement" by Robert Willoughby

April 1987, Flute Talk, "Performance Guide to Sonata in E Minor by J.S. Bach, first and second movements" by Robert Willoughby

Dec 1994, Flute Talk, "Combining the Best of Schools - An Interview with Robert Willoughby" by Kerry Walker

Winter 2001, The Flutist Quarterly, "Happy Birthday, Bob - A Tribute to Robert Willoughby" by Leonard Garrison

Spring 2002, The Flutist Quarterly, "Robert Willoughby's technique of Simplification" by Leonard Garrison

November 2003, Flute Talk, "Robert Willoughby Combines The Wisdom of Three Masters" by Victoria Jicha

December 2010, Flute (Journal of the British Flute Society), "Robert Willoughby: American Grandmaster of the Flute" by Robert Bigio

December 2011, Flute Talk, "90th Birthday Celebration for Robert Willoughby" by Leonard Garrison

December 2011, Flute Talk, "A Conversation with Robert Willoughby" by Patricia George

Summer 2012, The Flutist Quarterly, "The Next Decade: Robert Willoughby" by Aralee Dorough

September 2016, Flute Talk, "Robert Willoughby, 95 Lessons" compiled by Leela Breithhaupt and Katherine Borst Jones

May/June 2018, Flute Talk, "Remembering Robert Willoughby" by Katherine Borst Jones, Wendy Rolfe, and Mark Sparks

Fall 2018, The Flutist Quarterly, "Robert Willoughby" by Robert Bigio

High School

Eastman 1938-1942

Letter from Verne Q Powell - receipt for a Powell flute from 1939

George Eastman Scholarship award 1939-1940, Sophmore year

George Eastman Scholarship award 1940-1941, Junior year

Eastman Student Recital Jan 13, 1942

Eastman Graduation Recital Feb 19, 1942

Commencement announcement for U of Rochester for May 11, 1942

Eastman Performer's Certificate in Flute May 11, 1942

Bachelor of Music Degree with Distinction May 11, 1942

Eastman Orchestra concert, Bob conducting May 20, 1942

Eastman Alumni Achievement Award - Oct 12, 1991

WW2

Letter from his father to Bob while stationed in England during WWII in 1944

New England Conservatory

Masters Degreee from New England Conservatory June 21, 1949

NEC Young Artists Program concert at the Worcester Art Museum May 5, 1946

NEC Flute Recital with Robert Willoughby May 4, 1948

Cleveland Orchestra 1946 - 1954

Cleveland Orchestra Program (excerpts), 1946-1947 season

Cleveland Orchestra diagram of what instruments are where and who plays them

The Oberlin Years 1949-1987

Note: Recordings from Oberlin College posted here with kind permission from Oberlin College

1949 letter from George Waln about teaching at Oberlin

1950 article on "Flute Tone and Intonation" published in "The Instrumentalist"

Oberlin Faculty Recital March 27, 1951

• Robert Willoughby, flute
• Madeline Ingram, piano and harpsichord


• Recital Program


• Dutilleux - Sonatine
• Ibert - Recording of Piece For Flute Alone

Oberlin Faculty Recital program Jan 6, 1953

Oberlin Faculty Recital program Jan 11, 1954

Oberlin Faculty Recital program Nov 30, 1954

1955 letter announcing appointment as Assistant Professor

Oberlin Faculty Recital program Dec 6, 1955

Oberlin Faculty Recital program Nov 27, 1956

1956 letter to Bob announcing his reappointment

Oberlin Faculty Recital program Nov 2, 1957

Oberlin Faculty Recital program Nov 5, 1957

Oberlin Faculty Recital Nov 4, 1958

• Recital Program


• Syrinx

1958 letter thanking Bob for a great performance

1958 Notification of tenure

1966 Oberlin Baroque Ensemble brochure

1966 Oct 25 8:30pm - Faculty Concert

• Robert Willoughby, flute
• Wilbur Price, piano
• Fenner Douglas, harpsichord


• Recital Program


• Bach - Suite in C minor - Preludio
• Bach - Suite in C minor - Fuga
• Bach - Suite in C minor - Sarabande
• Bach - Suite in C minor - Gigue
• Isang Yun - Garak (1963)
• Bloch - Two Last Poems (Maybe...) Funeral Music \"Life Again?...\"
• Messiaen - Le Merle Noir

1967 Oct 20 8:30pm - Faculty Recital, Warner Concert Hall

• Robert Willoughby, flute
• Wilbur Price, piano
• Fenner Douglas, harpsichord
• William Berman, viola
• Richard Kapuscinski, violincello


• Recital Program


• C.P.E. Bach - Sonata in C major - Allegretto
• C.P.E. Bach - Sonata in C major - Andantino
• C.P.E. Bach - Sonata in C major - Allegro
• Giselher Klebe - 9 Duettini for piano and flute
• Karl Kohn - Encounters
• Albert Roussel - Trio for flute, viola, and violincello, Op 40 - Allegro grazioso
• Albert Roussel - Trio for flute, viola, and violincello, Op 40 - Andante
• Albert Roussel - Trio for flute, viola, and violincello, Op 40 - Allegro non troppo
• Mario Davidofsky - Synchronisms No. 1 for flute and electric sounds
• Camillo Togni - Sonata for flute and piano - Comodo
• Camillo Togni - Sonata for flute and piano - Lento
• Camillo Togni - Sonata for flute and piano - Vivace

1968 Oct 11 8:30pm - Faculty Recital, Warner Concert Hall

• Robert Willoughby, flute
• Wilbur Price, piano
• Easley Blackwood, harpsichord
• David Cerone, violin
• William Berman, viola
• Richard Kapuscinski, violincello


• Recital Program


• J.S. Bach - Sonata in A minor, for flute solo - Allemande
• J.S. Bach - Sonata in A minor, for flute solo - Corrente
• J.S. Bach - Sonata in A minor, for flute solo - Sarabande
• J.S. Bach - Sonata in A minor, for flute solo - Bourree anglaise
• W. A. Mozart - Quarete in A major, K. 298 - Andantino
• W. A. Mozart - Quarete in A major, K. 298 - Menuetto
• W. A. Mozart - Quarete in A major, K. 298 - Rondo
• Easley Blackwood - Music for Flute and Harpshichord, Op. 12 - Allegro moderato
• Easley Blackwood - Music for Flute and Harpshichord, Op. 12 - Fantasy
• Easley Blackwood - Music for Flute and Harpshichord, Op. 12 - Intermezzo
• Easley Blackwood - Music for Flute and Harpshichord, Op. 12 - Fugue
• Albert Roussel - Joueurs de flute - Pan
• Albert Roussel - Joueurs de flute - Titure
• Albert Roussel - Joueurs de flute - Krishna
• Albert Roussel - Joueurs de flute - M. de la Pejaudie
• Henryk M. Gorecki - Three Diargrams for Solo Flute, Op 15
• Jurg Baur - Incontri - Allegro moderato
• Jurg Baur - Incontri - Presto
• Jurg Baur - Incontri - Tranquillo
• Frank Martin - Ballade

Carnegie Recital Hall Jan 23, 1969:

• Program
• Ticket

1970 March 20 The Eleventh Annual Mid-East Insturmental Music Conference - Bob participated in a flute clinic

1971 Oct 5 8:30pm - Faculty Recital, Warner Concert Hall

• Robert Willoughby, flute
• Wilbur Price, piano
• James Caldwell, oboe
• Catharina Meints, viola da gamba
• Fenner Douglass, harpsichord


• Recital Program


• G.P. Telemann - Sonata in G Minor, Opus 13, No. 1
• Ian Hamilton - Sonata for Flautist and Piano (1966)
• Thea Musgrave - Trio for Flute, Oboe, and Pinao (1960)
• Goffredo Petrassi - Souffle (1969)
• Bohuslav Martinu - First Sonata for Flute and Piano (1945)

1972 Armstrong Flute ad featuring Bob

1972 Oct 10 8:30pm - Faculty Recital, Warner Concert Hall

• Robert Willoughby, flute
• Wilbur Price, piano
• Fenner Douglass, organ
• Catharina Meints, viola da gamba
• Marilyn McDonald, violin
• Lawrence McDonald, clarinet


• Recital Program


• J.S. Bach - Sonata in E Major for Flute and Continuo - Adagio ma non tanto
• J.S. Bach - Sonata in E Major for Flute and Continuo - Allegro
• J.S. Bach - Sonata in E Major for Flute and Continuo - Siciliano
• J.S. Bach - Sonata in E Major for Flute and Continuo - Allegro Assai
• George Rochberg - Contra Mortem at Tempus
• Charles Wuorinen - Flute Variations
• Aaron Copeland - Duo for flute and piano - Flowing
• Aaron Copeland - Duo for flute and piano - Poetic, somewhat mournful
• Aaron Copeland - Duo for flute and piano - Lively, with bounce
• Alfredo Casella - Sicilienne et Burlesque

Flute Practice Techniques - sponsored by Armstrong

From the first NFA Convention in 1973:

• Pre-Convention Bulletin
• Convention Program
• Convention Concert Program
• Bob's talk on The Flute in Chamber Music

1973 brochure for the second Baroque Performance Institute

Recital program at the NFA Convention 1974

1974 Oct 1 Oberlin Faculty Recital program

1978 7th Baroque Performance Institute brochure

1979 8th Baroque Performance Institute brochure

1973 Oct 12 8:30pm - Faculty Recital, Warner Concert Hall

• Robert Willoughby, flute
• Wilbur Price, piano
• Lisa Crawford, harpsichord
• James Caldwell, oboe


• Recital Program


• Miklos Kocsar - Repliche, for flute and harpsichord
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 454 - Largo-allegro
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 454 - Andante
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 454 - Allegretto
• Howard Rovics - Cybernetic Study No. 1 for Alto Flute and Piano
• Thea Musgrave - Impromptu for Flute and Oboe
• Jacques Ibert - Jeux - Anime
• Jacques Ibert - Jeux - Tendre

1974 Oct 1 8:30pm - Faculty Recital, Warner Concert Hall

• Robert Willoughby, flute
• Wilbur Price, piano
• Catharina Meints, violincello


• Recital Program


• Joseph Bodin de Boismortier - Suite in G Major, Op. 35, No. 2 for flute alone
• Karl Kohn - Paronyms
• Gabriel Pierne - Sonata da Camera, Op. 48 for flute, violincello, and piano
• Eugene Bozza - Trois impressions

1976 Nov 8 8:30pm - Faculty Recital, Warner Concert Hall

• Robert Willoughby, flute
• Wilbur Price, piano
• Lisa G. Crawford, harpsichord
• D. John Mizelle, shakuhachi
• Valerie Forstman, flute
• Celeste Johnson, flute
• Reba Adler, flute
• Katy Lovell, flute
• Nancy Fuley, flute
• Nancy Colburn, flute
• Elizabeth West, flute
• Diane Alancraig, flute
• Leonard Garrison, flute


• Recital Program


• Randolph Coleman - Kensho for eleven flutes (first performance)
• Jacques Hotteterre le Romain - Deuzieme Suite en C mineur pour la flute-traversiere et basse continue
• Carl Czerny - Duo Concertant, Op 129

From the Robert W. Wheeler Award Ceremony - 1980

• Bob's sisters Jean and Fran come for the ceremony
• The Invitation
• The event program
• The dinner menu
• Remarks given by David Boe (Dean of the Conservatory)

1980 9th Baroque Performance Institute brochure

1981 10th Baroque Performance Institute brochure

A Guide for the Understanding of BPI Flute Teachers - Ruth Dryer, 1983

1983 Nov 25 Oberlin Faculty Recital program

1984 13th Baroque Performance Institute brochure

Concert announcement by the NY Flute Club, 1983

Review of the 1983 NFA Convention, including Bob's masterclass, from PAN - publication of the British Flute Society

1985 March 22 Bob was a judge at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition

Oberlin letter accepting Bob's resignation in 1987

The Wentworth-by-the-Sea 1951 - 1965 (summers)

Wentworth Orchestra Program Aug 12, 1951

Wentworth Orchestra Program July 13, 1958

Wentworth Orchestra Program Aug 31, 1958

Cincinnati Orchestra 1959 - 1960

Letter from Max Rudolph about Bob's offer

Bob's offer

Acceptance of Bob's resignation

Cincinnati Orchestra 65th Season 1st Program

Dartmouth Summer Congregation of the Arts 1966-1969

1966 Letter from Mario di Bonaventura inviting Bob to join

1966 Letter from Bob to Mario accepting

1966 Letter from Mario to Bob listing the selected chamber programs

Concert Program June 29, 1966

Concert Program July 3, 1966

Concert Program July 6, 1966

Concert Program July 10, 1966

Concert Program July 13, 1966

Concert Program July 17, 1966

Concert Program July 18, 1966

Concert Program July 24, 1966

Concert Program July 25, 1966

Concert Program July 27, 1966

Concert Program July 28, 1966

Concert Program August 3, 1966

Concert Program August 14, 1966

Concert Program August 17, 1966

Concert Program August 20, 1966

Concert Program July 11, 1968

Concert Program July 13, 1968

Concert Program July 14, 1968

Concert Program July 18, 1968

Concert Program July 28, 1968

1968 Congregation of the Arts Brochure (music, theater, art, film)

Concert review in the Granite State Gazette 8/1/68

1968 Letter from Mario to Bob thanking him

1968 Letter from Mario to Bob hoping he will return in 1969

1968 Letter from Bob to Mario saying yes, he will return in 1969

1968 Letter from Mario to Bob - happy he is returning

1969 Letter from Mario to Bob - student roster for 1969

1969 Congregation of the Arts Brochure (music only)

1969 Letter from Mario to Bob thanking him for a great performance

1969 Some student photos from Dartmouth

1970 Letter from Bob to Mario - dissapointment at program cancellation

Master Classes

1990 Master Class at UNH - Brochure

1990 Master Class at UNH - Schedule

1990 Master Class at UNH - Recital Program

1990 Master Class at UNH - Recital Ticket

1993 Master Class at UNH - Brochure

1993 Flute Prescriptions and price list

The Peabody Years 1987 - 1997

1987 Master Class Recital Program at Peabody (part of the interview process)

1987 Welcome to Peabody - letter from Steven Muller, President of Johns Hopkins

Excerpts from the Computer Music celebration program at Peabody, 1988

Program from the Lyra Concert 11/5 & 11/6 1988 - Bob was the guest director of Lyra that year

Program from Concert of music by Shulamit Ran, March 15 1994

Peabody Profiles: Robert Willoughby

Peabody Audition Suggestions

NFA Lifetime Achievement Award, 1996

• Letter to Bob announcing his award
• Award Banquet Invitation
• Award Banquet Program
• Lifetime Achievement Award
• Kathy Borst Jones award tribute speech
• NFA Presss Release

The Longy Years 1997 - 2018

The George Seaman Excellence in the Art of Teaching Award - May 18, 2008

"Honoring a Flute Icon" - article in the Seacoast Sunday April 24, 2011

Here is an Audio interview with him from 2014 in the Growing Bolder Podcast

2001 - 80th Birthday Celebration at Longy

• 80th Birthday Project Announcement
• Request for submissions to a tribute book
• Concert poster
• Concert notice
• Concert ticket
• Pre-Concert dinner invitation
• Announcement in the Boston Globe
• Concert program
• Thank-you letter to contributors
• List of contributors
• Congratulations & thanks letter from Victor Rosenbaum, President of Longy
• "Happy Birthday Bob: A Tribute to Robert Willoughby" by Leonard Garrison, Winter 2001 Flutist Quarterly, pg 56-61 (unable to post here due to copyright)

2011 - 90th Birthday Celebration at Oberlin

• Inviation to the 90th Birthday Concert at Oberlin
• Program for the concert at Oberlin for Bob's 90th birthday

Misc Photos

Misc Videos