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Misc
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
Articles (not posted here due to copyright issues)
October 1984, Flute Talk: Robert Willoughby - Seeking Variety
March 1985, Flute Talk: Performance Guide to Sonata in B Minor by J.S. Bach, first movement
April 1987, Flute Talk: Performance Guide to Sonata in E Minor by J.S. Bach, first and second movements
Dec 1994, Flute Talk: Combining the Best of Schools - An Interview with Robert Willoughby
Winter 2001, Flutist: Happy Birthday, Bob - A Tribute to Robert Willoughby
High School
Practicing at home in Iowa
Bob at Interlochen - summer of 1938
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
Oberlin 1949-1987
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
Oberlin Faculty Recital Jan 6, 1953
Oberlin Faculty Recital Jan 11, 1954
Oberlin Faculty Recital Nov 30, 1954
Oberlin Faculty Recital Dec 6, 1955
Oberlin Faculty Recital Nov 27, 1956
Oberlin Faculty Recital Nov 2, 1957
Oberlin Faculty Recital Nov 5, 1957
Oberlin Faculty Recital Nov 4, 1958
Carnegie Recital Hall Jan 23, 1969:
From the first NFA Convention in 1973:
- Pre-Convention Bulletin
- Convention Program
- Convention Concert Program
- Bob's talk on The Flute in Chamber Music
Recital program at the NFA Convention 1974
A Guide for the Understanding of BPI Flute Teachers - Ruth Dryer, 1983
Robert Willoughby flute solos
Bob's Baroque flute collection
Going Baroque at the Smithsonian
Going Baroque at the Smithsonian
Sometime in the 1950s?
1966 at Oberlin: Mary Fraley Johnson, Bob, Fenner Douglas (seated), Wayne Rapier
1977
Cincinnati Orchestra 1959 - 1960
Letter from Max Rudolph about Bob's offer
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 August 3, 1966
Concert Program August 14, 1966
Concert Program August 17, 1966
Concert Program August 20, 1966
1968 Congregation of the Arts Brochure (music, theater, art, film)
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
Taking a break
Rehearsing with Frank Martin
Playing Ballade with Frank Martin
Hopkins Center at Dartmouth
With Easley Blackwood
With Easley Blackwood
Peabody 1987 - 1997
Longy 1997 - 2018
The George Seaman Excellence in the Art of Teaching Award - May 18, 2008
Here is an Audio interview with him from 2014 in the Growing Bolder Podcast
Misc Videos
With grandson Colin on piano, 2008
At church in New Castle, 2010
At church in New Castle, 2011