Cloyd Duff
Cloyd Duff (born September 16, 1915 in Marietta , Ohio , † March 12, 2000 ) was an American timpanist.
Duff studied at the Curtis Institute with Oscar Schwar until 1938 . Then Leopold Stokowski engaged him for a South American tour of the All-American Youth Orchestra . From 1938 to 1942 he was first timpanist of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, then he held the same position with the Cleveland Orchestra until 1981 . He has also taught hundreds of students at the Cleveland Institute of Music , the Oberlin Conservatory of Music , Baldwin-Wallace College and the Aspen Music Festival . After his retirement, he gave master classes at Colorado State University , and later throughout the USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and Europe. In 1977 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Percussive Arts Society .
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- Cleveland Orchestra Musicians List
- Percussive Arts Society - Hall of Fame - Cloyd Duff
- Dwight Thomas: Memories of Cloyd Duff
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duff, Cloyd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American timpanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marietta , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 2000 |