Thrilled to hear about the continuing success of IKCAS and sorry to learn about Kristin. I am guessing that the person you refer to as Allen Smith, however, was surely Alan Smith, like Gwendolyn Koldofsky an instructor of collaborative piano at USC and a fine collaborative pianist. I knew Alan as a student at the University of Michigan and later had a chance to work with him at Tanglewood. Those of us who knew Alan of course regret his all too early departure from this world. When he passed away not so very long ago, Martin Katz told me that no one could get a sound out of a Steinway like him.
Thrilled to hear about the continuing success of IKCAS and sorry to learn about Kristin. I am guessing that the person you refer to as Allen Smith, however, was surely Alan Smith, like Gwendolyn Koldofsky an instructor of collaborative piano at USC and a fine collaborative pianist. I knew Alan as a student at the University of Michigan and later had a chance to work with him at Tanglewood. Those of us who knew Alan of course regret his all too early departure from this world. When he passed away not so very long ago, Martin Katz told me that no one could get a sound out of a Steinway like him.