Joseph Allard
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Joseph Allard was a professor of saxophone and clarinet at Juilliard School of Music, and after retiring from Juilliard, later at New England Conservatory. He was the only professor of this discipline at Juilliard in over a hundred years, and was the first saxophonist with the NBC staff orchestra in New York City. He played the "Firestone Hour" and "Bell Telephone Hour" on TV and radio during his career. He played the bass clarinet in the NBC symphony under Toscaninni.
Among his famous students are Michael Brecker, Paul Winter, Phill Woods and Kenneth Radnofsky. Joseph was the coach for the saxophone section in Glenn Miller's Orchestra and Benny Goodman's Orchestra as well.
Joseph studied clarinet under Gaston Hamlin of the Boston Symphony and saxophone under Rudy Wiedoft.
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