Chapter 2: Her Impact on Students

Katsuumi Niwa studied privately with Lehmann in 1961. He recorded the following 27 minute remembrance in 1989. Katsuumi Niwa Judith Beckman(n) and her husband Irving, worked with Lehmann in master classes in the 1960s and beyond, as you’ll read from this recent...

Chapter 1: Her Teaching Philosophy

Her teaching philosophy “Don’t imitate” Sentimentality Remember that these generally are not professional or studio recordings, thus there are a great variety of acoustic properties (aka noise). You are not listening to enjoy the sound, but to learn...