Thomas Piercy

Thomas Piercy’s teachers

Gervase de Peyer

TP: My main teacher was Gervase de Peyer, who is obviously an English clarinetist, but he went to Paris to study with Cahuzac. ’’HM: He was student of Louis Cahuzac, one of the most important representatives of the “old French School” of clarinet. Gervase de Peyer was very flexible in his sound. Do you think it is due to his embouchure technique? Did he play double lip?’’

TP: No, he played single lip.

’’HM: He learned with Cahuzac, who was a double lip player’’