According to Paul Mansur, Milan Yanchich has died.
I was just notified that Milan Yancich died yesterday at the age of 86. Milan was a good friend and a loyal member of IHS. As I recall he served two or three terms on the Advisory council and contributed much through his business, Wind Music, Inc. He was a fine horn player and played and taught in the Rochester, NY Symphony and Eastman School. He was also an author and supplied us all with a lot of great arrangements for horn choir, for ensembles, and solo materials. If I remember correctly, he was largely responsible for the publication of all the Farkas books. We all owe him a great debt of gratitude and thanks. We shall miss him profoundly. To those who didn't know him, I suggest you read his book, A View From The Rear.
Milan Yancich obituary links
To everyone concerned;
Here are 3 obituaries that have run which give a little more info on Milan. Dad loved his students, colleagues and friends and you should know that he was in good health and very happy these past few years. This was an unexpected ending to his interesting and varied life. On behalf of the entire family, thank you for all of your thoughts and condolences.
Sincerely,
Mark Yancich
Lake Placid News (entitled A Father Remembered) Title & Two photos ran but don't show up on-line.
http://www.lakeplacidnews.com/obit/articles.asp?articleID=3751
Article on Aug. 23
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007708230360
Short Obit Aug 26
http://www.legacy.com/DemocratAndChronicle/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=93292202
Thank you, Mark
The horn playing community certainly values your fathers role as an artist, pedagogue, author and mentor to so many young hornists. Thank you for sharing these links.
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Milan Yancich was my teacher
Milan Yancich was my teacher for seven years. I was a shy teenager when I first started taking lessons at the Eastman School.
He coaxed and cajoled me into actually getting a decent sound out of the horn! To this day I remember what a wonderful human being he was and how much he influenced my playing and teaching.
My condolences to his family and to all of those who had the opportunity to study with him.
Milan Yancich
I was so sorry to hear about Milan's death. I met him at the Daniel Boone Forest Music Camp in Kentucky the summer of 1969 just prior to my senior year in high school and studied horn with him for two weeks. That was the first time I had received professional coaching. It was through Milan that I obtained my first double horn - an Alexander Helden which I still play. I went on to study horn at Shenandoah Conservatory and after all these years remember how much he contributed to my playing in just a short time.
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