To be an accomplished oboe or bassoon player it also helps to be a skilled carpenter. What? Sounds crazy, but it's true. Most young music students understand the road they must travel to become ...

Meet the bassoon — a double-reed woodwind instrument with rich tones and intricate fingering. Professor Richard Church introduces young learners to the bassoon and the rest of the woodwind family.

David McGill has blazed an inspirational trail in his career as a teacher and, before that, as principal bassoon player in major orchestras in the United States and Canada. To him, music isn’t an ...

Bassoonist Nancy Goeres joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1984 as their Principal Bassoonist. Prior to that, she held similar positions with the Florida Orchestra, the Caracas Philharmonic, ...

Bassoon player and bandleader Daniel Smith cooks up a heady mix of blues and bop with a dash of experimental jazz in his recording, Blue Bassoon from Summit Records. Similarly to his previous albums ...

Meet Kim Windsor, a dedicated bassoonist of the Naperville Municipal Band with 25 years of musical experience.

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Sounds crazy, but it's true. Most young music students understand the road they must travel to become skilled musicians. They must practice their instruments diligently and patiently, and little by ...