Most oboe and bassoon players perform a tedious task outside of playing their instruments -- making their own reeds ...
Judith LeClair performs with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — A musical instrument once owned by a young Parkersburg musician whose life was ...
The bassoon, an orchestral woodwind instrument that Dutch musician Bram van Sambeek claims is at risk of extinction just like the endangered creatures named above. The virtuoso bassoonist is so ...
It is widely understood that lions, pandas and polar bears are all in serious jeopardy … The fact that bassoons now share this endangered status may come as more of a surprise, but this summer the ...
Daniel Smith has invested a lot of time and energy to bring the repertoire of the bassoon into ragtime, jazz and contemporary music. Smith has recorded such titles as Bassoon Bon Bons, Bravo Bassoon ...