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    'East Wind, West Wind' a mix of chamber music  Jun 28, 2009
    Flute, bassoon and piano instrumentalists will perform contrasting chamber works at the "East Wind, West Wind" concert tonight at Hawaii Public Radio's Atherton Theatre ... Gottling on bassoon and contrabassoon, with Wendy Yamashita on piano. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Mason City, Hampton bands to perform  Jun 16, 2009
    Featured soloist is Laurie Hoeppner, bassoon ... Hoeppner received her bachelor of science in music education from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville, and her masters degree in bassoon performance from the University of Northern Iowa ... Hoeppner is principal and solo bassoonist with the North Iowa Concert Band and Mason City Municipal Band. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)

    Tag Junior electronic book pal helps toddlers to read  Jun 16, 2009
    For example, with the add-on book "ABC Animal Orchestra," toddlers will not only hear the letters of the alphabet, but they will also hear music from 26 alphabetical musical instruments including the baboon's bassoon and the vulture's violin. And when listening to "Pooh Loves To...", kids will hear the familiar Disney voices of Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and the rest of the Hundred Acre Wood gang. (USA Today -- Tech)

    Hulaville heats up jazz scene  Jun 6, 2009
    An evening of classical bassoon, flute and piano including works by Taffanel, Donezetti and Villa-Lobos. Sandy raz Jazz. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Chamber group traces a musical lineage  Jun 5, 2009
    Along with the Czerny piece, Sunday's concert -- which is the last of the Moment Musical season -- includes J.S. Bach's "Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten" and Andre Caplet's "Legende" for oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass. A reception will follow the concert. (Fresno Bee)

    Local Boy, 13, Competes In National Spelling Bee  May 27, 2009
    In addition to spelling, Wells is an accomplished musician, playing the bassoon, piano and clarinet. He also composes symphony and chamber music, and has performed with local and statewide honor bands. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)

    Teach Yourself How to Read Sheet Mu...  May 17, 2009
    Musicians who sing bass or play a lower instrument such as the bassoon, tuba, or bass will find their music written in the bass clef. Notes to be played by a pianist s left hand are also written in this clef. (Suite101.com)

    Student’s initiative provides impetus for Sul Ross Mariachi Band  May 16, 2009
    He now plays percussion, bassoon, guitarron, bass guitar and is beginning to learn the violin, owned by his grandfather, the late Jesus Guevara, a noted Ojinaga musician ... "I started out on percussion, and by 2006, the band director, John Ferguson, offered to teach me the bassoon." ... Enrolling at Sul Ross in the fall of 2008, Guevara joined the Sul Ross Woodwind Ensemble, playing the bassoon. (Odessa American, TX)

    Orpheus Winds delights audience members  May 15, 2009
    This group is comprised of five performers: April Clayton, flute; Geralyn Giovannetti, oboe; Jaren Hinckley, clarinet; Christian Smith, bassoon; and Laurence Lowe, horn ... The Smiths, parents of Christian Smith, bassoonist for Orpheus Winds, are loyal enthusiasts of the group. (The Daily Universe, UT)

    Reporter's Notebook: CV to dedicate plaza, Shaull Elementary  May 14, 2009
    For orchestra: bassoon player Maxwell Aleman of Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School, violinist Julianna Dietz of Red Land High School and string bassist Marie Higgins of Shippensburg Area High School. For wind ensemble: French horn player Peter Breen of Cumberland Valley High School, oboe player Sarah Gregory of Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School and bassoon player Cassie Fernelius of Shippensburg Area High School. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    Spotlight: Cal Thomas  May 12, 2009
    WHAT: French language fan, bassoonist ... After listening to a bassoon concerto played at his church, Cal became enchanted by the bassoon. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Small-ensemble music at its best  May 12, 2009
    Tresemble extracts the sonata from "Musical Offering" and present it in the first half of the concert in a trio of trios: Jacques Ibert's "Deux interludes" (Two Interludes) in a delightful opening performance by flutist Susan McGinn, violinist Claire Sakai Hazzard and pianist Thomas Yee on harpsichord; the second of Jan Dismas Zelenka's famed wind Trio Sonatas, exceptionally performed by obosists J. Scott Janusch and Pavel Morunov, bassoonist Marsha Schweitz-er, cellist Karen Bechtel and Thomas... (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Concert band is practicing for a show next week  May 10, 2009
    Instrumentalists who play the French horn, bassoon, tenor saxophone, flute oboe and percussion are wanted. For more information, call Allen at 404-8795. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)

    Music review: S.F. Symphony does Haydn concerto  May 10, 2009
    The solo instruments are violin, cello, oboe and bassoon, but the whole idea of the "sinfonia concertante" - a "concerto-ish symphony," to translate crudely - is that the line between soloists and orchestra is consistently blurred ... Thursday's soloists - violinist Dan Nobuhiko Smiley, cellist Peter Wyrick, oboist Jonathan Fischer and bassoonist Stephen Paulson - worked as well together as individually. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Talisker Players, Burgess combine for rich program  May 9, 2009
    Burgess possesses a bright, steady, focused voice of pleasing timbre, and her sound and delivery were effectively varied to accommodate the three splendid but very different works we heard: R. Murray Schafer's Minnelieder (1956, for voice and woodwind quintet); Luciano Berio's Folk Songs (1964, for voice, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, harp and percussion); and a new work commissioned by the Talisker Players, Alexander Rapoport's The Song of Henry Pyne (for voice, flute, viola, bassoon and... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Honolulu Symphony makes appeal for financial help, then performs superbly  May 4, 2009
    Like many Russian composers, Shostakovich frequently showcased wind soloists: notable performances on Saturday included those by Scott Anderson (clarinet), Susan McGinn (flute), and Paul Barrett (bassoon). He also included surprises such as solos on timpani, by Stephen Dinion, and piano, by Grant Mack but his first love remained the strings: concertmaster Ignace Jang's lovely solo, the 'celli, the basses, the violins and violas in sweeping unisons. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Mary Alice's Potpourri (6)  May 3, 2009
    Bassoon - Nicole Haywood and Jamie Heiberg. Clarinets - Pat Authement, Cathy Dawson, Gary Joiner, Yolanda Kovac, Alicia Perkins, Dan Smith, Evelyn Smith, Moddie Smith and Olgas Voight. (Boerne Star, TX)

    OCEANSIDE: Former Councilwoman Betty Harding dies at 75  May 3, 2009
    Both natives of Los Angeles, they met while Bill was playing bassoon in the USC concert band. During his long tenure at Charter Oak High in Glendora, one of his students was Barbara Wayne, now Oceanside's city clerk. (North County Times)

    LHS musicians compete at regional, state  May 1, 2009
    Representing LHS were Blenita Mills, percussion; Kelly Blandin, flute; Samantha Hendren, clarinet; Danielle Crone, saxophone; Harland Cooper, saxophone; Bria McAnderson, clarinet; Anna Cleland-Leighton, flute; and Molly Sevcik, bassoon; as well as a brass quartet featuring Nicholas Johnson, euphonium; Dominique Oree, trombone; Kyle Regenold, trumpet; and Burgandie Lewis, trumpet ... Having received a superior rating at the regional competition, Sevcik represented Leavenworth High School at the... (Leavenworth Lamp, KS)

    Dudamel's storm  Apr 17, 2009
    And Dudamel himself breaks off to point out an "amazing" harmony to the audience or, with a crazy wiggle of his eyebrows, to highlight the bassoon passage which was compared with Duke Ellington by Leonard Bernstein, himself an advocate for popularising classical music. But when Dudamel really harnesses that bubbling nervous energy of his group, their Rite of Spring takes on a truly frightening urgency. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    Gettysburg College in shock over killing  Apr 11, 2009
    The multi-talented Ms. Silverstein played flute and bassoon in her high school marching band, painted and was active in numerous social justice groups, including Amnesty International and Free the Children. She had been a vegetarian since age 12 -- "because she didn't want to hurt animals," according to her father -- and swam competitively in high school. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Looking Back  Apr 10, 2009
    IMS Musicians Sara Hochstetler, violin, Diane Gingerich, bassoon, Heidi Gingerich, flute, Sue Munson, clarinet, Heidi Gingerich, piccolo, Diane Gingerich and Sara Hochstetler, bassoon and violin. All six IMS entries received a "I" or "Superior" rating. (Kalona News, IA)

    Travis Middle School Advanced Band  Apr 9, 2009
    Soloist receiving a medal on Bassoon is. JJ Cabrera. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)

    Local soloists head to state competition  Apr 8, 2009
    Bassoon: Weiyi Li (CVHS), first place. Clarinet: Julia Semprini (CVHS), first place; Stephanie Hao (CHS), second place. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    Students bond with ballet  Apr 3, 2009
    For example, Peter s grandpa is underscored with the low, lumbering tones of the bassoon. Slow, deep music makes you think of someone or something that may move slower, said Dunn. (Muscatine Journal, IO)

    North Iowa Concert Band to present concert Tuesday  Apr 2, 2009
    The woodwind quintet musicians are Laura Paarmann, flute; Kimber Kleven, oboe; Jill Dempster, clarinet; Laurie Hoeppner, bassoon and Donald Lomen, horn. The concert will include music by such well-known composers such as Gustav Holst, George Gershwin and John Philip Sousa. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)

    Letters to Sunday Datebook  Mar 30, 2009
    Anyone wanting to see and hear the band at its absolute best should check out the "Live at the Quick" DVD. It will not only change any preconceptions about the banjo but also about bass, bassoon and drumming as well. J. Jordan. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    The comforts of community  Mar 28, 2009
    A few weeks ago, when the opportunity to interview Alexander McCall Smith came in over the transom, someone suggested we hang out in a music shop or maybe the Juilliard School of Music, where McCall Smith might noodle away on a borrowed bassoon ... But the bassoon plan has failed to come to fruition, which means the only aural assault in the offing will be the usual New York squawking street symphony endured on the way to a Belgian bakery caf a stone's throw from Carnegie Hall. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Composers of past and future find audiences  Mar 28, 2009
    He leads a varying group of instrumentalists encompassing flute, recorder, violin, cello, bass, horn, oboe, lute and bassoon, depending on the works performed ... The McCarter program offers an impressive selection, highlighting Albinioni's Concerto for two oboes and strings in C, Bach's Concerto for violin in E and three varied pieces by Vivaldi, including his concerto for bassoon and strings in E minor. (NJ.com -- Times)

    Orchestra brings period music to back to life  Mar 28, 2009
    Period violins, violas, cellos, double bass, flute, bassoon, horn and trumpet are among the other instruments. "We choose to play that music with instruments from that time, mainly because we all believe there is lots to be learned from doing that (such as) the kinds of sounds they make, the kinds of problems associated," Egarr said. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Previn joins Chamber Players for a spirited concert  Mar 25, 2009
    Previn, and Richard Svoboda perform Previn's Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano on Sunday ... Previn's 1994 Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano (replacing a previously announced premiere, rescheduled for an August Tanglewood concert) is an unapologetic bricolage ... But Ferrillo and bassoonist Richard Svoboda matched Previn's breezy confidence, smoothly tossing off the finale's dense riffs. (Boston Globe)

    Classical music, ballet, opera  Mar 21, 2009
    It's a wonder more composers haven't explored the potent combination of oboe, bassoon and piano. The oboe naturally inspires a certain melodic reverie, the bassoon adds a quirky conversational element to the mix and the piano always provides a strong architectural foundation. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Today's Best Bets  Mar 17, 2009
    The quartet features Heidi Nibbelink on oboe, Beth Baile on flute, Tom Cooper on clarinet, Barbara Hawman on French horn and Robert Placek on bassoon. Admission is free. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Radius Ensemble marks a decade of adventurous music making  Mar 9, 2009
    Brady and Moore were joined by Carlos Arias (bassoon), Anne Howarth (horn), and Montbach (oboe) for three Piazzolla tangos ... "Quasi Hoquetus" for bassoon, piano, and viola conveys her signature blend of mysticism and an opaque yet vivid theatricality. (Boston Globe)

    Women's Seder Celebrates Women and Women's Roles  Mar 4, 2009
    "The event begins with a sumptuous Mediterranean-style meal, including Chicken with Plum Sauce, Sephardic-style matza-ball soup, grilled vegetables, an assortment of salads and fruit accompanied by wine, and Moroccan pastries for dessert.Following the meal, women gather "in the round" for the Seder program, an explanation of the meaning of Passover underscored by music and dance.Highlights this year include an original work written by Linda Goodman for bassoon, flute, recorder, kazoo, fiddle and... (Voices, CT)

    Woodwind repairman's passion: Baroque flutes  Mar 3, 2009
    Bassoon, Baroque bassoon, four kinds of saxophone, various clarinets, flageolet, recorder, oboe da caccia ... Today he spends 80 percent of his time on the repair and restoration of flutes, clarinets, bassoons and oboes ... "We're really fortunate to have the clarinet and bassoon players from the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Opera orchestras coming in," Deitch, 49, said on a drizzly afternoon. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    • Symphonic sounds from CSI band  Feb 27, 2009
    Bassoon player Jenny Whitmore of Twin Falls said audiences will enjoy Genaro Codina's "The Zacatecas March," an unofficial national anthem of Mexico. With an unforgiving tempo, Whitmore said, you either keep up or get trampled down. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)

    Coffin raises a racket at Wellington  Feb 26, 2009
    A racket, an early version of a bassoon, and other predecessors to today s recorder were featured in Coffin s presentation, Music for the Kings Court, Exploring the Early Winds, performed for third-graders in a music enrichment program funded by the Moira K. Gavin Memorial Fund. Coffin, a dynamic performer devoted to the study of early instruments, is also Master of Ceremonies for the annual Christmas Revels show at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)

    Fairies wing it at Midsummer  Feb 25, 2009
    Titania, the queen of the fairies, sleeps in a double bass case and the young guns Lysander and Demetrius fight with a trombone and a bassoon. The Concert Hall may never be the same. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Stevie Wonder at Library of Congress  Feb 25, 2009
    A 21-piece chamber orchestra was assembled to accompany Mr. Wonder, including a second piano, harp, percussion, French horn, bassoon, oboe, clarinet, six violins and two each of cello, viola and bass. The piece opens with a simple melodic theme that is picked up in a swell of violins. (Insight on the News)

    Lessons in heroism from the maestros  Feb 21, 2009
    It was a breath of fresh air when the bassoon and strings performed the charming fermata from the first section. This display of the various instruments is both beautiful and educative, as this type of performance is quite rare. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)

    The Actors Studio bids farewell  Feb 19, 2009
    This performance will feature the MPOs very own Markus Gundermann (on violin), Simon Emes (oboe), Csaba Krs (cello) and Alexander Lenkov (bassoon). Next, the MPO will perform Haydns Notturno No.3 in C. And finally, the orchestra will enthral audiences with Haydns Symphony No.100 in G Military, first performed in 1794 at Londons Hanover Square Rooms. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Involvement makes Haines, and the world, go 'round  Feb 19, 2009
    And my neighbor Sylvia sang ancient Italian songs and played her bassoon. Other highlights (there were no lowlights) of the evening were Pizza Joe's pithy and unexpectedly moving poems. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Chameleon Arts Ensemble turns in a fresh, playful program  Feb 18, 2009
    In between came Manuel de Falla's "Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas" and a piece by the British composer Judith Weir, "Airs From Another Planet," in which Scots folk songs and dances are transmuted into ghostly fragments, with oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn now added to the piano, violin, and flute/piccolo. It seems unfair to single out any performers when excellence was so uniform, but Rafael Popper-Keizer was moving in the quiet solos in the Smetana, Aaron Trant moved easily amid Asian... (Boston Globe)

    Charles Darwin anniversary: Down House, Kent  Feb 12, 2009
    He kept them in pots in his study where he shone coloured lights on them at night, and he tested their hearing by having his family serenade them Emma on piano, their children on penny whistle, bassoon and vocal chords (the worms evinced no reaction but, hey, he tried). As he wrote at the end of The Origin of Species. (Telegraph.co.uk)

    The Rite of Spring  Feb 12, 2009
    The thick, dissonant chords he uses after a bassoon introduction are grating on an ear accustomed to the pleasant harmonies of Mozart or Beethoven. To further complicate matters, the already complex meter changes like a schizophrenic in several sections. (Suite101.com)

    Violins and Lightsabers: Third-graders review the symphony  Feb 8, 2009
    Darth Vader, by Olivia of Bowman School, demonstrates the power of the Dark Side of the Force when it comes to playing his violin with a light saber. Thu Feb 05, 2009, 06:07 AM EST. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)

    CBC scraps radio orchestra  Mar 28, 2008
    "This is such a slap in the face to the city, to the province, to the nation and around the world it will resonate that the CBC has reduced its once-proud network to a pastiche of middle-of-the-road nothing," said George Zukerman, who played bassoon with the orchestra 60 years ago. Reached by telephone, Ian Morrison with the CBC watchdog group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting said he believes the decision to dismantle the orchestra resulted partially from the integration of the radio and... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Lyric Winds will perform Sunday at PAC  Mar 27, 2008
    Lyric Winds is comprised of four talented musicians from the Illinois Valley area Susan Gillio, flute; Elizabeth Bishop, Oboe; Gene Montgomery, clarinet; and Terri McTaggart, bassoon. They are all accomplished musicians and are all members of the Illinois Valley Symphony. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)

    What's Happening  Mar 27, 2008
    35" by Henry Hargrave, "Concerto No. IV in B-flat" and the "Wilson Osborne Rhapsody for Bassoon. " Clarke Central High School's Central Players present "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" - 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday, E.B. Mell Auditorium, 350 S. Milledge Ave.; $7; $5 for students. Lyric League presents "Sentimental Journey Through the 1940's" - 7:30 p.m., Statham Community Center, 336 Jefferson St.; a free concert featuring songs, sights and period costumes of the World War II-era;... (Athens Banner-Herald)

    H&H led fluently by one of its own  Mar 26, 2008
    Earlier on the program, Stephen Hammer and Andrew Schwartz were the soloists in an accomplished reading of Vivaldi's Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon, especially notable for the conversational fluency brought to the lyrical slow movement. Stepner opened the program by conducting Corelli's Concerto Grosso (Op. (Boston Globe)

    Guitar lessons are a good fit  Mar 25, 2008
    Besser said he has seen a student go from renting his first clarinet through Tone Music to earning a doctorate in performance on the bassoon. Many kids come into the stores, Besser said, looking to start their own bands. (Albert Lea Tribune, MN)

    For Big Sky High School, it's tres bien ensemble  Mar 22, 2008
    Junior bassoon player Sara Feilzer said she felt like the only person on stage, surrounded by sound. Elizabeth Gates, a sophomore flute player, said she could hold a long note and then let it go, and it would just drift off. (Missoulian, MT)

    Public Radio  Mar 22, 2008
    32; Torrie Zito: Divertimento, Blues for Sabine and Templet for Five Clarinets; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - for Piano; A. Rolla: Trio for Viola, Bassoon and Cello. 10:15 a.m. Morning Freeforms with Rigel Bankshot. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Campus Calendar  Mar 19, 2008
    Friday and SundayItalian virtuosi Daniel Stepner directs principal players from the Handel and Haydn Society Period-Instrument Orchestra and soprano Dominique Labelle in performances of Corelli's "Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 3," Vivaldi's "Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon," Locatelli's "Concerto Grosso, Op. 7, No. 6," and Handel's "Cantata, 'Delirio Amoroso.' " "The chief characteristic of the [classical concerto form]," Stepner says, "is the alternation of soloists and full string orchestra... (Boston Globe)

    Imani Wind's stirring sounds from expatriates and exiles  Mar 18, 2008
    That genre-bridging was mirrored in Paquito D'Rivera's "Kites Over Havana," surrounding a Latin-jazz jam session (featuring clarinetist Mariam Adam and bassoonist Monica Ellis in witty conversation) with a more classically rhapsodic tone poem. Ellis's deep, reedy bassoon tone and Scott's warm horn anchored the ensemble's big sound, while their extroverted phrasing was equally fluent in avant-garde music. (Boston Globe)

    Philbrick kids take it From the Top  Mar 15, 2008
    I liked the bassoon because it was so low and had good rhythm, said Hallas about 16-year-old Sarah Abraham s instrument. Abraham, who is from Atlanta, was playing the first movement from an Alexandre Tansman sonatine. (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)

    Junketing around the Junction, March 13  Mar 15, 2008
    Performers for the first part were Mary-Lynne Bohn, trumpet; Nancy Dimock, oboe; Steven Jackson, clarinet; Sebastian Chaves, bassoon; and Carolyn Cantrell, French horn. The second set had Lynn Basila, violin; Melissa, flute; Eileen Yarrison, flute; and Joseph DiMarino, harpsichord. (Concord Journal, MA)

    PHS students named to all-state band  Mar 15, 2008
    Andrada ranked as first bass clarinet chair; Coufal as third bassoon chair; Fears as fourth bass trombone chair; Koinis as sixth piccolo chair; Kumar as fourth trombone chair; and Martinez as ninth trumpet chair. Houston Community Newspapers Online 2008. (Pearland Journal, TX)

    'Carmina Burana' gives dancers an emotional rollercoaster  Mar 9, 2008
    But what is most attractive for Barkley is the orchestration, where Orff's score pushes the limits of the musicians, from the high tessitura of the bassoon to some peculiar bowing required of the strings to achieve an "abrupt, almost brittle" effect in "Estuans Interius.". Of course, the PBT dancers will undergo their own workout. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    S.F. Symphony Sked  Mar 6, 2008
    Bernard Labadie, conductor; Dan Nobuhiko Smiley, violin; Peter Wyrick, cello; Jonathan D. Fischer, oboe; Stephen Paulson, bassoon. Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Bassoon; Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat, K. 361 (370a), "Gran Partita.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)

    HS, MS musicians win honors  Mar 1, 2008
    Those students were Matt Maves (first place - Bari Sax), Chelsea Germer (first place - Tenor Sax), Elly Adams (first place - Trumpet), Marcus Heineman (second place - Bari Sax), Trista Reis (fourth place - Alto Sax), Ryan Runyan (fourth place - Trombone), Dan Kuil (fourth place - Tuba), Jeff Emerson (fourth place - Bassoon). Ogden received 24 Division I ratings and five division II ratings. (Ogden Reporter, IA)

    More of this story  Mar 1, 2008
    That's my newest project, and that's with cello, bassoon, piano and trumpet, so it really is a chamber group and there's a lot of improvising in it. Q: So do you have a classical background. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)

    Woodwinds champion brings quartet to Westerly Library  Feb 29, 2008
    By Marshall Williams The Laurel Double Reed Ensemble, with bassoonist Rebecca Noreen of Stonington in the foreground. The oboe family might be the poor relations of the orchestral clan, according to bassoonist Rebecca Noreen of Stonington, who retired recently from a long career with the distinguished United States Coast Guard Band in New London ... This quartet, featuring the four "double reed" instruments the oboe, oboe d amore, English horn and bassoon will perform an informative concert... (Westerly Sun, RI)

    An old familiar sneaks up, for a refreshing surprise  Feb 25, 2008
    And without wishing to overlook the strong solos from every wind player, the bassoon player Roger Brooke shone in the occasionally splashy Alborada del gracioso. It was in the first half, however, that the real rewards for close, repeated listening came. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    URI hits a high note with concert series  Feb 23, 2008
    The program will include the "Russlan and Ludmilla Overture" by Glinka, Finale from Symphony No. 2 ("Little Russian") by Tchaikovsky, "As Summer Was Just Beginning" (written in honor of James Dean) by Daehn, "Song of the Bells" by Anderson, and "Concerto in C Major for Bassoon" by Jan Kozeluch. The bassoon soloist will be Stevie Caufield, URI faculty guest artist and teacher in bassoon ... In addition to teaching, she holds the co-prinicipal bassoon position in the U.S. Coast Guard Band and also... (Westerly Sun, RI)

    Palmer Museum to host collage of university music, art  Feb 20, 2008
    Many people wouldn't draw comparisons between bassoons and African sculptures, but the Palmer Museum of Art is hoping to bridge the gap with this afternoon's Art of Music event ... Durran said people who attend the concert will have the opportunity to hear many double reed instruments, such as the oboe-d'amore, English horn and bassoon. (Daily Collegian, PA)

    From Stalin's Russia, a buried symphony  Feb 15, 2008
    Then the sound clears and a lone bassoon wanders out of the wreckage, tentative yet questing ... Richard Svoboda's bassoon playing was one among many outstanding solo contributions. (Boston Globe)

    Firebird puts new pieces -- and a fresh approach -- on the menu  Feb 13, 2008
    Violist (and Firebird artistic director) Kate Vincent then deftly tossed off a new work from Lisa Bielawa's Synopsis series called "I Don't Even Play the Bassoon." It riffs imaginatively on the opening solo from "The Rite of Spring," its title apparently referring to Bielawa's own anxiety dream. Trant's "It's Over" and "Song 4" both placed a spotlight on Rohan Gregory's freewheeling fiddle playing and marked a departure into the Latin, jazz, and heavy metal-influenced territory of the rest of... (Boston Globe)

    Illinois Symphony to teach area youth through music  Feb 11, 2008
    In the classrooms, Haglund plays simple tunes on a piccolo, flute, bassoon, oboe and clarinet. Then the percussionist really shows off on snare drums and timpani. (The Pantagraph newspaper)

    Secret to superior saxophone play revealed  Feb 8, 2008
    "It's easy to play those loud, but it's quite a bit of a struggle to play them soft. Or we can look at multiphonic playing, where you play multiple notes at the same time. We can also see if this tuning phenomenon happens in other single-reed instruments such as the clarinet, or double-reed instruments like the bassoon and oboe.". Chen and his colleagues detailed their findings in the Feb. 8 issue of the journal Science. (MSNBC -- Environment)

    Free flight: Symphony tackles Stravinsky  Feb 8, 2008
    Among the many highlights is the Infernal Dance, which depicts the demonic dancing with some of the most excitingly explosive music ever written; the haunting bassoon solo in the Berceuse ( Lullaby ), the enchanted (and enchanting) music that puts Kastchei and his followers to sleep; and the majestic sonorities of the Finale, which provide an exceptionally stirring finish to the musical fairy tale. Closing thought: Some people get scared when they hear the name 'Stravinsky,' says Ling. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Peter Pan will soar across the stage  Feb 8, 2008
    Band director Paul Baur will play the trombone and the assistant director Mike Fenn will play the bassoon. Director of the Lake Area Strings Missy McPheeters will play the violin. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)

    Rare instrument debuts at music competition  Feb 7, 2008
    Stevens student shows her skills on contrabassoon ... Taryn Sahli waited outside her performance room with her mother and her instrument, as students who saw her with the contrabassoon slowed and pointed ... On Wednesday, the 17-year-old Stevens High School senior was the first student ever to play a four-foot contrabassoon at the Region Eight Solo and Ensemble contest. (Rapid City Journal, SD)

    Poems squeezed from music, and other delights  Feb 5, 2008
    The dulcian in the title refers to the bassoon's Renaissance predecessor, and the bassoon takes a major role (very nicely played by bassoonist Catherine Carignan). But it's not a concerto per se, even though the bassoon's timbre is often a focusing point: The other instruments play at shadowing it, or disguising it with unisons, while the off-stage instruments confuse our confidence about where sounds are coming from and who is actually making them, quickening a parade of bright, fresh sounds in... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    BMOP concert explores many faces of modern music  Jan 29, 2008
    Michael Gandolfi's Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra also carries neoclassic overtones, but the fascination was in how the simplest ideas a descending third, a dotted rhythm beget abundant rhetorical variety. Throughout the instrument's range, encompassing tenor, baritone, and bass, Boston Symphony principal bassoonist Richard Svoboda (who premiered the work last year) swapped corresponding operatic temperaments - hero, menace, comic relief - with unassuming stylishness. (Boston Globe)

    Alumni Jerome Lowenthal, piano, and Judith LeClair, bassoon, to perform at Settlement Music School Recital, February 3, 3pm  Jan 26, 2008
    PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The first concert of the Schools Centennial Year will feature Distinguished Alumni Judith LeClair, Principal Bassoon of the New York Philharmonic and internationally recognized pianist Jerome (Jerry) Lowenthal performing works by Saint-Saens (Sonata for bassoon and piano), Ravel (Tombeau de Couperin, solo piano), Milhaud (three Saudades do Brazil, solo piano) Roger Boutry (Interferences 1, bassoon and piano) and Milde (Andante and Rondo, bassoon and piano). In... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Dordt hosts Honors Orchestra Festival  Jan 25, 2008
    North High School: Emily Johnston, Adam Scheid, Katie Sykes and Ben Walding, violin; Danny Gillette and Caroline Luebbert, viola; Kelbey Heider and Justin Thiele, cello; Shawn McKenzie and Andrew Moreland, bass; Elizabeth Horneber and William Lohry, clarinet; Anna Pritchard, bassoon; Jon Horneber and Kelsie Poe, horn; Katie Linder, trumpet, and Mitchell Hein and Elizabeth Sykes, trombone. West High School: Monica Boykin and Sasha Johnson, violin, and Kelley Gilson, bass. (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    'Josephine Baker, A Life of Le Jazz Hot!' to be presented at Luther College  Jan 20, 2008
    The group's innovative repertoire combines classical wind instrumentation --- horn, flute, bassoon, clarinet and oboe --- with influences drawn from jazz and world music as well as original compositions by ensemble members. Imani Winds has performed extensively across the United States. (Waterloo Courier, IO)

    Things to do  Jan 18, 2008
    The performance will include Henry Doskey, piano; Joanne and Charles Bath, violin and piano duo; Mary Burroughs, horn; Chris Grymes, clarinet; David Hawkins, oboe; Chris Ulffers, bassoon Free. Call 328-6851. (The Daily Reflector)

    This young woman leads an adventurous life  Jan 18, 2008
    Her mother, Maggie, originally from England, studied bassoon, piano and violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and taught piano and fiddle. Anna also plays piano, violin, pipe organ and is teaching herself to play the guitar. (Courier Publications, ME)

    For the Love of Music features a Festival of Winds for January  Jan 12, 2008
    The five musicians, Erica Schiller, flute; Devin Garner, oboe; Lisa Kachouee, clarinet; Gregory Miller, horn; and Jason Souli;re, bassoon are all master s degree students at the University of Arizona s School of Music. The members of the ensemble were chosen by competitive auditions from various schools of music from around the country. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)

    VRHS students qualify for All-State Band  Jan 12, 2008
    Lucas Coffey performed on bassoon and Sarika Sanghvi performed on clarinet ... Coffey is among the top seven bassoon players in the state among Texas 4A bands. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)

    Honolulu symphony gets $450,000, pays musicians  Jan 10, 2008
    "The musicians of the HSO thank the community for their support which allows us to do what we do best: to serve the people of Hawai'i by providing them with the opportunity to hear a full-sized, professional orchestra, live in concert." --Paul Barrett, Orchestra Committee Chairperson and Honolulu Symphony Principal Bassoon. Annual Fund Campaign Reflects Broad Base of Individual Support. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Copying music legally in the digital age  Jan 9, 2008
    Technology's relentless advance has finally invaded the timeless world of the cello, bassoon and other orchestral instruments, with the debut of the largest digital orchestra in the world. . (Guardian Unlimited)

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