The local electric bassoon ensemble — perhaps the world's only electric bassoon ensemble — began as a joke. Matt Gutwein mused about his teenage hobby of playing bassoon, the double-reed woodwind ...

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.

FRANK ZAPPA once wrote, “The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has the medieval aroma -- like the days when everything used to sound like that.... It’s a great noise -- nothing else makes ...

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio -- It's not often that one encounters a bassoon quartet in its natural habitat. When the number of bassoons increases to nine, the occasion becomes as noteworthy as a grand alignment ...

Renowned bassoonist Rebekah Heller will be accompanied by 10 of the world's most impressive bassoonists for a one-night-only event that features three world premieres on Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 7:30 ...

Local musician Chris Harrison has spent the past 15 years performing and teaching in the Roaring Fork Valley, and now, after never believing it was possible, he’s taking the next big step in his ...

This year’s Fifth Annual Bassoon Ensemble Concert, “Rock-n-Roll Retrospective,” rocked the Nightingale Concert Hall Tuesday evening, Feb. 17 The University of Nevada, Reno musicians played to their ...

The best Father’s Day for Rufus Olivier Jr. was in 2011, when he and his son, Rufus David Olivier, sat through 5½ hours of “Gotterdammerung” from “The Ring of the Nibelung” at the War Memorial Opera ...

The newly founded Zhejiang Bassoon Ensemble features musicians from art institutions including Zhejiang Conservatory of Music and Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra. [Photo provided to China Daily] The ...

HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 27 March 2026 - On 21 April 2026 at Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall, 8:00pm, the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong (CCOHK) presents Bassoon & Baton, a rare ...

Catherine Van Handel is bringing sexy back to the bassoon. In the liner notes for her new CD, scheduled for release Jan. 31, the Milwaukee Symphony's principal bassoonist writes, "Each of the pieces I ...