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 ...

Baroque Adaptations for Bassoon and Jazz Trio (Allegro from Concerto in Bb / Pavan: The Earl of Salisbury / Air on a Ground Bass / Largo / Badinerie); Scott Joplin Rags (The Chrysanthemum / The Easy ...

Eighteen indispensable men got ready last week for another winter’s work. They were the contrabassoonists of the eighteen big U.S. symphony orchestras. Without them, the U.S. symphonic season could ...

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.