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 ...

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.

The Pearland High School junior, a bassoonist who recently won a Houston concerto contest, credits his face for his introduction to the bassoon five years ago. The Pearland High School junior, a ...

Where will you be staying this summer? My family and I leave our home and move everything out to Pittsfield for two months. Who is planning to stay with you or visit you? So far (my kids are getting ...

A shortage of young players at weekly rehearsals could result in woodwind instruments disappearing from performances. Keith Crellin, director of AdYO, the state’s leading youth orchestra, said wind ...

Marylhurst Symphony, a non-profit, community full-orchestra is looking for Bassoon players and Violin players to join us for the 2013-14 season. We have 5 concerts this season, the first one being Nov ...