Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. This section of the orchestra got its name from the fact that many of its ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catherine Van Handel is principal bassoonist of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Catherine Van Handel is bringing sexy back to ...

If classical music bears any comparison to the sport of tennis, then Jonathan Sherwin is an all-court player, an artist defined by his versatility. For Sherwin, a bassoonist in the Cleveland Orchestra ...

With April Fool's Day just around the corner, here's an ensemble guaranteed to bring some laughter into your day - The Bassoon Brothers. Their mission from their website: "We have an ultimate mission ...

CANYON — One of West Texas A&M University’s newest music faculty members will be a featured soloist in an upcoming concert — a “full-circle moment” for a WT alumnus. Dr. Conor Bell was hired this fall ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Orchestra will showcase its bassoon section in three concerts in November. Conductor Eiji Oue (AY'-gee OH'-way) will return to lead the concerts. Oue was the orchestra ...

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 ...

" 'Uh oh — things are going comically awry!' That's the way I think it is most often used in television and movies," says Eileen Reynolds, who has played the bassoon since elementary school. "When I ...

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 ...