Thursday, August 17, 2023

Making bassoon reeds with GSP cane

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 Bassoon Reedmaking 1. Soak GSP cane in water for a few hours or overnight. 2. Fold cane in half using a knife as a guide (fold the ...
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Thursday, January 12, 2023

Guidance for High School Orchestral Bassoon (and Woodwind) Playing

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    In major metropolitan areas throughout the world, high school woodwind players are afforded the opportunity to perform in local youth ...
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Saturday, May 7, 2022

Shostakovich 10 & Britten Violin Concerto

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This past week the Columbus Symphony  with Music Director Rossen Milanov performed Shostakovich 10 and the Britten Violin Concerto featurin...
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Sunday, April 24, 2022

Orchestral bassoon adventures: Bach St. John Passion

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Columbus Symphony Bach St. John Passion with overhead English subtitles Being an orchestral player is an ongoing adventure.  Even when you t...
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Friday, April 8, 2022

Playing the bassoon in an orchestra

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If you are a student or amateur musician who is playing in an orchestra and no one has advised you on the unofficial "rules" of or...
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Thursday, December 2, 2021

tools needed for bassoon reedmaking (using GSP cane)

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These days many bassoonists forgo the burden of purchasing and maintaining a gouger, a profiler and a shaper, especially since there are sev...
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Sunday, May 31, 2020

Rhythmic fingering on bassoon--a K. David Van Hoesen concept

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Rhythmic (or rhythmical) fingering is a concept I rarely hear about these days, yet during my student years at the Eastman School of Music I...
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