Bassoon Blog

My friend, colleague and fellow blogger David Thomas recently posted his well-informed thoughts about the changing role of the performing...

Many musicians worked late last night, on Christmas Eve, myself included.  I performed a church gig which featured various combinations of ...

Every once in a while we benefit from a reminder of why we do this - why we push ourselves relentlessly to be the best possible musicians we...

During last night's Nutcracker performance I decided to change my fingering for the high A-B trill in the bassoon solo in No. 11: For...

Sigh.  High F.  Sure, I can squeeze it out using a high note reed or an Allgood high bocal, but I want to be able to add F5 to my repertoi...

Until recently, bassoonists typically used to roll their eyes and issue a guttural "aughhhhhh!" whenever Tchaikovsky...

Please forgive me for taking a short break from blogging. Ill be extremely busy over the next couple of weeks, but I intend to resume writi...