Bassoon Blog

In 1918 Igor Stravinsky, who was living in Switzerland at the time, collaborated with Swiss writer C.F. Gamuz to create L'Histoire du So...

Here's all you need to begin learning to circular breathe: Puff out your cheeks, filling them with air.  Then blow into the straw, maki...

A couple of years ago, the orchestra musician forum polyphonic.org   featured a virtual discussion panel entitled "Auditioning the Aud...

In order to obtain a position in a professional orchestra, a musician must win an audition.   For the benefit of any reader who doesn't ...

  It's rare these days to read good news about symphony orchestras, so today's report of record-breaking support for the Houston Sym...

Apparently they do.  According to a recent post on Freakonomics blog , musicians' brains are rather highly developed!  Check it out: ...