Bassoon Blog

                                                                      Ever since the mid 1900s The Nutcracker ballet has been a beloved holi...

Noel & Anne Melvin One of the first and most memorable people I met after moving to Columbus was Anne Melvin.  She immediately stood ...

Nothing compares to the thrill of performing as soloist in front of the orchestra.  Bassoonists do not often experience this phenomenon, ...

Thank heavens that Richard Strauss had a lifelong friend in Hugo Burghauser!  Burghauser was the principal bassoonist of the Vienna Philhar...

Last night the Columbus Symphony performed a pops concert entitled   Chairman of the Board: A Salute to Frank Sinatra .  As I approached...

As a constant metronome user, I am inseparable from my little Korg credit card sized metronome (which was a very thoughtful gift from a stud...

Carl Orff's best-known work Carmina Burana is one of the most enduring masterpieces of the 20th century.  Its driving rhythms and si...