Bassoon Blog

  Last night I had the privilege of adjudicating the final round of the Columbus Symphony Young Musicians Concerto Competition 2014.   E...

 Today is the day to begin numbering your reeds at 1 again.  I highly recommend this easy method of keeping track of the number of reeds ...

Every once in a while I find myself teaching a high school bassoonist to make reeds.   I usually have my students use cane which is already ...

The Bassoon Bureau is a new online shop selling bassoon quartet arrangements as digital downloads.  In order to kickstart the business, own...

Each year the Columbus Symphony performs three very popular Holiday Pops concerts with the Columbus Symphony Chorus and the Columbus C...

A couple of weeks ago the Columbus Symphony presented, for the first time, a Rush Hour concert featuring guest conductor Gregory Vajda.   Au...

Igor Stravinsky Well, finally I have an actual musical example to post on my blog since the Columbus Symphony's Rite of ...