Meet the bassoon — a double-reed woodwind instrument with rich tones and intricate fingering. Professor Richard Church introduces young learners to the bassoon and the rest of the woodwind family.

David McGill has blazed an inspirational trail in his career as a teacher and, before that, as principal bassoon player in major orchestras in the United States and Canada. To him, music isn’t an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catherine Van Handel is principal bassoonist of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Catherine Van Handel is bringing sexy back to ...

After years of development, an elite team of professional bassoonists from across the country including representatives from Rice University gathered at Purdue University Fort Wayne’s Auer Performance ...

PARKERSBURG -- A musical instrument once owned by a young Parkersburg musician whose life was tragically cut short continues to thrill audiences around the world in the more-than-capable hands of its ...

Ask the average person to describe a bassoon and you’re likely to get a blank stare or a wildly incorrect guess. Despite its warm, vibrant sound and critical role in orchestras, the bassoon remains ...

MOBILE, Alabama — Consider the bassoon, that oft-misunderstood member of the double-reed family whose dark, warm timbre is sometimes compared to the male baritone. Although a mainstay of symphony ...

A musician has created a never-before attempted woodwind instrument that produces bone-rattling low notes and stands taller than the average adult: the subcontrabassoon. When Richard Bobo was learning ...