Bassoonist Andrew Brady performs a commissioned piece based on his grandmother’s words. Years before bassoonist Andrew Brady was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, his grandmother, an amateur poet, ...

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.

The bassoon is a double-reed wind instrument and serves as the “bass voice” of the woodwind section of the orchestra. Composers since the 1700s have been writing pieces specifically for the instrument ...

Under the Volcano does not feel like Under the Volcano. The TVs are off, so no more NBA on ESPN. Hayes Carll’s Trouble In Mind has come and gone – in its entirety – on the jukebox, taking its bad ...

Our day job is as a clerk in a sheet music store, and in general it is a pretty sweet gig. We like being around music students, teachers, and people who just want to play. It truly is an invigorating ...

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 ...

There’s a lot that people don’t know about the bassoon: what it looks like (long and cylindrical), what it sounds like (rich, deep, slightly buzzing), or the name of a single person who plays it ...

When did you start playing the bassoon, and what was it about it that led you to choose it? I started playing the bassoon almost completely by accident. Neither of my parents are musicians, and when ...

PORT ANGELES — The bedpost-shaped, sometimes comical instrument accompanies Hunter Gordon across continents. Just this month, the Port Angeles-bred musician is performing with orchestras in ...