"Though there are many bassoonists that play contrabassoon only grudgingly, Richard Bobo relishes the contrabassoon and considers himself equally a contrabassoonist and bassoonist." That's how Jason ...

WASHINGTON: A few years ago, when the US National Symphony Orchestra was rehearsing at the Kennedy Centre for a performance of Stravinsky's Petrushka, a funny thing happened to the orchestra's ...

An instrument that went missing almost six years ago from Kleinhans Music Hall is home again, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra announced Friday. A contrabassoon – a woodwind instrument with a sound ...

There are obvious reasons why thieves steal money, jewelry, smartphones, cars or prescription drugs. But Martha Malkiewicz has no idea why anyone wanted to take her contrabassoon. It’s a woodwind that ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The Colburn School is offering a $1,000 reward for the safe return of a ...

Introductory description, etymology and origins -- Precursors of the bassoon in Praetorius and Mersenne and surviving specimens -- The bassoon in other reference books from the late seventeenth ...