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 ...

Judith LeClair performs with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — A musical instrument once owned by a young Parkersburg musician whose life was ...

Music, education, family and Chinese heritage are passions of Principal Bassoon Fei Xie. Fei Xie has been the Minnesota Orchestra's principal bassoon since 2017. When he won the principal role with ...

Noon Concerts at Trinity Santa Barbara is marking 50 years of bassoon playing with two upcoming concerts, one in Santa Barbara and one in Beverly Hills. 50 Years of Bassoon Music for Bassoon & Strings ...

It is widely understood that lions, pandas and polar bears are all in serious jeopardy … The fact that bassoons now share this endangered status may come as more of a surprise, but this summer the ...

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.

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. This section of the orchestra got its name from the fact that many of its ...

FRANK ZAPPA once wrote, “The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has the medieval aroma -- like the days when everything used to sound like that.... It’s a great noise -- nothing else makes ...

A new band and a new venue go hand-in-hand this evening. Shatner’s Bassoon join the growing movement of extreme rock-jazz improv contortion, following in the wake of young bands such as Acoustic ...

Catherine Van Handel is bringing sexy back to the bassoon. In the liner notes for her new CD, scheduled for release Jan. 31, the Milwaukee Symphony's principal bassoonist writes, "Each of the pieces I ...