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 ...

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 ...

When you go to the symphony, chances are your eyes are mostly on the conductor and the violins. The bassoon? Not so much. The instrument has a dry, woody timbre with a slightly clogged-up resonance, ...

The word “symphony” is ultimately from Greek “symphonia,” concord of sounds, harmony, a meld of “syn-,” together (as in synchronize, synthesis) and “phōnẽ,” sound (as in phonetics, telephone). The ...

The goal: reinvent the ways that both composer and listener approach the modern classical orchestra. Friar’s work focused on introducing new instruments into the centuries-old ensemble—in this case, ...

"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 ...

In the first of a multi-part series looking at some uniquely French jobs, RFI introduces us to a musician who plays a French version of a typical orchestral instrument: the bassoon. Most bassoonists ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Valerie Trollinger was just 6 years old when she fell in love with an orchestral instrument that ...

A shortage of young players at weekly rehearsals could result in woodwind instruments disappearing from performances. Keith Crellin, director of AdYO, the state’s leading youth orchestra, said wind ...