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.

From Grade 6 band class rebel to Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra soloist, Stephanie Unverricht is ready to take the spotlight, ...

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 ...

A weekend celebration of the bassoon on the Indiana University campus was capped Saturday evening with an Auer Hall Bassoon Day 2018 program featuring a dozen bassoons (I counted them and very much ...

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 ...

Even Judith LeClair, principal bassoonist in the New York Philharmonic, says there are issues with her instrument. "A lot of people call it an oboe," she once told CNN. "It's not as recognized as a ...