Trapped inside a shuttered musical instrument repair shop in a New York City suburb sits Mark Gigliotti’s livelihood: his prized bassoon, locked up, unattended, and likely pulled apart into pieces.

The bassoon is a very versatile instrument. It can play very low notes and still get quite high. It can also play very quick passages of music. The basoonist is sometimes asked to play the ...

Before a concert by the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra in Lewiston, children got to blow into a tuba, a variety of horns and a ...

Listen to an example of the bassoon playing an extract from Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition'. Duration: 0:23 Listen to the bassoon. Listen to an example of the bassoon playing an extract ...

Dr. Ashley Watkins, Adjunct Instructor of Oboe and Bassoon at Southeast Missouri State University, previews her upcoming performance of works by Bertoni, Brandon, Bennett, and other artists and their ...

a double bass or a bassoon. These instruments are unusual. Sometimes, they look weird, or sound funny, but when they come together, they make magnificent music, and there’s a great history to ...