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.

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YAKIMA, Wash. -- An odd quirk of the bassoon is that it has a fairly limited dynamic range. It is extraordinarily difficult to play very softly; it’s not unheard of for the principal bassoonist to ask ...

Ethan Worthen and Owen Windham love music; they eat, sleep and, literally, breathe it when they play their wind instruments. The Ramona High School juniors have gone from playing instruments at a ...

There’s a lot that people don’t know about the bassoon: what it looks like (long and cylindrical), what it sounds like (rich, deep, slightly buzzing), or the name of a single person who plays it ...

MINDEN — Karen Sandene and the members of Bassoons Across Nebraska wanted to take their iconic instruments out of the concert hall and have a little fun. “Audiences won’t hear the more formal ...