Multi-instrumentalist Amy Denio, right (Kultur Shock, Tiptons Sax Quartet), deploys her unusual vocal talents in “explorations of voice and environment” involving “simple electronics” at Good Shepherd ...

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, ...

That's the name of a new album of baroque chamber music from the Irish bassoonist Peter Whelan and Ensemble Marsyas. There is no exclamation mark, no hint of irony. The cover art shows an elegant 18th ...

Introduction -- Early names; precursors; the bassoon idea; the founding myth --The dulcian family -- The bassoon idea: early relatives -- The baroque bassoon -- The classical bassoon, c.1760-1830 -- ...

Devon Baroque Orchestra is presenting a concert that’s anything but ordinary—it's Baroque ‘n’ Bizarre. The Devon Baroque Orchestra will be performing at St Peter's Church, Tiverton on Saturday, ...

MOUNT VERNON — The sounds of baroque violin, flute, viola and bassoon filled Trinity Anglican Church in Mount Vernon on Wednesday for the opening concert of the Salish Sea Early Music Festival. The ...

The first time he tried, Andrew Schwartz broke his bassoon and spent the performance crying. Not playing. Since then, he’s mostly been all smiles as an elite baroque bassoonist, adoring historian, ...

Baroque Adaptations for Bassoon and Jazz Trio (Allegro from Concerto in Bb / Pavan: The Earl of Salisbury / Air on a Ground Bass / Largo / Badinerie); Scott Joplin Rags (The Chrysanthemum / The Easy ...

James Oliver Bolyard, 52, a professional musicologist and leading exponent of the baroque bassoon, died of liver cancer June 4 at Virginia Hospital Center-Arlington. He was a resident of Arlington ...

Music of the Baroque will kick off its 51st season in September with Baroque in the Park, an open-air performance on the stage of the Pritzker Pavilion on September 10 in association with the ...