Most oboe and bassoon players perform a tedious task outside of playing their instruments -- making their own reeds ...

FRANK ZAPPA once wrote, “The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has the medieval aroma -- like the days when everything used to sound like that.... It’s a great noise -- nothing else makes ...

When did you start playing the bassoon, and what was it about it that led you to choose it? I started playing the bassoon almost completely by accident. Neither of my parents are musicians, and when ...