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The concert is over. My bassoon is silent now.   I swab and put it away for the night. Tomorrow I will continue my search for resonance....

A few weeks ago we played an all-Mozart concert.  Comprised of The Overture to the Abduction from the Seraglio , the Clarinet Concerto ...

I haven't blogged about running for quite a while.  I continue to run and keep in shape.  This summer I'm working on building my aer...

(K. David Van Hoesen) Breathe, Don't Blow This is the title of an article written by C. Robert Reinert and Alan Goodman.  It was ...

  (George Goslee with George Szell) Before I leave the topic of challenges the bassoonist must face in producing a tone that projects...

  (George Goslee 1916-2006) There is no perfect instrument.  All instruments have inherent strengths and weaknesses. The mighty tone ...

  J. Walter Guetter  (1895-1937) BASSOON SOUND -- AN OVERVIEW With this post, I'd like to begin a series of blogs about b...