Barry Blogs

Like this video of a performance of the Weber Concerto 1st movement by 13-year old Kevin Zephyrin. He is competing in a competition and c...

The New York Times has a wonderful video series detailing the use of Guided Imagery by Olympic Athletes. I use techniques like these ...

THE ONLY REED TEST YOU MAY EVER NEED! There are as many ways to test a new reed as there are bassoonists, but so many of them don't...

While many of us are enjoying a Christmas or winter break, I'd like to talk about a different break. A reader who is an adult beginner...

Outside of a dog , a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.  - Groucho Marx - Instead of the ...

I've updated my previous post about cane density, thanks to some helpful corrections from Jean-Marie Heinrich. Some of the terminology ...

I recently received a wonderful email from researcher, Jean-Marie Heinrich. He is the one who wrote the article, "The Bassoon Reed...