Category Archives: Music / Bassoon
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The Google Bassoon Quartet!
One of the neat things about working in a big company is the varied interests you’ll find amongst the people who work there. But where else but at Google could I find not one, but THREE excellent bassoon players? After discovering each other, we worked up a repertoire. We performed a few times that we […]
Did famous conductor Fritz Reiner really fire a musician for using binoculars in rehearsal?
Its well documented that Fritz Reiner, one of the most well known conductors of American classical music led ensembles with a baton that barely moved. In Conservatory, many of us shared an apocryphal story about how he once fired a musician for bringing binoculars in a rehearsal when to help “find” the beat. One afternoon, […]
Read MoreMusic: Homage to Donald Erb
For my junior recital I commissioned a new piece. The piece was written by composer Geoffrey Petersen for solo bassoon. I performed the premier in the spring of 1997. I was honored to have Mr. Erb present for the performance. It touched me very much that he stayed for the entire concert.
Contrabassoon Solo
This is my performance of “The Elephant” from the Carnival of the Animals played on Contrabassoon. The accompanist is Margo Schwartz. Performed in the Severance Recital Hall in Cleveland in 1996. Listen:
Read MoreApple Hill Music Festival
In the summers of 1995 and 2000, I performed as a member of the Apple Hill Summer Festival. Fun times and fond memories of Dobbs, Eric, Cathy et al.
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