Appalachian State Bassoon Studio

Celebrated the end of a busy semester with a studio picnic! Not pictured: the massive quantities of Indian food from we ate right before deciding to run around the park.

Congrats to everyone who played on the Woodwind Chamber Concert last week! Abigail played a virtuosic trio on a theme of Mozart, written by Beethoven. And Andrew and the played two movements of .ewazen’s Roarking Fork. Bravi tutti!

Awesome shared concert by the Appalachian Symphony Orchestra and Appalachian Symphony Band last weekend! Congrats to all 7️⃣ studio members who performed!!

The bassoon section of the Appalachian Wind Ensemble sounded fantastic in the band’s final concert of the semester earlier this week! Plus, Owen was recognized for this being his last AWE concert before graduation, and Colin and Jasper got a soli bow for their work in Paul Dooley’s 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴.

Today in our weekly reedmaking session: a full house, shared gongfu-style white tea, and spinning bassoon-heavy albums by and . Great way to finish out the week!

SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!!! The Blazing Bassoons (and Friends) present a concert of music for 3 all the way up to 11 bassoons, plus a bassoon/euphonium duo and an oboe/bassoon/piano trio. We’ve got music by , , , Daniel Speer, , Francis Poulenc, Paul Dukas, , and Jacques Offenbach. Come join us in person for free, or steam online at the link in our bio!

April is a busy month for the App State Bassoon Studio! Join us in person (free!), or watch live online at the link in our bio.

🟡 April 12, 4pm: Blazing Bassoons and Friends, featuring works by , , Paul Dukas, Peter Schickele and more!

🟡 April 19, noon: .bassoon’s Junior Recital, with works by , , Antonio Vivaldi, and Maurice Ravel

🟡 April 21, 8pm: Appalachian Wind Ensemble

🟡 April 22, 6pm: Woodwind Chamber Ensembles

🟡 April 25, 6pm: Appalachian Symphony Band and Appalachian Symphony Orchestra