Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips ... and has a double reed. The bassoon is a very versatile instrument. It can play very low notes and still ...

Worse, the Philadelphia Orchestra player has no idea when he’ll once again see his instrument — a 1931 German bassoon with an enviable Philadelphia pedigree, owned and played by him for half a ...

Shotaro Mori, Bassoon, originally hails from Fukuoka, Japan, and has made New York City his home since 1996. He is an active freelancer in NYC and a member of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in MA.

KALAMAZOO, Mich.--The Western Michigan University Symphony Orchestra will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2 in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public. The concert will ...

When he arrives in the spring — making his debut as principal bassoon with conductor Juraj Valčuha’s program on March 27, 29 and 30 — he will be the orchestra’s only current Black player.