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Performance as Soloist with Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río
I had a marvelous time performing the Weber Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra with the brilliant Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río in Veracruz, Mexico with director Roberto Beltrán Zavala. The Foro Boca is a gorgeous new hall built in…
Teaching Residency in Beijing
This October I was invited by Professor Lansong Li to teach for a week at the Central Conservatory in Beijing. I was so impressed with the students, conservatory and Beijing’s amazing history, culture and of course the food. Can’t wait…
Fall Tour with Zéphyros Winds
It was fun to try out a new program with Zéphyros Winds on tour this fall. We performed the quintet/piano arrangement of Barbers Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with my wife, soprano Elizabeth Pacheco Rose for the first time in its…
The 2016/2017 UNCSA Bassoon Studio
The 2016/2017 UNCSA Bassoon Studio. I’m really enjoying this years’ class. There are some real superstars here.
Teaching Residency in Valencia, Spain
There’s an incredible tradition of wind instrument playing in Spain, and especially around Valencia where there have been professional wind ensembles performing continually for 200 years such as the Banda Primitiva of Llíria. What an honor is was to be…
Performance of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings
On June 30th I had the pleasure to perform Sofia Gubaidulina’s Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings at the International Double Reed Society Conference in Columbus, GA. What a powerful work this is.
New Püchner Bassoon
Nothing more fun than choosing a new bassoon, especially when they’re all so amazing. I had a blast in Nauheim at the Püchner factory, hanging out with Gabi and Gerald, and trying to pick the one. These new models are…
2016 NewBassoon Workshop at Eastman, July 6-9
Dark in the Song announces the first NewBassoon Workshop, a four-day event July 6-9, 2016 at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Four leading American bassoon artists and teachers, Michael Harley, Lynn Hileman, Peter Kolkay…