Composer Jeff Scott. Courtesy of Jeff Scott's Instagram. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Live at the Sheldon series was the best thing to come out of the renovation of Powell Hall, which left the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Three new musicians have joined the Cleveland Orchestra, replacing players who've recently retired or left for other ensembles. The first to begin will be bassoonist Gareth Thomas.

FRANK ZAPPA once wrote, “The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has the medieval aroma -- like the days when everything used to sound like that.... It’s a great noise -- nothing else makes ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—The PEN Trio will present a program at Western Michigan University at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The concert will feature newly composed music ...

Eighteen indispensable men got ready last week for another winter’s work. They were the contrabassoonists of the eighteen big U.S. symphony orchestras. Without them, the U.S. symphonic season could ...