UNCG Bassoon Studio

The bassoon class at UNCG is represented by students from across the United States, who are pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in performance and/or music education. The School of Music holds an annual concerto competition, and there are numerous opportunities for additional solo performances and recitals. Our graduates have attended some of the most respected universities and music conservatories in the world, and our music education graduates are continually sought year after year.

As well as receiving weekly private lessons with Dr. Burns, the bassoon professor, bassoon students at UNCG enjoy the following benefits:
- Weekly repertoire class
- Approximately monthly woodwind joint repertoire classes in the beautiful Recital Hall
- Annual bassoon studio recital
- Two weekly hour-long reed classes offered by the professor
- Reed room equipped with 2 profilers, tip profiler, shaper, mandrels, drying rack, tip guillotine, scoring machine, etc.
- Bassoon students may borrow UNCG instruments
- 2 and 3 Credit lessons for majors are one hour per week
- 1 Credit lessons for secondaries are 1/2 hour per week

Students regularly attend faculty concerts, guest artist recitals, as well as master classes. Outside of the school, students find the Greensboro/Triad area to be rich in a variety of cultural offerings throughout the year with many performance opportunities. Bassoon students have been performing with the Greensboro Symphony, the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Salisbury Symphony, the Hickory Symphony, the Piedmont Winds, the North Carolina Ballet, the North Carolina Opera, the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, The Carolina Chamber Orchestra, the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra (faculty orchestra of the Eastern Music Festival), and the North Carolina Symphony. Additionally, there are many other opportunities for free-lancing and teaching. We were particularly excited to host the International Double Reed Society’s conference in the summer of 2003 with nearly 1,200 of the world’s top oboists and bassoonists gathered here at UNCG for that event.

Through guest artist appearances, students are afforded the opportunity to work with world-class artists. A list of recent guest artists who have visited UNCG follows:

Massimo Flagelo, Conservatory of Palermo, Italy
Dr. Robert Thompson, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
John Pederson, Principal Bassoon North Carolina Symphony
Dr. Peter Simpson, University of Kentucky, Masterclass and recital
Dr. William Davis, University of Georgia, Masterclass and Recital
Dr. Kristin Wolfe Jensen, University of Texas, Masterclass and Recital
Dr.Valerie Trollinger, UNCG, Principal Bassoon Reading Symphony, PA, Masterclass
Alban Wesley, Bassoonist Calefax Reed Quintet, Netherlands, Reed Class, Masterclass
University of Georgia Wind Quartet Performance
William Winstead, Principal Bassoon Cincinnati Symphony, Professor University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Masterclass
Dr. Bruce Hamell, Virginia Commonwealth University, Reed Class, Masterclass
Virginia Commonwealth University Reed Trio, Performance
François Kloc, Boosey & Hawkes Corporation
Dr. David Oyen, Morehead State University, Masterclass and Recital
Dr. William Ludwig, Louisiana State University, Masterclass and Recital
Dr. Edwin Riley, Selmer Corporation
Lewis Lipnick, Contrabassoon National Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Michael Harley, Ohio University, Masterclass
Dr Ryan Hare, Washington State University, Masterclass
IUP Faculty Wind Quartet Performance
Frank Wangler, Crane School SUNY Potsdam, Masterclasses
Christopher Sales, Principal Bassoon, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Masterclass and Recital