bassoonist
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The bakery owner is actually a musician, a bassoonist with a performance degree from Pacific Lutheran University.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
He also happens to be a busy studio conductor and bassoonist who has worked over the last two decades on some 1,000 movie, television and video game scores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
The bassoonist Maribel Alonso started playing, and then, wielding her buzzing instrument like an elephant’s trunk, she swept us spectators to the entrances, clearing the space.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
An earlier version of this article misidentified bassoonist Elizabeth Roberts and oboist Emily Tsai.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2023
The bassoonist, a man of sallow and heavy cast, said, “You carry tales.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Sara Schoenbeck is one of the few improvising bassoonists of her pedigree, but she rarely makes music as a leader.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
I’m sure the bassoonists who are watching the show feel seen.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
I was jealous of their training, because in Congo there are no other bassoonists outside of the orchestra.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 9, 2015
Passing the two bassoonists on his way into the pit he commented on a tricky unison passage.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2010
Simultaneously, the thousand other flags also fell, as massed trumpeters and bassoonists in the Court of Honor played “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “America.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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