bassoonist
Americannoun
plural
bassoonistsExample Sentences
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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
But the Williams lure never left him, drawing him, first as bassoonist, then as conductor, to Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023
An earlier version of this article misidentified bassoonist Elizabeth Roberts and oboist Emily Tsai.
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2023
When the youth symphony returned to Carnegie Hall last month, it played with Dmytro Tishyn, a 16-year-old bassoonist from Ukraine who had fled after the Russian invasion.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022
The minuet is in C, but the melody is a little too low for a flute46 , and the bassoonist would also be more comfortable playing higher.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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