bassoonist

American  

[buh-soon-ist] / bəˈsun ɪst /

noun

• bassoonists
  plural

1. a person who plays the bassoon, especially one who plays skillfully or professionally.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bassoonists
  plural

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Example 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

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

But two years later, after a standard probationary period, a seven-man committee of the orchestra’s musicians denied tenure to Ms. Jones and a Japanese-born bassoonist, Ryohei Nakagawa.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022

She was a concert bassoonist and an actor.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 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

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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