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bassoonist

American  
[buh-soon-ist] / bəˈsun ɪst /

noun

plural

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


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

There was glorious interplay throughout between oboist Nicholas Stovall, bassoonist Sue Heineman and flutist Aaron Goldman.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

Dmytro Tishyn, a 16-year-old Ukrainian bassoonist who fled the Russian invasion this year, is preparing for a New York Youth Symphony concert at Carnegie Hall on Sunday.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022

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