Meet the bassoon — a double-reed woodwind instrument with rich tones and intricate fingering. Professor Richard Church introduces young learners to the bassoon and the rest of the woodwind family.

Somebody jack your bassoon? Fear not — the International Double Reed Society has your back. Picture it: Several weeks ago in a seemingly safe, quiet neighborhood of Walnut Creek, Karla Eckholm ...

- the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family ...

Frank ZAPPA once wrote, “The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has the medieval aroma -- like the days when everything used to sound like that.... It’s a great noise -- nothing else makes ...

FRANK ZAPPA once wrote, “The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has the medieval aroma -- like the days when everything used to sound like that.... It’s a great noise -- nothing else makes ...