The Bassoon Brothers

About the Bassoon Brothers

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Did you know Santa is a bassoonist? He'll send you a Bassoon Brothers CD or all of them if you check the CD links below. SPECIAL HOLIDAY PRICING AT CD Baby for Bassoon Brothers ESCAPED.
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Here's a Holiday bassoon treat for you to hear. Some very nice bassoon on Frosty the Snowman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fZHLARozc

Here's hoping for happy holiday season and a great new year. May all your reeds be great in 2010.

Best wishes,

The Bassoon Brothers

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BBs QUARTET ARRANGEMENT NOW PUBLISHED
21 Bassoon Brothers quartet arrangements are now available in sheet music form. The newly published "derangements" are derived from the Bros CDs Wanted, Escaped, and Bassoon Brothers Escaped with the addition of a few unrecorded pieces. Each piece purchased comes with parts and score. These are available online NOW at Forrests Music or Trevco. See what's available on our Publications page.

A GREAT NEW REVIEW OF THE BASSOON BROTHERS ESCAPED CD!

"If you enjoyed the tom-foolery and the fun and games of the previous Bassoon Brothers CDs...then you will be thrilled with the latest and craziest edition...this has to be my favorite. The combination of crazy and the sublime is, to me, a perfect personification of the crazy and sublime world of the bassoonist." Ron Klimko, International Double Reed Society, Bassoon Recording Reviews, Vol. 31 No. 2.

BUY THE NEW BASSOON BROTHERS ESCAPED CD NOW or listen to tracks online at CD Baby.
They're already saying it's our best yet, a magical mystery tour for bassoon quartet.

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Escaped features a variety of music including fellow bassoonists PDQ Bach's Lip My Reeds and Ode to a Toad by Ray Pizzi. There are solo leads on the sopranoon, tenoroon, bassoon and contrabassoon on tunes made famous by Gilbert & Sullivan. There's big band bassoon and surfer rock electric wah wah bassoon on Misirlou and a beautiful rendition of Brian Wilson's Surfer Girl. Walk the Line in tribute to Johnny Cash with some low down bassooning on Ring of Fire and Folsom Prison Blues and blue grass too. Of course we do some baroque and classical styling with music of Vivaldi, Bach and Grieg and a 'oon consort with the whole family on a Renaissance tune.

Join us for some fun with our talented accomplices. We've Escaped with more stolen goods. Our CDs also availble here: Forrests Music, Charles Double Reeds and Midwest Musical Imports

WELCOME to the new Bassoon Brothers website. We hope you find things here that are entertaining, educational and inspiring. If you need help with a bassoon related question or have an addition for our bassoon trivia, please contact us. Check back often.

WHO ARE THE BASSOON BROTHERS?

The Bassoon Brothers is a quartet composed of members from the Oregon Symphony bassoon section. Despite its questionable beginning (rumor has it the group came into existence fully-formed late one Halloween night) and consistent inability to hold any respect whatsoever for established musical boundaries, the Bassoon Brothers have managed to release three quartet recordings Wanted, Captured, and Bassoon Brothers Escaped and are featured performing Daugherty's Hells Angels for bassoon quartet and orchestra on American Contrasts with the Oregon Symphony . They regularly commit their musical crimes in front of unsuspecting audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest. Their criminal behavior began way back in 1985.

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The Bassoon Brothers tour alongside the Oregon Symphony regionally, performing "outreach" programs which include prisons, retirement homes, schools, and brewpubs.