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The Bassoon Brothers got a mention in Sunset Magazine's February 2002 issue and were featured in an article in the Seattle Times on Feb. 9, 2000 regarding Chamber Music on Tap.

The Bassoon Brothers call each other by the following nicknames (abbreviated) SDG, ODG, BDG, FDG. We call each other by other names too, but these can't be printed.

Mark, Juan and Bonnie play on instruments manufactured by Fox Products in South Whitley, Indiana. Mark has been a Fox dealer for over 25
years.

The Bassoon Brothers have sold out every performance at
Bridgeport Brew Pub's Chamber Music On Tap which is presented by the Oregon Symphony.

The Bassoon Brothers have appeared and performed on television in Portland -- KOPB's Art Beat, Murray Sidlin's award winning show on the public access channel and KATU's AM Northwest.

In 1997, the Bassoon Brothers commissioned mentor and fellow bassoonist Peter Schickele, a.k.a. P.D.Q. Bach, to write a bassoon quartet. Blue Set No. 2 is a challenging piece in three movements -- Bassooner or Later (bebop), Portlandia in Cerulean
(shuffle), and Gang of Wolves (boogie woogie) -- and was recorded on the first CD.

The newest members of our family an octave bassoon (sopranoon) and a "tenoroon," also called a "fagottino" by its maker, Guntrum Wolf.

Tracks from the Bassoon Brothers' first CD have been played for in flight music on several U.S. airlines.

The Bassoon Brothers' first CD, Wanted, has outsold every other solo bassoon recording on Amazon.com since its release in 1999.

The Bassoon Brothers are the first and only "bassoon section" of a major U.S. symphony orchestra (Oregon Symphony) to have recorded a CD. Their first CD, called Wanted--For Low Down Playing and Bass Behavior, was released in 1999. Their second CD Captured was released in 2002.