UCLA bassoon graduates work as freelance musicians, orchestra players, teachers in colleges, schools, and private studios, and other careers like software, counseling, and healing arts. Graduates have entered graduate programs in the East, Midwest and West. Bassoonists receive weekly 1-hour lessons and a weekly studio class, and have access to the Reed Room and reedmaking classes. A customized teaching approach gives each student support and encouragement to develop skills and cultivate beautiful, expressive playing.
Bassoon
Bassoon
Faculty
Lecturer - Bassoon Performance
John Steinmetz John Steinmetz teaches bassoon and chamber music at UCLA. As a Los Angels freelance bassoonist, he played everything from Tristan und Isolde to Jurassic Park, from Beethoven symphonies to Family…
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Lecturer - Reed Making, Bassoon
Sumner Arano Sumner Arano is a bassoonist and contrabassoonist whose performance and teaching range spans the Southland. She performs frequently with the Pacific Opera Project, where she contributes “virtuoso touches” (Classical…
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May 2 Fri
8:00pm
Free
Free
classical, contemporary
Spring Wind Ensemble Concert Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the first Wind Ensemble concert of the Spring 2025 term. The UCLA Wind Ensemble is the premier wind band at…
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
May 4 Sun
4:00pm
Free
Free
classical, contemporary
From Vienna to LA: UCLA Philharmonia Celebrates Milken Archive Composers Arnold Schoenberg's Five Pieces for Orchestra was a landmark in western music. As part of the worldwide Schoenberg 150 celebrations, distinguished faculty and alumni soloists with UCLA Philharmonia perform an exciting range of composers featured in the Milken Archive of Jewish Music: The American Experience.
Royce Hall Learn More
May 27 Tue
6:00pm
Free
Free
contemporary
uclaFLUX Join the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for the final uclaFLUX concert of the 2023-2024 academic year. uclaFLUX is devoted to the performance of chamber music from the 20th…
Schoenberg Hall Learn More
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A Most Unexpected Concert
Alex Lee graduated in 2022 with his bachelor's in saxophone performance. For the past two years, Lee has been making his way as a performer with Fivemind Reeds, a quintent composed entirely of alumni and students. And they give entirely unexpected concerts.
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers a diverse 2023-2024 season that traverses musical worlds
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers a diverse 2023-2024 season that traverses musical worlds
From the stirring rhythms of Freedom First to the harmonious echoes of Antonio Lysy and The Spikes, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music invites audiences to spaces where music and modern culture intertwine. Artists and programs hosted and curated by the School of Music reinvent modern symphonic styles, enlighten with discussions of the craft, and celebrate traditions from around the globe.
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