Learn from Great Bassoon Teachers

[4.96 rating over 26 reviews from another lesson platform] Dr. Jack Fanning has been teaching the bassoon since 2015. Jack is the principal bassoon of Carolina Philharmonic, second bassoon of North Carolina Opera, and third bassoon/contrabassoon of Greensboro Symphony. Jack is an accomplished bassoon reed maker and makes his reeds available to purchase for his students.

Christine Breeden is a Chicago-based bassoonist and contrabassoonist active in performance, education, administration, and advocacy. She is Second Bassoon with the Great Falls Symphony in Great Falls, Montana, and she teaches private lessons while freelancing throughout Illinois and Michigan.

I am Jefimija Šipka, an accomplished bassoonist, educator, and performer My passion for music started at a young age, and over the years, I have had the privilege of earning numerous awards and accolades, including two-time Laureate award at the "Davorin Jenko" International Competition, multiple Vidovdanska certificates of appreciation, and recognition for my achievements in…

Lee Quick teaches acoustic guitar, electric guitar, songwriting, bassoon, music theory and live performance, using a holistic and minimalist musical approach. Lee has also led week-long seminars in acoustic guitar, music theory and songwriting for the National Guitar Workshop summer programs in New Orleans, Austin, Chicago and Nashville.

Clair Cangialosi enjoys an active career as a performer and educator in the Northern Virginia area. She has taught woodwind students in grades 4–12 as well as at the university level in private lesson and masterclass settings. As a life-long band nerd, Clair is passionate about supporting current and future music educators in the development of their double reed pedagogy.

Ben Baron served as the Assistant Principal / Second Bassoonist with the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México (OSEM) from 2013 - 2014. Ben received his Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School in 2012, having studied with Patricia Rogers.

I’m Xale Slusser, a Los Angeles–based bassoonist and oboist with degrees in performance, composition, and ethnomusicology from Ohio Northern University, the California Institute of the Arts, and UCLA. I teach Bassoon and Oboe (all levels) as well as Saxophones (SATB) and Clarinets (Sopranino–Contra Alto).

Chad Smith has spent the last 25 years performing in prestigious orchestras, Broadway shows and recording sessions. Enjoying a bicoastal career in New York and Los Angeles Chad has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic as a saxophonist and major motion pictures, Family Guy and American Dad as a bassoon doubler.

Francesco Quarata (b. 2000, Salerno) is an Italian bassoonist who earned his Master’s degree and Postgraduate diploma at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg under Maestro Marco Postinghel. He previously studied at the Conservatorio “G. Martucci” in Salerno and at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Maestro Francesco Bossone.

I am an American composer & sound designer and a 15 year veteran band director and music educator of grades 4-12. I taught all of those 15 years in Northeast Oklahoma, but now reside in Southwest Missouri. I am married and we have two amazing kids that keep me busy and challenge my sanity daily.