contrabassoonist
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contrabassoonist — con·tra·bassoonist … English syllables
contrabassoonist — |käntrə+ noun ( s) : a contrabassoon player … Useful english dictionary
contrabassoon — contrabassoonist, n. /kon treuh ba soohn , beuh /, n. a bassoon larger in size and an octave lower in pitch than the ordinary bassoon; a double bassoon. [1890 95; CONTRA 2 + BASSOON] * * * … Universalium
Contrabassoon — Other names Double bassoon, double bassoon Classification Woodwind instrument (double reed) Playing range … Wikipedia
Susan Nigro — Susan L. Nigro (born 1951) is an American contrabassoonist. Unlike most players of the instrument, Nigro s career is primarily as a solo recitalist and recording artist rather than an orchestral player. Nigro, a native of Chicago, includes in her … Wikipedia
Park City International Music Festival — The Park City International Music Festival is Utah s oldest classical music festival. Founded as the Deer Valley Music Festival in 1983, the Festival is centered around bringing renowned classical solo artists together to perform chamber music.… … Wikipedia
Contraforte — The contraforte (spelled Kontraforte in German) is a proprietary version of the contrabassoon produced by Benedikt Eppelsheim and Guntram Wolf. It is intended to have improved dynamics and intonation over the distinctive but sometimes reticent… … Wikipedia
Gordon Laing — For the American classical scholar, see Gordon Jennings Laing. For the explorer, see Alexander Gordon Laing. Gordon Laing (born 1964) is a British classical bassoonist, contrabassoonist, and pedagogue.[1] He studied bassoon at the Redbridge Music … Wikipedia
Nigro — is a surname of Italian origin, meaning black . The name refers to: Carmine Nigro (1910–2001), American chess master and instructor; first coach of Bobby Fischer Don Nigro (contemporary), American playwright Fabio Nigro (b. 1965), Argentine… … Wikipedia
