Example Sentences

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The bakery owner is actually a musician, a bassoonist with a performance degree from Pacific Lutheran University.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

But the Williams lure never left him, drawing him, first as bassoonist, then as conductor, to Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023

An earlier version of this article misidentified bassoonist Elizabeth Roberts and oboist Emily Tsai.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2023

When the youth symphony returned to Carnegie Hall last month, it played with Dmytro Tishyn, a 16-year-old bassoonist from Ukraine who had fled after the Russian invasion.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022

The line might be performed by any musician or group of musicians: a singer, for example, or a bassoonist, a violin section, or a trumpet and saxophone together.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones