stuff that happened past...

SPRING-FALL 2019:
  • DECEMBER 8 at 2pm: Guest Soloist with Foothills Philharmonic playing Vivaldi's Concerto in G minor KV 495 for Bassoon and Orchestra
  • DECEMBER 6 at 7pm: LüftBassoons and buddy Scott Pool do a thing together!
  • DECEMBER 3 at 7pm: Visiting Professor of Bassoon, Dr. Scott Pool from TAMUCC, leads a bassoon workshop at Casas Adobes Congregational Church!
  • NOVEMBER 23: Tucson Repertory Orchestra Chamber Concert with the Crowded Quartet at Rincon Congregational Church
  • OCTOBER 20 at 6pm: Tucson Musician's Showcase at DeMeester Outdoor Amphitheater in Reid Park, playing the Schubert Octet with other fabulous Local 33 AFM members!
  • SEPTEMBER 1: Guest artist at Oracle Union Church with Sheryll McManus
  • AUGUST 24: Concierto sin Fronteras/Concert Without Borders in Douglas, AZ, USA & Agua Preita, Sonora, MX
  • JULY 13: East Coast premiere of "Bocalise" by Samuel Wellman on recital of Rebecca Hagen-Watson and Martin Van Klompenberg.
  • JULY 12-19: International Double Reed Society 2019 Convention in Tampa, FL
  • MAY 27-JUNE 6: Glickman Popkin Bassoon Camp in Little Switzerland, NC!
  • MAY 11 at 2:30pm: Bendickson/Gardner Studios 2nd Annual Student Recital at Casas Adobes Congregational Church
  • MAY 5 at 3pm at Grace St. Paul Church: Vaughan William's "A Sea Symphony" with Tucson Masterworks Chorale
  • APR 17 at 7pm: Lend An Ear Chamber Ensemble at Holsclaw Hall, UA Fred Fox School of Music, playing Beethoven 7 (reduction), Moonlight Sonata (chamber explosion), and Cage Five.
  • APR 6 at 10am: Oro Valley Rug Concert - Desert Bunny Adventures - at Oro Valley Town Hall
  • MAR 29 at 6pm: LuftBassoons concert Fairfield Estates Club House
  • FEB 22-23: Bassoon Day residency at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi with LuftBassoons Quartet
  • FEB 2-3: Concerts with Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra at Desert Performing Arts Center and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, principal bassoon.
  • JAN 26: AZ South Central Regionals Auditions adjudication
  • JAN 11-13: Meg Quigley Vivaldi Symposium at Colburn in Los Angeles, CA.
2018 - spring thru summer
  • SEPT 1 at 10am: LüftBassoons at 10am at the Oro Valley Town Hall, Musical Magic for Kids! The Wolf and Peter, with other musical tributes from Disney to Dukas! 
  • JULY 20 at 7pm: Sky Island Chamber Society Guest Artist in Sierra Vista, AZ at 7PM with the BASSoon Duo - Cassandra Bendickson, bassoon & Adam Jones, contrabass - playing incredible music by Falcone, Hindemith, Mignone, and P.D.Q. Bach!
  • JULY 17 at 8pm: BASS-oon Duo plays Passe! Bassoon and Bass take on the bar scene.
  • JULY 4 at 3pm: "Let Freedom Sing 2018" concert with Arts Express at Centennial Hall.
  • MAY 14 at 7pm: Bassoon & Friends in Honor of the retirement of Dr. William Dietz, Professor of Bassoon at Fred Fox School of Music, Holsclaw Hall, University of Arizona.
  • MAY 13 at 7pm: Tucson Pops Orchestra at DeMeester Amphitheater in Reid Park, Tucson.
  • MAY 6 at 3pm: Bendickson-Gardner Studios Recital at Casas Adobes Congregational Church!
  • APRIL 29 at 12:30pm: Recital of Juan Jose Arévalo, UA Fred Fox School of Music rm 162.
  • APR 15 AT 4PM: Mozart’s “Grand Mass” with the Tucson Masterworks Chorale at Grace St. Paul Church in Tucson, AZ.
  • MAR 20 at 7pm: Lend An Ear Chamber Players: Mozart’s “Gran Partita” and Dvorak “Serenade” at UA Holsclaw Hall.
  • MAR 15-17 at 7pm: “Fiddler on the Roof” at Marana High School
  • MAR 11 at 4:30pm: Civic Orchestra of Tucson concert at UA Crowder Hall in Tucson, AZ.
  • MAR 10 at 3pm: Civic Orchestra of Tucson concert at Church of the Apostles in Tucson, AZ.
  • MAR 3 at 5pm: LuftBassoons Quartet at Tucson Desert Museum
  • ​JAN 13: 7PM BI-National Fundraising Concert at Grace St. Paul Church in Tucson, AZ.
  • ​JAN 6: University of Arizona Bassoon Bash with Leyla Zamora
2017
  • DEC 30 at 3pm: Tucson Repertory Orchestra Concert at Grace St. Paul Church​
  • DEC 17: Vivaldi’s “Gloria” at Christ Presbyterian Church w/members of TSO.
  • DEC 15: Christmas concert in Aqua Prieta, Sonora-Mexico.
  • DEC 9 at 1pm: Crowded Quartet plays the Tucson Steampunk Society’s Annual Dickens Tea!
  • DEC 8 at 5pm: Crowded Quartet plays at Tucson Botanical Garden’s “Luminaria Nights”
  • DEC 2 at 10am: Oro Valley Rug Concert series at Oro Valley Town Hall
  • DEC 1 at 5pm: Crowded Quartet plays Tucson Botanical Garden’s “Luminaria Nights”
  • NOV 20: Crowded Quartet at Rancho Splendido in Tucson, AZ.
  • NOV 17 & 18: LuftBassoons Quartet at Arenal Festival in Hermosillo, Sonora-Mexico
  • NOV 4 at 10am: Oro Valley Rug Concert series at Oro Valley Town Hall
  • NOV 2 at 7pm: LendAnEar Chamber Ensemble at the University of Arizona
  • OCT 12, 13, & 15: Judith with ArtIfAct Dance Project
  • SEPT 30 at 4pm: Boulder Bassoon Blitz on Pearl Street in Boulder, CO!
  • SEPT 29-OCT 1: Recording session in Boulder, CO
  • SEPT 8 at 8pm: Chris Black CD Release Live Concert at 191 Toole in Downtown Tucson
  • SEPT 4 at 9pm: Locals Only broadcast on KXCI 91.3 fm!
  • AUG 26: Beginning Band (Bassoon) Day at Catalina Foothills High School.
  • AUG 12: Arts After Dark at Children's Museum of Tucson​
  • MAY 11: LendAnEar Chamber Ensemble concert at University of Arizona
  • MAY 20: Binational Concert Without Borders in Douglas, AZ & Aqua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico!
  • APR 23: University Community Chorus Spring concert at University of Arizona
  • APR 14: Haydn's Seven Last Words with the St Mark's Festival Choir and Orchestra
  • MAR 31: House Concert, Crowded Trio
  • MAR 26: Arizona Choral Society concert at Catalina United Methodist Church
  • MAR 19: Bocal Soup Studio field trip to AZ Friends of Chamber Music to hear Benjamin Kamins!
  • MAR 12: Crowded Quintet plays Tucson Festival of Books
  • MAR 10: Crowded Quintet Social Hour
  • JAN 28: Southern Arizona Regionals Competition Adjudication
  • JAN 13: Children's Concert and Evening Concert with Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra
  • JAN 7: Tucson Repertory Orchestra concert at Grace St. Paul Church.
  • ​JAN 1: Bella Carita Chamber Ensemble plays First Sunday Music at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church.
2016
  • DEC 11: Crowded Quartet at Luminaria Nights in the Grove at the Tucson Botanical Gardens.
  • DEC 10: Musical guests, Crowded Quartet, at the Annual Dicken's Tea
  • DEC 4: First Sunday Music at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church
  • NOV 19: UA Conducting workshop with guest artists, Crowded Quartet.
  • NOV 12: ChamberLab XV at Club Congress!
  • OCT 30: Double Reed Day at UA Fred Fox School of Music.
  • OCT 8 at 6:30pm: Black Sox Affair at ZUZI! with LuftBassoons, Crowded Quartet, and the BC Dance Studio Ensembles.
  • OCT 2: First Sunday Music at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church.
  • SEP 25 at 3pm: ChamberLab VIP Preview at WaveLab Studios in Tucson, AZ.
  • AUG 28 at 3pm: Mindi Acosta TWEET Recital at UA Fred Fox School of Music with Tucson Duo Project and Crowded Quartet.
  • AUG 27 at 12pm: Bassoon clinician at Catalina Foothills Beginning Band Day.
  • AUG 6 at 10am: Oro Valley Magical Musical Rug concert with Deena Reedy and Dominic Livigni at Oro Valley Town Hall.
  • AUG 2 at 11:30am: LuftBassoons Concert at Arizona Senior Academy.
  • JUN 19-23: AFM Local 33 delegate to the National Convention of the American Federation of Musicians in Las Vegas, NV.
  • JUN 4 at 3pm: Concert with Tucson Repertory Orchestra at Grace St. Paul's Church in Tucson, AZ.
  • May 7-8 at 7pm and 3pm: Southern Arizona Symphony in Saddlebrooke, AZ and at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Oro Valley, AZ.
  • May 5 at 7pm: KIRTAN at Galactic Center w/harmonium, tabla, and bassoon.
  • APR 17 at 4:30pm: Mozart's Requiem with Tucson Masterworks Chorale at Catalina United Methodist Church in Tucson, AZ.
  • APR 16 at 7pm: Mozart's Requiem with Tucson Masterworks Chorale at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Oro Valley, AZ.
  • APR 1-3: Concerts with Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra in Green Valley, SaddleBrooke, and NW Tucson.
  • MAR 6 at 3:30pm: Concert with Arizona Repertory Singers at Catalina United Methodist Church
  • MAR 5: laying down some track at Cavern Recording with Pete Fine
  • FEB 14 at 3pm: Concert with West Valley Symphony, 3pm in Surprise, AZ.
  • JAN 26-28: FAOT in Alamos, Sonora MEXICO with LuftBassoons Quartet.
  • JAN 24: guest performer w/Dr. William Dietz on Scott Pool Bassoon Recital in Tucson, AZ
  • JAN 15-17: Attending Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Symposium in L.A.
  • JAN 9 at 4:30 and 7:30pm: Amahl and the Night Visitors, St Philip's Episcopal Church on River and Campbell.
  • JAN 3, AM services: Zephyrus Winds for First Sunday Music at St. Philip's in the Hills Church
  • JAN 2 at 3:00pm: Concert with Tucson Repertory Orchestra at Grace St. Paul Episcopal Church.
2015
2014
2013 and earlier
video links
fugue by shreve
tango by m.rosano
expectation mgmt by b.degain
chamberlab on KUAZ in 2013
cantilena by h.villa-lobos
QUINTET:mvt 2 by a.klughardt
​AUTUMN by a.piazzolla