happenings of bassoon & contrabassoon

2025 upcoming:
  • MAY 17-18: bassoon/contrabassoon for "The Force Awakens" with Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
  • MAY 10 @3pm: Bocal Soup Bassoon Studio recital at SAACA Catalyst Space.
  • MAY 6-8: Contrabassoon for Young People's Concerts with Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
  • MAY 3 @6:30pm: LuftBassoons performing at Sky Island Chamber Society, Sierra Vista-AZ.
  • APR 26 @7:30pm: Music of Holst, Grainger, and more with Tucson Repertory Orchestra Winds at Grace St. Paul Church
  • APR 26-27: Bassoon for "The Easter Story" at Resurrection Lutheran Church, Tucson-AZ.
  • APR 22-25: Contrabassoon for Kinder Konzerts with Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
  • APR 16: Bassoon for Music in the Schools with Tucson Symphony Woodwind Quintet.
  • APR 12 @7:00pm: Sierra Vista Symphony performing music of Mozart, Dvorak, and Beethoven.
  • APR 6 @2:30PM: Sedona Symphony performing music of Joplin, Florence Price, and Poulenc.
  • MAR 2: Selections from Bach's "Mass in B minor" at St. Philip's in the Hills Church, Tucson, AZ.
  • FEB 18-23: Pacific NW performing and teaching tour with Peregrine Rose Trio.
  • FEB 9 @2PM: Double Trouble Ensemble at Bisbee Women's Society in Bisbee, AZ.
  • FEB 2 @2:30PM: Sedona Symphony performing music of Saint-George, Beethoven, and Mozart.
  • ​JAN 19 @3PM: Double Trouble Ensemble at Benderly Opera House in Patagonia, AZ performing works for oboe, bassoon, and piano with oboist Sara Fraker and pianist Mari Tomizuka.
  • JAN 9-12: Meg Quigley Vivaldi Symposium performing and assisting in Winston-Salem, NC.
2024:​​
  • DEC 16-21: Residency with Peregrine Rose Trio in Seattle, WA. 
  • DEC 15 @2:30pm: Bocal Soup Bassoon Studio recital at Catalyst Space, Tucson, AZ.
  • DEC 14-15: Festival of Christmas at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Oro Valley, AZ.
  • NOV 21-23 @5PM: "Watershed Soundscape - music + art + landscape" at Watershed Management Group in Tucson, AZ.
  • NOV 17 @2:30PM: Sedona Symphony performing music of Beethoven, Dvorak, and Bizet at Sedona Performing Arts Center.
  • NOV 9 @3PM: "Watershed Soundscape - music + art + landscape" at Empire Ranch in Sonoita, AZ.
  • NOV 7: Stonebridge Bassoons at Tucson Medical Center.
  • OCT 26 @7PM: Sierra Vista Symphony performing Bach's "Toccata and Fugue".OCT 13 @7:30pm: Tucson Duo Project at WAVE ARCHIVE with Andrew Weathers Ensemble and Luna Galassini.
  • OCT 25 @7PM: BIG VINCI album release at Blondie's in Tucson, AZ. 
  • OCT 20 @2:30pm: Sedona Symphony performing music of Rossini, Rodrigo, and Mendelssohn at Sedona Performing Arts Center.
  • OCT 16: Stonebridge Bassoons at Tucson Medical Center
  • AUG 5-12: New York Kammermusiker tour of North Dakota and Minnesota (bsn/cbsn).
  • AUG 1: NFA convention premiere of "A New Perspective of the Sun" by Becky Turro, commissioned and performed by Tucson Duo Project, for fl/cbsn/piano.
  • JUL 21: IDRS performances and world premieres with Tucson Duo Project and LuftBassoons Quartet.
  • JUL 5-8: Recording residency in SLC, Utah with Peregrine Rose Trio, recording "Hudson Views" by Janet Grice.
  • JUN 29: "Concert of Hope" with Groovelab, SV to promote mental health awareness.
  • JUN 22: Sky Island Chamber Society performance in Sierra Vista, AZ featuring selections from Bach's "Cello Suite in d minor" and Amber Ferenz' "Roses" from "Wood, Wine, and Roses".
  • MAY 26: Bassoon with Tucson Pops Orchestra at DeMeester Amphitheater in Tucson, AZ.
  • MAY 19: Contrabassoon and 1st assistant bassoon on Beethoven's "Symphony no 9" with the Santa Fe Symphony in Santa Fe, NM.
  • MAY 12: Bocal Soup Bassoon Studio Student Recital at 2pm at SAACA Music Lab in Tucson, AZ.
  • MAY 5: Double Trouble Ensemble at Benderly Opera House in Patagonia, AZ performing Poulenc's "Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano", Saint-Saen's "Sonata for Bassoon", and Ferenz' "Yellow Poplar with Birdsong" with oboist Sara Fraker and pianist Mari Tomizuka.
  • APR 12-14: Tucson Symphony Orchestra, playing contrabassoon for Holst's "The Planets".
  • APR 7: Sedona Symphony, performing Ravel's "Ma Mere l'Oye" and Haydn's "Symphony no. 104 in D major".
  • MAR 1: SHE Festival in Fayetteville, AR playing contrabassoon on world premiere of "Sasquatch: Sightings" by Kari Cruver Medina with the Ladies' Bassoon Band.
  • FEB 6: World premiere of "Brittlebush" by Becky Turro at Steinfeld Warehouse with Tucson Duo Project and Pedro Lopes Baptista.
  • FEB 4: Sedona Symphony, performing Debussy's "Petite Suite", Weber's "Clarinet Concerto no. 1", and Mozart's "Haffner Symphony".
  • JAN 28: LuftBassoons at The Fountains at La Cholla
  • JAN 24-27: Peregrine Rose Trio performance at Eastman Winds at NAMM in Los Angeles, CA.
  • JAN 21: Contrabassoon with Green Valley Concert Band in Sahuarita, AZ. ​
2023:
  • DEC 17 @2pm: Bocal Soup Bassoon Studio Student Recital at SAACA Music Lab in Tucson, AZ.
  • DEC 17: Christmas service at Casas Adobes Congregational Church in Oro Valley, Az.
  • DEC 9-10: Vaughan-William's "Hodie" at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Oro Valley, Az.
  • DEC 2 @6:30pm: LuftBassoons Christmas Concert at Christ Lutheran Church in Vail, AZ.
  • NOV 19 @2:30pm: music of Bruch, Prokofiev, and Schubert with Sedona Symphony.
  • NOV 11-12: Concerts with Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra in Oro Valley & Tucson, AZ.
  • OCT 15 @2:30pm: music of Bach, Mozart, and Dvorak with Sedona Symphony.
  • AUG 13-21: Zapopan Opera Festival in Zapopan, Jalisco, MX.
  • AUG 4: 12pm RECITAL of Peregrine Rose Trio: music by Mary Watkins and Janet Grice at 2023 NationalFlute Association Convention in the 'Zona Art Space in Phoenix, AZ.
  • JUL 18: 7PM TUCSON DUO PROJECT plays the Century Room at Hotel Congress in Tucson, AZ. 
  • JUN 27: Ladies Reeding Society residency and ChamberFest in Seattle, WA.
  • MAY 29-JUN 7: Glickman-Popkin Bassoon Camp in Little Switzerland, NC.
  • APR 26: Contemporary Works for Wind Trio and Percussion with Peregrine Rose Trio in Seattle, WA.
  • APR 22: Crowded Quartet featured artists for Time Traveler's Tea.
  • APR 15: LuftBassoons performing in Sierra Vista at Sky Island Chamber Society!
  • MAR 23: Spring 2023 Studio Recital at Catalyst in Tucson, AZ.
  • MAR 4 at 6:30 pm: Oracle Piano Society performing with LuftBassoons.
  • MAR 2-3: International Music by Women Festival in Columbus, MS performing music of Kari Medina (MAR 2), and Adrienne Albert and Alexandra Molnar-Suhajda (MAR 3) with Peregrine Rose Trio.
  • FEB 18-19: contrabassoon with Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra.
  • FEB 11: Bassoon coach for AMEA Southern Arizona Middle School Honor Band.
  • JAN 15 at 2:30pm: principal bassoon with Verde Valley Sinfonietta in Sedona, AZ.
  • JAN 8 at 7pm: UArizona Alumni Bassoon Ensemble for closing banquet and awards ceremony of Meg Quigley Vivaldi Symposium.
  • JAN 5 at 7pm: WORLD PREMIERE with LuftBassoons of "Fariseos" and "Danzón Frida" by Nubia Melina Jaime Donjuan at MEG QUIGLEY VIVALDI SYMPOSIUM opening concert!
2022:
  • dec 28: Tucson Repertory Orchestra Music of the Masters XVIII concert: Schubert, Mozart, and Sibelius 2 at St. Andrew's Episcopal church, Oro Valley, AZ.
  • dec 24: bassoon in world premiere of Russell Ronnebaum's Christmas Canata "Born This Day" at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Oro Valley, AZ.
  • dec 17/18: Handel's Messiah at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Oro Valley, AZ.
  • dec 14: Holiday concert with Crowded Quartet at Splendido at Rancho Vistoso.
  • dec 13: second bassoon for Tucson Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops concert in Green Valley, AZ.
  • dec 4: principal bassoon with Civic Orchestra of Tucson
  • dec 3 in Sierra Vista, AZ: second bassoon with Cochise College Orchestra
  • dec 3 in Green Valley, AZ: principal bassoon emergency sub with Civic Orchestra of Tucson
  • nov 20: Riverfront Park Classical Concert series with Crowded Quartet
  • nov 5 in Tucson, AZ: bassoon with University Community Choirs at Holsclaw Hall, FFSOM at University of Arizona.
  • oct 23 in Bisbee, AZ: LuftBassoons concert for Bisbee Woman's Club.
  • sep 25 at DeMeester Amphiteatre: Tucson Pops Music Under the Stars.
  • sep 24 in Sierra Vista, AZ: Tucson Duo Project concert for Sky Island Chamber Society. 
  • sep 4: contrabassoon with Lend An Ear Chamber Orchestra at Holsclaw Hall, Fred Fox School of Music at the University of Arizona.
  • sep 2: Tucson DUO/TRIO Project in recital at Arizona Senior Academy
  • aug 2 in Kingsville, TX: bassoonist in recital with Ladies Reeding Society at the 2022 International Horn Symposium.
  • jul 26 in Boulder, CO: Recital at the International Double Reed Society convention with Peregrine Rose Trio celebrating the music of Mary Watkins and Alexandra Molnar-Suhajda.
  • jul 23 at 2pm: Recital at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Tucson, AZ with Peregrine Rose Trio. 
  • jun 2 in Rexburg, ID: Guest clinician at BYUI for Bassoon and Chamber Masterclasses.
  • jun 1 at 7pm: Recital at Springville Art Museum with Peregrine Rose Trio in Springville, UT.
  • may 31 at 1pm: Recital of Peregrine Rose Trio and Sego Lily Horns in Salt Lake City, UT.
  • may 22 in Tucson, AZ: Concert on contrabassoon for Young Composers Project with Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
  • may 8 & 15 in Tucson, AZ: Bassoon with Tucson Pops Orchestra at DeMeester Amphitheatre.
  • may 1 ALBUM: bassoonist on "August Meditations" by Catherine Neville, released on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube music.
  • apr ​30/may 1: concerts with Civic Orchestra of Tucson in Tucson and Green Valley, AZ.
  • apr 22 at 5pm: Stonebridge Bassoon Quartet debut at Williams' Manor, Tucson, AZ.
  • apr 11 at 7pm: Tucson Duo Project performs at Steinfeld Gallery in Tucson, AZ. 
  • apr 9 in Sierra Vista, AZ: Concert on bassoon with Sierra Vista Symphony.
  • apr 2 in Sierra Vista, AZ: Tucson Duo Project performs at GrooveLab.
  • mar 19/20: concerts on contrabassoon with Civic Orchestra of Tucson in Oro Valley and Tucson, AZ.
  • mar 8: LIVESTREAM concert of Music By Women with the Ladies Quintessential Quintet.
  • mar 5: Tucson Philharmonic Youth Orchestra bassoon section coaching.
  • feb 21: Falcon Bassoon Quintet premiere of "Surface Pressure for 5 Bassoons" arr. by C Bendickson
  • jan 15 in Sierra Vista: Concert on contrabassoon with Sierra Vista Symphony.
2021:
2020:​ ​honestly, did this year even happen?
  • march 14: "Live from Elsewhere" with the LuftBassoons from my dining room.
  • march 12: New Works Showcase with LuftBassoons at Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona, presenting FIVE brand new commissioned works for bassoon quartet by local composers thanks to a grant won in 2019.
  • february 8 at SAVOR festival, Tucson, AZ with LuftBassoons Trio.
  • february 1 in Oro Valley, AZ: Magic Rug Concert featuring "Carnival of the Animals" for flute, clarinet, and bassoon trio.
  • january 10-11 in Sierra Vista, AZ: contrabassoon with Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra for Ravel's "Ma mère l'Oye"
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