Paul Barrett -- student, Eastman School of Music. Rochester, N.Y.

10/74. Enterprising full recital in 2nd year: Devienne Quartet in C, Monologue III for solo bassoon by Eugene Hartzell (Verlag Doblinger, Vienna -- Munich), Jolivet's Sonatina for oboe and bassoon and A. Vivaldi Concerto in E Minor, No. 6 (with small string ensemble and continuo).

John Beck -- Florida Symphony principal bassoonist (Orlando),

4/74. Mozart Concerto in Bb, K. 191. Very well received and good reviews also. I loved one reviewer's comment: "A deep and rich quality of sound was projected by Beck as he vibrated the reeds within his instrument against each other like two musical tongues." (! !)

James Burton -- Prof. of bassoon, University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia),

4/74. Performing Hindemith 's Concerto for trumpet and bassoon (with piano) on a graduate chamber music recital. Charles B. Dubose, trumpet and Raymond Gotko, piano.

Ruth Dalphin -- student of Bernard Garfield at Temple University in Philadelphia,

9/74. A fine Masters degree recital including two works with soprano: 'Autumn Song' from the opera Grant, Warden of the Plains by Canadian composer Murray Adaskin for soprano and bassoon alone (as in the opera), and E. Chabrier's L'lnvitation au Voyage for soprano, bassoon, and piano. Catherine Ponall, soprano. Lambert Orkis, piano.

Cecil James -- London,

1/74. Vivaldi's Concerto 'La Notte' for flute, bassoon and strings with John Francis, flutist.

John Miller -- Minnesota Orchestra principal bassoonist,

1/74. The U. S. premiere performance of Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra by Michal Spisak.

John Price -- with the London Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Keefe, cond.,

1/74. Concertina for bassoon and strings by Elizabeth Maconchy.

Jesse Read -- Victoria (Canada) Symphony Orchestra principal bassoonist,

2/74. Mozart's Second Concerto for bassoon (Fr. Devienne according to careful study. Ed. )

Susan Nigro -- graduate student, Northwestern University (Illinois), student of Wilbur Simpson,

7/74. J. N. Hummel's Grand Concerto with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Gordon Peters, cond.

Bernard Garfield, John Shamlian, Adelchi Angelucci, and Robert Pfeuffer -- bassoon section of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1974.

Karl-Heinz Koper's Concerto for Bassoon Quartet and Orchestra, William Smith, cond. This season (1974-75) the Philadelphia Orchestra will premiere Koper's Tricolore Concerto for English Horn, Bass Clarinet, and Bassoon with string orchestra accompaniment.

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