Sherlock Holmes vs. Bassoonist? On a recent televised film from England in the series of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, at a point where a character representing a pianist/singer comes under brief suspicion for a crime, Holmes remarks to Watson: "The presence of musical talent is no assurance of innocence. As a matter of fact, Professor Moriarty (Holmes' arch-enemy-- Ed.) was a virtuoso on the bassoon."
Charles Lipp -- faculty member of the University of Nevada (Las Vegas), presented a lecture-recital on contemporary bassoon literature at the University of California, San Diego, on January 27, 1977. We may hear in more detail on this subject from this bassoonist/scholar.
William Winstead --"I am delighted to have a full-tuition scholarship available to a freshman "out-of-state" bassoon student starting this Fall. This amounts to approximately $5,000 over four years. I prefer an in-person audition, but will naturally accept tapes. . . . please have any interested and qualified students contact me personally as soon as possible: William Winstead, Assoc. Professor of Music, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. VA 26506.
WIND COURSES--AUSTRIA--Walter Hermann Sallagar has sent the dates and information for this summer's courses in classical and modern wind chamber music: 3-17 July. later courses are given in Medieval and Renaissance Music and Reed and Staple Making for double reed instruments (17--31 July). Write to: Walter Hermann Sallager, A-1030 Vienna, Neulinggasse 42/10, Austria.