The 2023 New Bassoon Institute took place at the University of Michigan June 11 – 17, 2023.

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE
Dark in the Song’s Rachael Elliott, Michael Harley and Lynn Hileman joined University of Michigan bassoon professor Jeffrey Lyman to present a week-long workshop on contemporary bassoon literature, performance techniques, and pedagogy. Designed for college students and beyond, activities included collaborative faculty and participant performances, master classes, experiential workshops, private lessons, and recording opportunities. Read about the 2019 Institute.
2023 NEW BASSOON INSTITUTE HIGHLIGHTS
- Master classes and private lessons by New Bassoon Institute Faculty Rachael Elliott, Michael Harley, Lynn Hileman, and Jeffrey Lyman
- Performances of chamber music for multiple bassoons, prepared during the week
- Showcase performance (all participants): “Arboretum,” by Brad Balliett
- Group reading session: “Rushes,” by Michael Gordonr
- Workshops on contemporary bassoon literature, commissioning new works, and the pedagogy of extended techniques, with strategies for circular breathing, multiphonics, flutter tonguing, and microtones
- “Get Out of Your Head and Into Flow” workshop
- Faculty recital of solo and chamber works, including the live premiere of J.P. Dreblow’s “Les Blindes, or ‘The Armored Ones’” for two bassoons, winner of the 2020 Dark in the Song Composition Prize