​Whether you want to major in music or continue your bassoon studies while pursuing a second passion, Western University has the program for you! All Western bassoon students receive weekly lessons, play in a large ensemble, participate in bassoon studio performance classes, perform in the annual bassoon studio recital, and have access to a fully-equipped reed making room. The Don Wright Faculty of Music hosts hundreds of concerts and performance events every year, and our world-class Music Library holds more than 1300 sheet music titles that call for bassoon! Western owns a contrabassoon and Baroque bassoons that are available for use in student ensembles. Western bassoon studio graduates have gone on to have rewarding careers as orchestral musicians, band directors, private music teachers, reed makers, and music librarians.

Undergraduate Auditions

Graduate Auditions

  The  Western University Bassoon Studio's COVID-19 virtual recording project

Margaret P. Fay

Bassoonist.  Composer.  Music Theorist.

Dr. Margaret P. Fay

mfay@uwo.ca

Alexandre von Wartburg

avonwart@uwo.ca

BASSOON FACULTY

Western University boasts two bassoon teachers: Dr. Margaret Fay and Alexandre von Wartburg. We thrive on helping our bassoon students achieve their individual musical goals and strive to create a studio environment that is congenial, industrious, and buzzing with creativity. If you are a bassoonist who is interested in pursuing studies at Western University, in music or other disciplines, you are encouraged to contact us via e-mail to set up a trial lesson, arrange a tour, ask any bassoon-related questions, or simply to introduce yourself.