Upcoming Events

2025-2026 Season
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Hall (Detroit, MI)

February 13, 2026
Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings: Nightnotes
Hagopian World of Rugs (Birmingham, MI)
"Notes Through the Seasons" with Amanda Blaikie, flute, and Alyssa Katahara, harp

Recent Events

December 31, 2026
American Bach
Herbst Theatre (San Francisco, CA)
A Baroque New Year's Eve at the Opera

December 11-12, 2025
American Bach
Grace Cathedral (San Francisco, CA)
HANDEL Messiah

October 5, 2025
Oakland University's Woodwind Day
Varner Hall (Rochester, MI)
Faculty Recital: HORVAT Torngat Mountains
Special Topics Presentation: "Listening to the Orchestra"
Bassoon Masterclass on All-State Audition Repertoire

September 6-14, 2025
The Hamptons Festival of Music
St. Luke's Episcopal Church (East Hampton, NY)

June 14, 2025
The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet
International Double Reed Society Conference (Indianapolis, IN)
"Do Winds Break in Space?"

April 17, 2025
Oakland Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Hall (Detroit, MI)
BOITO Prologue to Mefistofele
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6

March 23, 2025
Oakland University Bassoon Studio Recital
Varner Recital Hall (Rochester, MI)

March 19, 2025
Wayne State Faculty Recital with Conrad Cornelison
Shaver Musical Recital Hall (Detroit, MI)
MENDELSSOHN, arr. SOMMER Bassoon Trios

February 13-16, 2025
San Francisco Symphony with Yuja Wang
Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA)
RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
DEBUSSY Images

January 9–12, 2025
Meg Quigley Symposium
North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem, NC)
Performance class, bassoon ensemble with the OU Bassoon Studio, and more!

October 25, 2024
Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings: Nightnotes
Hagopian World of Rugs (Birmingham, MI)
Selections from NEW ENCHANTMENTS with Dror Baitel, Alex Kinmonth, Conrad Cornelison

October 15, 2024
University of Notre Dame: Guest/Faculty Recital
LaBar Recital Hall (South Bend, IN)
Selections from NEW ENCHANTMENTS with Dror Baitel

October 6, 2024
Oakland University Woodwind Day
Varner Hall at Oakland University (Rochester, MI)
Faculty recital, classes, and side-by-side rehearsals for middle and high school students

September 30, 2024
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music: Faculty/Guest Recital
Ford Hall (Bloomington, IN)
Selections from NEW ENCHANTMENTS with Kathleen McLean

September 29, 2024
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music: Guest Master Class
Ford Hall (Bloomington, IN)

September 20, 2024
NEW ENCHANTMENTS Release Date

September 6–14, 2024
The Hamptons Festival of Music
LTV Studios (Wainscott, NY)

August 11, 2024
The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet
Loon Bassoon Workshop (Minneapolis, MN)

August 3, 2024
The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet
Music at Penn Alps (Grantsville, MD)

June 9, 2024
Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
Seligman Performing Arts Center (Beverly Hills, MI)
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
BRITTEN Sinfonietta
BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2

April 2, 2024
Oakland Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Hall (Detroit, Michigan)
MOZART Mass, K. 317
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

October 22, 2023
The Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet
Warren Woods Community Auditorium (Warren, Michigan)
Concerto Performance with Warren Concert Band

October 8, 2023
Oakland University
Varner Recital Hall at Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan)
Woodwind Day

August 25 - September 8, 2023
Boston Symphony Orchestra
European Festivals Tour to London, Lucerne, Salzburg, Ljubljana, Cologne, Dortmund, Berlin, Hamburg, and Paris