Cornelia Sommer is a bassoonist, arranger, and educator based in Detroit, Michigan. She is Second Bassoon with the Detroit Symphony and teaches at Oakland University. Hear her debut album, New Enchantments: Fairy Tale Music for Bassoon, wherever you get your music.

Current Projects

New Enchantments: Fairy Tale Music for Bassoon was released on September 20, 2024. Check out my calendar for upcoming events related to the album, and read a review here.

The Detroit Symphony streams all classical concerts on Saturday nights for free at DSO Live, and you can watch past performances here. My calendar includes a link to the DSO season as well as my other performances.

I just started a blog! Check out my first few posts on issues for bassoon parts in important orchestral pieces, and stay tuned for more educational content for bassoonists and musicians.

Join my 20k+ followers on Instagram, where I post every week under the hashtag #fairytalefridays. My scholarly work focuses on music inspired by fairy tales, exploring the connection between the universal narratives embedded in the tales and the unique ways in which music conveys those narratives. Every Friday on Instagram, I share a little bit of my research and a short video of fairy tale music for the bassoon. Click below for a sample and follow me for more!