Originally from San Francisco he began playing clarinet at age 10 and later studied bassoon, saxophone and flute.

He later studied bassoon and was principal bassoonist of the Wiener Symphoniker from 1962 to 1966.

He studied bassoon at the Redbridge Music School.

Yair Samet attended the Rubin Academy High School of Music and Arts where he studied piano, bassoon, and composition.

He then moved to Leipzig where he studied conducting, composition, piano and bassoon at the Music Conservatory.

Marvin has studied bassoon with Simon Kovar for five years and Elias Carmen one year.

Between 1965 and 1968 she studied classical music and bassoon at the Dartington College of Arts and the Royal College of Music.

Prior to this, he also studied bassoon and saxophone.

Daniel is in his senior year at the LaGuardia School for the Performing Arts, studying the flute, bassoon and ukelele, and has been accepted by Columbia University.

Lindsay Cooper, English bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist, studied classical music and bassoon at Dartington College.