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Gillet-Fox 2010 Competition

For several decades, the International Double Reed Society has been holding an annual competition for oboists and bassoonists, and this year is no different. With the deadline quickly approaching, we thought we should remind you to enter! You must be a member of International Double Reed Society to enter, however.

Application Fee: $75

Deadline: March 1st, 2010

Prize: 1st place: $8,000 cash prize
2nd place: $3,000 cash prize
Other finalists: $1,000 cash prize

In order to participate in this competition, participants must first be under 31 years old before July 25th, 2010, which is the date of thefinal audition.

Second, participants must send in a CD that contains the piano accompainiment and the entire repertoire list, which includes:
1. Johannes Brahms
2. Jean Francaix
3. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

For more information,visit the official page: http://www.idrs.org/dronline/?p=472

Bassoon Profiles - a brand new website for Bassoonists.

We have just finished work on a complete revision of BassoonProfiles.com. We have been working hard to create a site which we feel will be an invaluable resource to bassoonists around the world. Here are just a few of the new features at BassoonProfiles.com:

• Bassoonist Search Facility - We have created an enhanced search facility which allows you to easily locate bassoonists and bassoon teachers near to you. We have added lots of options for filtering the results. Since we are a new site, you probably will not need all these filters yet. As we grow, however, their usefulness should become apparent.


• New Graphical Design - We've spent a lot of time trying to get the appearance of BassoonProfiles.com just right. We hope you like our new design!


• Uploads - We have made the audio / video upload facility clearer and more reliable. We have increased the maximum upload size (for all files) to 32MB, meaning that you can even host 4 minute video tracks (or hour-long audio tracks) on your profile.

We hope that you find BassoonProfiles.com useful, and would of course appreciate your feedback concerning the website. If you feel that there are any features you would like or things that could be improved, please do not hesitate to let us know. Your feedback helps us to improve BassoonProfiles.com.