Paul Buttemer Day 2023

COME IN PERSON

Experienced reed makers: bring your tools, cane and machines. Take time off to make reeds, be in community, and share insights and conversation. If you have never made reeds: this is an opportunity to get started.

Provided:

• Paul Buttemer cane (gouged, shaped and profiled) at no cost.
• Tools are shared.
• Instruction is provided.
• And there are snacks!

Date: Thursday, May 4, 2023

Time: 9 am to 9 pm. Drop in and out anytime

Where: 179 Metcalfe St., 2nd floor. Ottawa ON Canada.

This is the day when, every year for the past 15 years, JO ANN SIMPSON hosts a REED MAKING MARATHON in remembrance of Canadian bassoonist and reed innovator, PAUL BUTTEMER, who died suddenly on May 4, 2008.  Two wonderful guests will join us via Zoom:

11:00 AM EDT – Andrew Burn joins us from Basel Switzerland. He will introduce us to the Herzberg-style tip template, which he has helped design for Reeds n Such.

3:00 PM EDT –  Jim Ewen from Winnipeg, Manitoba will show us the Greg James Edge Clamping Gouging system and the Greg James Profiler and explain the impact that these 2 machines have had on the success and consistency of his reed making.

JOIN US ONLINE

Too far away (or just too busy?) to make it to Ottawa in person this year? Drop in on Zoom!

Register in advance for the Zoom meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Zoom meeting.

You can also follow the event on Facebook (note: you don’t have to be on Facebook).

We are delighted to announce several new members to the COCB Board of Directors!

Welcome Stéphane Levesque, Richard Ranti, Darren Hicks, Gabe Azzie, Nicolas Richard, Barbara Finch, Emily Carlsen, Heather Gibson

Please visit our Board page…

Council of Canadian Bassoonists

AGM November 13, 2022

Stay Tuned

Let’s Talk Bassoon, Season 1, Episode #2

The 18th century was a golden age for the bassoon with 37 complete Vivaldi concertos, dozens of Boismortier sonatas, and many works by Corrette, Telemann, Fasch, and others. However, the notated music shows us very little about HOW to play this music. The secrets to performance are often hidden in old method books.

Researching all of them could seem like a life-long quest. There is a shortcut!

Attend “UPPER NOTE OR NOT? BAROQUE 101 FOR MODERN BASSOONISTS”

Zoom Event: Friday, May 21 at 4 pm EDT

Hosted by Jo Ann Simpson, Council of Canadian Bassoonists

Mathieu Lussier introduces practical and immediately useful concepts about ornamentation, continuo playing, and articulation based on his 25 years of vast performance experience as a renowned Baroque and modern bassoonist, conductor, researcher, and composer.

Join Mathieu Lussier and the Council of Canadian Bassoonists for an hour of insight, humor, and everything you’ve wanted to know about Baroque performance practice but were afraid to ask.

Pre-registration is required!

Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pfu6rrTgrHtwibqsBqSi48wNEOMHOfkwQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Bobby Thompson is a bassoonist from the small town of Carp outside Ottawa, Canada. He started the bassoon when he was 10 years old through the Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy with JoAnn Simpson, who would be his mentor for 7 years. He enjoyed playing in the Ottawa Youth Orchestra and participating in a side-by-side concert with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. A foundational part of his bassoon education also came from Brooke Valley Bassoon Days, a week-long program that he attended for many summers throughout elementary and high school. He attended Canterbury High School for the Arts in Ottawa from grades 9-11 and was awarded the Music Woodwind Excellence award. While in Ottawa, he competed in various regional and provincial solo competition prizes such as the Kiwanis Music Festival. He was invited to perform The Weber Bassoon Concerto in F major at the Ottawa Kiwanis Music Festival Highlights Concert in 2018 and had the joy of representing Ottawa woodwinds in OMFA provincials 2019 and was awarded 2nd place. He attended Interlochen Arts Camp for their 6-week orchestra program in the summer of 2019. For his final year of high school, he studied at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan with Dr. Eric Stomberg. He is now finishing his first year at the Juilliard School, studying with New York Philharmonic bassoonist Kim Laskowski for his bachelor of bassoon performance.