Word: bassoonist
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...commuted between CERN and the Bohr Institute--or between Maria, the gorgeous blonde daughter of a German bassoonist, and Bonnie, my dark Danish damsel...
...male bunk, with the long-range goal of slinging their jockey shorts from the moose antlers in the main dining room. After a day of Bach, there I was slithering across the ground like a Marine commando in sneakers and flannel night gown. My objective to provoke the cute bassoonist who slept in the top left hand bunk. My dignity: like his underwear, soon to be hung from a pair of rotting moose antlers...
...Tanglewood, its magical retreat in the Berkshires-extensive touring, recording contracts, television appearances both as the B.S.O. and its lighter alter ego, the Pops. The orchestra has also largely escaped the labor problems that have afflicted other major symphonic ensembles and presents the image of a happy family. Says Bassoonist Sherman Walt: "It's a treat to play here." In a town saddled with the perennially flawed Red Sox, the B.S.O. is a winner...
...members have no doubt that she will fulfill these hopes. Praising her musicianship, Brian J. Hall '81, principal bassoonist of the orchestra, notes that Watt "works beatifully with people, and knows the literature very well." Ross agrees, adding she is "very expressive; in her audition she really pulled things apart and put them back together. We can rely on her being a strong leader who is pleasant yet demanding...
...abum For the Working Girl, sultry Melissa Manchester rails against male chauvinists like some roadies and back-up bandsmen. But since she tuned out her six-piece rock group for a full orchestra, touring has become a nonsexist family affair. Her father, David Manchester, 60, former bassoonist with the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, occasionally hits the road with her, and has been instrumental on Melissa's last two orchestrated pop-rock records. Sister Claudia Cagan, 34, sings backup, and Mother Ruth creates some of her costumes. Manchester, 29, is even getting some help up front: Brother-in-Law Steve Cagan...