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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 23rd annual Bassoon Day at McGill on Saturday\,
  February 21\, 2026! We look forward to seeing you for classes with our sp
 ecial guests Suzanne Nelsen and Mathieu Harel\, exhibits\, and our Bassoon
  Extravaganza concert!\n\nSchedule:\n\n\n	9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.\, Elizabeth
  Wirth Music Building Lobby | Exhibits: Come try out bassoons and bocals b
 y Canadian bassoon maker Benson Bell and check out bassoon and reed access
 ories from Reed Supplies Canada\n	10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.\, Tanna Schulich 
 Hall | Masterclass with Mathieu Harel\, bassoonist with the Orchestre symp
 honique de Montréal\n	2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.\, Tanna Schulich Hall | Masterc
 lass with Suzanne Nelsen\, bassoonist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra a
 nd faculty at the New England Conservatory\n	5:00 p.m.\, Tanna Schulich Hal
 l | A Bassoon Extravaganza #23! Join us for a bassoon concert featuring ou
 r special guest Suzanne Nelsen as well as members of the OSM bassoon secti
 on\, and don't forget to bring your bassoon for the Bassoon Day Ensemble F
 inale!\n		 \n\n\nGuest bios:\n\n\n\n\n	Suzanne Nelsen\n\n	Suzanne Nelsen grew 
 up on a pig farm in Alberta\, Canada in a home filled with the sounds of m
 usic\; her parents were opera singers\, and her siblings also became profe
 ssional musicians. In 1995\, during post-graduate study at McGill Universi
 ty\, she won a position with the Montreal Symphony where she stayed for fi
 ve years until her appointment to the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Bo
 ston Pops in 2000.\n		\n		Ms Nelsen has taught bassoon and chamber music at Mc
 Gill University\, Longy School of Music\, Boston Conservatory\, Boston Uni
 versity\, New England Conservatory\, and at the National Youth Orchestra o
 f Canada. in the summer of 2022. She is now on the bassoon faculty at New 
 England Conservatory.\n		\n		As a mother of two\, one of her favorite pastimes
  is lecture demonstrations for kids\, students\, and parents about life as
  a professional musician. She has made many educational videos for the Bos
 ton Symphony Orchestra that can be found on the BSO website.\n\n\n\n\nMath
 ieu Harel\n\nMathieu Harel has been the associate principal bassoon of the
  Orchestre symphonique de Montréal since 1998. He studied at the Conservat
 oire de Musique de Montréal with Rodolfo Masella and Gerald Corey before c
 ontinuing his education at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia with Berna
 rd Garfield. \n	\n	Mr Harel has held positions with the Orchestre symphoniqu
 e de Québec and the Grant Park Orchestra in Chicago. He has been teaching 
 at the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal since 2004 and has also worked
  with students at McGill University\, Domaine Forget\, and the National Yo
 uth Orchestra of Canada. He plays on B. H. Bell Bassoon No. 99.\n\n \n\n\n
 McGill Bassoon Day 2026 is presented by:\n\n |  | \n\n\n \n
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LOCATION:Elizabeth Wirth Music Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1E3\, 52
 7 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:McGill Bassoon Day 2026
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/music/channels/event/mcgill-bassoon-day-2026-3702
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