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For women only: a competition for bassoonists is a resounding success at Oberlin for the former students who founded it to counter discrimination in their field
Kristin Wolfe Jensen and Nicolasa Kuster hope to expand the repertoire as well as the female ranks in the bassoon world
by WKSU's VIVIAN GOODMAN


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The often overlooked bassoon
The bassoon is big, beautiful, and bewilderingly difficult to play. It has a limited repertoire outside of orchestral music, so recitals are rare. So are women who play the instrument. Cleveland Institute of Music grad student Julie Link has a concert coming up later this month. Link recently made it to the semi-finals of an international bassoon competition in Oberlin. It was open to women only.
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Briana Lehmana of Portland, Oregon, won third place in the bassoon competition
A master class with Kathleen McLean from Jacobs School of Music
The English Garden at Oberlin's Conservatory (Architect: Minoru Yamasaki)
Leonardo Deán, judge and presenter, with translator
A master class with Monica Ellis from the Imani Winds
Competition and Symposium founders Nicolasa Kuster and Kristen Wolfe Jensen. It all started over a cup of hot chocolate in Argentina
Bassoon Professor George Sakakeeny and students
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Shuo Li is a second-prize winner and  Oberlin Conservatory student from China.
Shuo Li, second-prizeinner, with accompanying ensemble.
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