Rachael Elliott (US), bassoon, is a founding member of Clogs and an active chamber musician in classical & contemporary music. She is currently working on her first solo bassoon CD, featuring works by Padma Newsome, David Lang, HyeKyung Lee and Tawnie Olson. In addition to Clogs, Rachael is a member of of Tuple bassoon duo, Heliand Trio and the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble. She hosts the biennial Bassoon Project weekend of workshops & concerts in Burlington, Vermont for bassoonists of all ages and levels of experience. For more information on her upcoming concerts & activities, visit www.bassoonproject.org.

Rachael teaches bassoon at the University of Vermont, Middlebury College, and during the summer at Kinhaven Music School.

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"Elliott is the Jaco Pastorius of the bassoon, sweeping between glowing bass parts and sweet, yearning melodies in the highest register."
--The Guardian (UK)

:: Rachael at BassoonProject.org