Rachael Elliott (US), bassoon, is a founding member of Clogs and an active chamber musician in classical & contemporary music. Her first solo bassoon CD features works by Padma Newsome, David Lang, HyeKyung Lee and Tawnie Olson and will be released in 2011.

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, Duke University 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