Robert Williams

Robert Williams has been Principal Bassoonist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra since September of 1974. Prior to that appointment he was solo bassoonist with the Winnipeg Symphony, Winnipeg CBC Orchestra, Colorado Philharmonic and Tucson Symphony. He has also played summer engagements with the Minnesota Orchestra and Boston Symphony at Tanglewood. In addition to his duties with the DSO, Williams plays in the CutTime Players, the Neo-Bubonic Bassoon Quartet, the DSO Bassoon Quartet, the DSO Woodwind Quintet, the Bellingham Music Festival and the Grand Teton Music Festival. He teaches at Wayne State University. He last appeared at the Glickman-Popkin Double Reed Camp in 1997 as a guest artist. He has just released a new CD on the Equilibrium label, “Romanze of Weissenborn,” works of Julius Weissenborn for bassoon and piano.

 

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